By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service The announcement of the government’s plan for a new state-owned body, Great British Railways (GBR), that will manage many aspects of rail travel was the result of a long-running review, but…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service As our road out of lockdown continues, it’s been heartening to see streets and premises across the country once again bustling with customers. As the nation reawakens from our enforced hibernation,…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service It feels like the past week has seen a step change in the national psyche. The UK economy is predicted to grow at its fastest rate in more than 70 years,…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service As the vaccine rollout continues and hospitality and retail venues open their doors, there is a sense of optimism in the air that things are steadily returning to something resembling normality…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service As people across the world gathered last week for events and activities to mark Earth Day, it is easy to see just how firmly environmental issues have entered the mainstream. This…
Watch Simon Johnson, General Manager UK&I, Freshworks and our CEO, Jo Causon, discuss the leading and lagging indicators of successful customer engagement and what organisations need to do to get customer engagement right in 2021 and beyond.
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service We all know that trust between organisations and their customers is an essential ingredient for success. When customers trust businesses, they are likely to interact with them more frequently, spend more,…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service Earlier this week, we launched our latest piece of breakthrough research - examining the role trust plays in the customer experience. Trust is, and always has been, fundamental to our interactions…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service This week marks an important milestone in our roadmap out of lockdown - as thousands of businesses across the country prepare to reopen physical premises. For many organisations, and their customers,…
"Customer satisfaction across all sectors of the UK economy has been declining for the past three years. Whist the utilities sector has bucked this trend in the last two years – rising 0.7 points to 72.7 (out of 100) in…