Inflation in Britain is at its highest in 30 years, having risen to 5.4% in the 12 months to December 2021 and it is expected to reach 7% by the spring, according to the Bank of England.

Using innovative data and insight software, we can spot the signs of customers falling into debt, provide earlier intervention support and try and prevent it from happening at all.

We tailor every collections response to the individual, through empathetic agents and technology that personalises customer journeys.

Flexibility is always a priority for any contact centre. When there are peaks in demand, we’ll provide back-up with the operational flexibility that guarantees a confident, sure-footed response. This could involve augmenting your teams with extra staff, introducing self-serve options, analysing customer segmentation to get the most from existing capacity, enabling home-working and more.

Our paper considers the importance of balancing customer-company effort for retention: every interaction must be easy so customers are more likely to return.

Capita's recent vulnerability session led by our guest speakers and market analysts explores how we can better support the expanding dimensions of customer vulnerability.

Capita’s white paper explores how focusing on empathy, kindness and sincerity will equip organisations to help their most vulnerable customers.

Companies today are dealing with an increasing range of vulnerable customers and should remember that seemingly small changes can have a significant impact.

As we’ve mentioned in a previous article, 2021 saw smaller UK energy suppliers cease trading and exit the market at an unprecedented rate.

The second year of the pandemic has seen more people in the UK slide further into debt and organisations need to recalibrate their response through empathetic collections.