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Top tips on how and why to conduct customer surveys during COVID-19
May 12, 2020During the COVID-19 crisis many organisations have understandably been reluctant to run customer satisfaction surveys or research. Completing a satisfaction...
Transport for Greater Manchester: a collection of inspiring stories
May 7, 2020Transport for Greater Manchester have shared some examples of great and inspiring customer service against the odds. Here are some...
Lead and engage your team during the COVID 19 crisis
May 6, 2020Drawing on The Institute of Customer Service’s Academy ServiceManagement training and our research into leadership and employee engagement in a...
What businesses learn from the COVID-19 crisis will shape their future
May 5, 2020To adapt successfully to the next Covid-19 phase, businesses need to take stock of what they have learnt over the...
British public prioritise the needs of others in customer service
May 5, 2020The importance of customer service has been thrust into the forefront by this crisis. I think the results reflect that...
Lockdown learnings: what’s emerged so far, and what does it mean for the future?
April 30, 2020The UK has been living in lockdown for more than five weeks now. But what have the learnings been so...
Inspirational stories: going above and beyond during crisis
April 30, 2020In the last few weeks, we have been inviting our members and wider network to share examples of great and...
Top tips for using The Institute’s Qualifications
April 29, 2020The current challenging situation brought about by the coronavirus means that organisations have to be innovative, creative and there may...
Now is the time for leaders to take stock of learnings from the COVID-19 crisis
April 28, 2020As the lockdown continues, tensions will inevitably rise – and a shift in the public mood does seem likely. Businesses...
Practical advice for customer service and debt management during COVID-19
April 24, 2020Debt management is stressful: we have set out some essential practical points to consider to help you and your customers...
Keeping the customer relationship going and increasing lifetime value
April 21, 2020Organisations need to be consistent in their approach to how they communicate internally so that they can reach customer touch-points...
The right training is key to delivering brilliant service – and keeping furloughed staff engaged and ‘match-fit’
April 21, 2020We will, eventually, move past this. And when we do, those businesses that have done the right thing by customers...
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Response to Ofwat consultation: Core Customer Information – Ofwat’s draft guidance on core information companies should clearly provide to their customers
It is mission critical to turn around the decline in UK customer satisfaction
It is certainly disappointing and concerning that UK customer satisfaction has fallen again (the third…
Believe it or not, some companies still put their customers first
The Observer featured a comment from Jo Causon around The Institute's latest UK Customer Satisfaction…
Turning around the worrying decline in customer satisfaction
Our latest UK Customer Satisfaction Index, published on Tuesday, illustrates once again that customer service is…
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