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September 2009


Frost & Sullivan Recognises Teleperformance's Dominance of Contact Centre Outsourcing Market

Based on recent analysis of the outsourcing market Teleperformance have been awarded the 2009 EMEA Award for Market Leadership

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Aspect - Global Leader in Workforce Management

Globally, Aspect Contact Centre Solutions owns 31.5 percent of the workforce management market latest contact centre report confirms.

Aspect | read more


Swinton are desperately seeking 50 agents for their contact centre

Insurance Broker, Swinton, have announced the creation of 50 agent positions split between their contact centres based in Norwich and Halifax.

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Customer Service Centre boosts service quality

Tri-Star Homes has improved customer service efficiency and is answering a higher volume of calls following the opening of a new Customer Service Centre. 

Customer Service | read more


Office Response launches training college

UK call centre Office Response is ringing the changes for young job seekers in the city following the launch of a new NVQ training scheme.

Office Response | read more


Launch enhanced hosted contact centre solution

ntl:Telewest have unveiled a new version of Customer Call Manager

NTL | read more


Poor customer service costs United Kingdom businesses £15.3 B PA

Financial services, utilities and telecommunications firms at most economic risk from poor customer service

Genesys | read more


Convergys Launch Work-at-Home Program in UK

Convergys Corporation have announced that it is expanding its highly successful Home Agent program to the United Kingdom.

Convergys | read more


Threat of closure at Swansea contact centre

A contact centre is under the threat of closure with the Bank entering a 3-day consultation period with the centre's 20 staff.

INationwide | read more


TouchStar CCS to Offer Enhanced Services from Noble Systems Acquisition

 TouchStar product suite will continue to be developed and supported in the UK

TouchStar | read more


2 Touch on Recruitment Drive

After securing new service contracts with BT, Barclays and EDF Energy, the outsourcer are set to employ 200 additional staff at their Sunderland based operation.

2Touch | read more


Release new customer research - measures economic value of service to UK companies

Research quantifies the frequency and value of lost relationships due to poor customer service.

Research | read more


BE Broadband increases customer satisfaction with Transversal

Leading broadband provider implements web self-service with the assistance of Transversal

BE Broadband | read more


Capita Create 200 contact centre jobs

It has been announced that insurance company AXA are set to create 200 contact centre jobs

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Editor for contact-centres.com waits 26 minutes to speak to an agent

is this a record?

Virgin Media | read more


CyberTech and CallMiner expand contact centre speech Partnership

Open and easy-to-use architecture provides best-in-breed speech analytics

Cybertech | read more


Redundancies announced at Belfast Tour Operator's contact centre

Irish based tour operator, Falcon Holidays, are to make 12 staff redundant at their Belfast based contact centre.

Falcon | read more


Grattan Freemans Mail Order staff informed of call centre closure

It has been announced that mail order catalogue company Grattan is to close its Bradford based contact centre with the loss of over 500 staff.

Grattan | read more


Companies are looking to contact centres to drive more business value in tough economic times

Dimension Data's Benchmarking Report indicate that the contact centre industry is entering the next stage of evolution in communicating with customers

Dimension Data | read more


LBM improves service levels with ntl:Telewest

LBM have deployed a high speed voice and data network from ntl:Telewest Business in order to improve service levels and reduce the costs of its 125 million annual calls.

LBM | read more


CJ Garlands - Tough financial times for North-East Outsourcer

Garlands are being hit hard by the recession having recently reported a significant drop in both sales & profits.

Garlands | read more


Every little helps as Supermarket Giant takes on staff at Prescott contact centre

Due to the success of both its Mobile and Broadband service Tesco have announced the creation of 100 contact centres.

Tesco | read more


Release new customer research - measures economic value of service to UK companies

Research quantifies the frequency and value of lost relationships due to poor customer service.

Research | read more


BE Broadband increases customer satisfaction with Transversal

Leading broadband provider implements web self-service with the assistance of Transversal

BE Broadband | read more


Capita Create 200 contact centre jobs

It has been announced that insurance company AXA are set to create 200 contact centre jobs

Capita l  read more


Fusion Contact Centres announce closure of Peterlee contact centre

A contact centre which celebrating its opening in March 2007 has announced the closure 180 staff being affected.

Fusion | read more


T-Mobile & Orange Announce details of merger - What happens to staff at their contact centres?

T-Mobile and Orange have announced plans to merge the two companies creating Britain's largest mobile phone operator with 28.4 million customers.

tMobile | read more


nGenera CIM Powers Digital UK Contact Centre at Scottish based contact centre

Customer Interaction Management tools help digital switchover company provide high quality customer service via phone, email and web self-service channels

nGenera | read more


John Lewis - Will Manchester be the site of their new contact centre?

It has been widely reported that high street retailer The John Lewis Partnership has Shortlisted four buildings in Manchester to site two 40,000 sq ft contact  centres.

Genesys | read more


Aspect Receives Highest Reporting Score in Datamonitor Decision Matrix of Analytics Vendors

Aspect has achieved the highest score among all vendors for reporting within the Datamonitor Decision Matrix of Analytics Vendors.

Aspect | read more


Announces Acquisition of Assets from TouchStar

Noble Systems has acquired TouchStar’s assets, including the TouchStar brand and all intellectual property.

Noble Systems | read more


Carole Nash Shortlisted for four Honours at Contact Centre Awards

Specialist motorcycle insurance broker Carole Nash Insurance has been Shortlisted for four Honours at the North West Contact Centre Awards 2009.

Carole Nash | read more


Noetica delivers Improved Agent Productivity With Launch Of SynthesysTM Version 4.1

Noetica will address the challenge of optimising agent and contact centre productivity at Call Centre Expo 2009, with the launch of the new version of Noetica SynthesysTM

Noetica | read more

September 2009 - Index