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January 2011


Teleperformance Seminar - “Making the difference through exceptional customer service”

Teleperformance believe 2011 is the year customer service will be the real differentiator for businesses and is offering senior executives and directors responsible for customer service a unique opportunity to attend their next seminar on “Making the difference through exceptional customer service.”

Teleperformance | read more


Sky - 500 Contact Centre Jobs to be created in Sheffield

Broadcaster Sky have announced plans to open a customer service centre in

Sheffield creating 500 jobs

Sky | read more


Set to Recruit 50 Staff at Manchester contact centre

Manchester based outsourcer CallCare Ltd have announced a recruitment drive to expand its 100 strong Salford Quays based team by 50 new staff.

Callcare  | read more


Call Centre Dynamics - Set goes into liquidation

Dundee based outsourcer Call Centre Dynamics has announced that it is to go into liquidation pending the hopefully sale as an ongoing business.

Call Centre Dynamics | read more


Announces employee award winners

Domestic & General (D&G) have announced the winners of the Brighton site’s

annual employee awards at a Bollywood themed ceremony at Karma, Brighton

Marina.

D&G | read more


LSL Property Services - Announce job creation

Southampton based property company LSL Property Services have announced the creation of up to 100 jobs at a state of the art £2m contact centre.

LSL  | read more


Job cuts leaked in memo

Utility giant National Grid caused uproar by  sending out an email destined to

Managers only to all staff about job cuts across their contact centres in

Northampton and Hinkley.

National Grid | read more


Limits calls to 'less than 3 minutes

It has been revealed that Government owned bank RBS are limiting the length of

calls from customers to just two-and-a-half minutes before the agents are

encouraged to transfer them.

RBS | read more


mywaytravel.com - Staff required at new contact centre

Up to 100 jobs are to be created in Darlington as travel company mywaytravel.com

are on a recruitment drive for their contact centre which opens later this month.

mywaytravel | read more



How Productive is your Workforce?
By Mark King, Senior VP, EMEA, Aspect.

Optimising agent performance and service quality while controlling costs is a constant battle not just for contact centre managers but also for customer contact stakeholders in HR, operations, IT and other departments.  And it’s not always just a question of balancing conflicting operational targets.  Sometimes it’s a case of balancing short and long term operational objectives with – often conflicting – overall business objectives.

Aspect  | read more


Wins Two Awards at the National Customer Services Awards

LV= has won two of the coveted awards at this year's National Customer Services Awards.

LV  | read more


Jobs boost as insurance firm recruits 75 staff

It has been announced that Autonet Insurance are to recruit up to 75 contact centre staff to deal with their  vehicle, home, travel and pet insurance products.

Autonet | read more


Announces 60 new contact centre jobs

Peterborough based contact centre Fusion, part of the BGL Group, have announced the creation of 60 new jobs at its Bretton offices.

Fusion | read more


Alton Towers - Contact centre staff required

Alton Towers are creating up to 950 staff to include staff at their contact centre which handles both customer service and bookings.

Alton Towers | read more


Offers 40 Hours Telemarketing to Help Charity

UK based Promocall is launching a monthly draw in which the winner receives 40 hours of free outbound telemarketing.

Promocall | read more


Survey reveals tough 2010 for contact centres and improving recruitment and investment outlook for 2011

• 52% of contact centres will increase staff numbers this year

• 47% of contact centres will increase IT budgets in 2011

protocallone | read more


Shortlisted at the Innovation Awards 2011

Liverpool Direct's Careline Service is one of five public sector organisations to have been shortlisted as a finalist at Contact Centre Innovation Awards 2011.

Liverpool Direct  | read more


Delivers Next-Generation Customer Contact with Launch of Aspect Unified IP 7 Platform

- Latest Platform Release Leverages Unified Communications and Collaboration and Provides Features and Flexibility to Meet Rising Consumer Expectations -

Aspect | read more


Job boost for Bute

It has been reported that HEROtsc are to recruit an additional 41 staff at its base in

Rothesay on the Isle of Bute.

HEROtsc  | read more


Looking to recruit 100 new staff

HOMEFIX 24/7the emergency call-out and repair business, wants to add 100 new

employees to its Teesside workforce as part of a nationwide expansion.

Homefix 247 | read more



Expands open contact centre optimisation strategy with Teleopti workforce management partnership

CyberTech has announced a partnership with Teleopti thereby expanding its ever-growing base of best of breed contact centre solution vendors.

Cybertech | read more


Beats Santander for ‘worst’ customer service wooden spoon

Home phone and broadband giant TalkTalk has been given a wooden spoon award, after its customer service was voted the worst in Britain.

TalkTalk  | read more


Announces 60 new contact centre jobs

Fusion, part of the BGL Group, have announced the creation of 60 new jobs at its Bretton offices.

Fusion | read more


Welsh Contact Centre Awards - Finalists Announced

The Welsh contact centre sector is set to celebrate the champions responsible for growing the industry over the past 12 months at an upcoming awards ceremony

.Awards | read more


Brookson & Rostrvm - Enhance the sales experience

Contact centres are facing increasing pressure to provide excellent customer service but keep the length of calls viable at the same time.

Rostrvm | read more





January 2011 - Index