UK Customer Satisfaction Awards

Our Best Customer Experience Award is open to any organisation that has developed and implemented a customer experience strategy which has improved business performance. Key indicators considered by the judges are the extent to which the strategy has been coherently and effectively rolled out, how the customer experience is measured across all aspects of the customer relationship, what effect the customer experience strategy has had on customers and the impact it has had on business performance overall.

2024 Winner: Cabot Financial

This award is open to any organisation which employs under 250 people, that has placed the customer at the centre of its operations and strategies. Candidates will need to display a well communicated customer strategy and evidence of employee engagement in executing the strategy. Evidence will be required of the extent to which the customer shapes the business and how this has improved overall results.

2024 Winner: Registry Trust

This award is open to any individual who has undertaken professional qualifications and training to enhance their skills in customer service, and who has gone on to excel in their role to make a significant difference for customers and/or the organisation. Judges will require evidence of qualifications, training, career enhancement, communication, and leadership in customer service. Entrants can be nominated by their peers, colleagues, or managers.

2024 Winner: Boots UK – Lauren Franklin, Pharmacy Technician

This award is open to any organisation that prides itself on the excellence of its customer service and can indicate it enjoys ‘trusted status’ by its customers due to the quality of the service it provides. Candidates will need to present an overview of how quality service is identified and how it is delivered within the organisation. The judges will seek the evidence of statistical support from customer satisfaction surveys and/or customer endorsements.

2024 Winner: Pension Insurance Corporation

This award is open to any organisation that has introduced a sustainability initiative which has had a demonstrable impact on CX. The strategy should show evidence of positive outcomes for the business, the customer, and the environment. Judges will require evidence of successful outcomes for customers, a coherent internal/external communication strategy, with clear evidence of positive outcomes.

2024 Winner: Novuna Vehicle Solutions

This award is open to any organisation that has made an investment to improve customer outcomes which has turned beneficial to the business. The examples of the investment may include improving processes, reducing costs, providing better training, employing more staff. Judges will look for evidence of measurable return on investment applied specifically to the activity which the investment enabled.

2024 Winner: Specsavers

This award, sponsored by ABa Quality Monitoring, is open to any organisation that has developed and implemented a customer experience strategy which has improved business performance. Key indicators that judges will consider is the extent to which the strategy has been coherently and effectively rolled out; how the customer experience is measured across all aspects of the customer relationship; what effect the customer experience strategy has had on customers and the impact it has had on business performance overall.

2024 Winner: Ageas

This award, sponsored by Ipsos, is open to any organisation that has a customer feedback strategy that has led to an improvement in customer satisfaction and performance. Key indicators are how easy the organisation makes it for customers to provide the feedback, and how the organisation closes the feedback loop. Entrants need to demonstrate a clear commitment to feedback and customer engagement, to help improve the service offering.

2024 Winner: Dulux Decorator Centre

This award is open to any organisation that has instigated an innovative way of improving its satisfaction ratings. Innovation can be a product, service, software or process which enhances the overall customer experience and that has definite business benefits. Entrants will need to present new and fresh ideas that have the intention of improving satisfaction levels and a measurement system to support any improvements.

2024 Winner: AXA Health + Ipsos

This Award is open to any organisation that has successfully used customer insight in an innovative way to gain competitive advantage. Entrants are required to submit information relating to strategy which drove the customer insight, as well as the expected outcomes and the actual results of this use of customer insight. Judges will look for a consistent approach to data collection together with evidence of new data analysis methods. Evidence will also be sought as to the decision-making process which led to the customer insight being used as described in the submission.

2024 Winner: Virgin Atlantic + Kantar

This Award is open to any that has developed a strategy that has measurably improved its customer satisfaction rating. Entrants should have a clear strategic plan designed to leave a legacy, after implementation, of a new relationship between the organisation and its customers. The judges will look for evidence of improvement and an insight into the decision-making process which led to the strategy being developed.

2024 Winner: Knight Frank

This Award is open to any organisation that has successfully deployed technology as part of an overall strategy to improve its customer service and satisfaction offering. Technology can be new, existing, or applied in an innovative way to give competitive advantage. Judges will seek evidence of the solution that the technology has provided and how the integration of the technology is measured as successful.

2024 Winner: Octopus Energy

This Award, sponsored by Concentrix, is open to any organisation that employs over 250 people and has placed the customer at the centre of its operations and strategies. Candidates will need to display a well communicated customer strategy and evidence of employee engagement in executing the strategy. Evidence will be required of the extent to which the customer shapes the business and how this has improved overall results.

2024 Winner: British Gas

This award is open to any organisation with an employee engagement strategy that has led to an improvement in performance and customer satisfaction. Key indicators are improved staff retention, reduced sick leave, flexible working, culture and skills. Entrants will need a cohesive engagement strategy, a comprehensive communication policy and a positive relationship between management and staff.

2024 Winner: OVO

This award, sponsored by Pension Insurance Corporation, is open to any Chairman, CEO, Board Director, Senior individual, or non-executive Director who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and vision in the field of customer strategy, serving as an inspiration to others. Judges will require evidence of vision, leadership, communication, and successful outcomes from the deployment of developed strategies. Entrants for this category can be nominated by their peers or colleagues.

2024 Winner: Openreach – Chris Herbert, Director Service Delivery, Customer Service

This Award is open to any organisation that has successfully partnered with its customers or other organisations to research, analyse and bring to market a new product or service to provide a customer requirement and/or deliver exceptional customer service. Entrants will need to supply information relating to the strategic intent of the co- creation/collaboration, the drivers behind the decision and the expected and actual outcomes. Judges will look for a consistent communication strategy, a strategic market launch and evidence of a competitive advantage or customer solution.

2024 Winner: Sky & Openreach

This award is open to any individual who has had a demonstrable impact on the customer service offering of an organisation over a minimum of three years. The individual should be accredited by the organisation with exceptional results reflected in their career path, have clear vision in the field of customer strategy and serve as a role model to others. Judges will require evidence of vision, career enhancement, communication, and successful outcomes from strategic input. Entrants can be nominated by their peers, colleagues, or managers.

2024 Winner: Zurich Assurance, Peter Sanderson, Head of Operations – Retail Protection

This award is open to any organisation that has differentiated itself through a well communicated customer commitment operating in the business-to-business environment. Judges will look for evidence of the execution of a customer-oriented culture showing consistent commitment to customer service excellence.

2024 Winner: Hydraulics Online