Back our essential workers: Service with Respect
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service As we approach a year since Covid-19 restrictions came into force across the UK, it’s hard to believe that we are…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service As we approach a year since Covid-19 restrictions came into force across the UK, it’s hard to believe that we are…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service We launched our Service with Respect campaign in July last year, after our research amongst employees and customers showed a highly…
When we launched our Service with Respect campaign in July 2020, we hadn't quite anticipated the support it would get. We continue pushing the Government to legislate against this issue…
It has now been four months since we launched our Service with Respect campaign in response to the worrying increase of hostility being faced by customer-facing staff throughout the Covid-19…
The APPG was attended by: Chris Evans MP, Chair Philip Davies MP, Co-Chair Liz Twist MP (Labour) (Blaydon) Steven Bonnar MP (SNP) (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) Rachel Hopkins MP (Labour)…
For Wednesday's Recognition theme in National Customer Service Week, our CEO Jo Causon held a practical session with Fran Rea, Director of Customer Service & Service Delivery at NewDay; Kathryn…
Listen to Jo discuss why we are calling on the Government for a change to the law to protect customer service professionals against physical or verbal abuse. This should include…
Listen to our Marketing and Communications Director, David Dagger, discuss the increase in hostility towards front-line staff and our Service with Respect campaign - calling to customers, Government and organisations…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service One of the consistent themes throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown has been a rising appreciation of the invaluable work that…
With around 60% of the UK’s workforce working in customer-facing roles, mounting abuse is impacting staff across every sector – from retail to public services, and from financial institutions to…