Our CEO, Jo Causon, and Francesca Rea, Director of Customer Operations at NewDay, share their perspectives on the customer experience trends for 2025 and beyond, helping you navigate the challenges and seize the opportunities that await. You can find the…
Jo Causon returned to BBC Five Live’s Wake up To Money where she discussed the challenging landscape in customer service and how, amid interest rate cuts and revised global growth outlooks, customer service will remain a key tool for…
As the first real chill of winter creeps across the UK, and the dust settles on the recent budget of the new Labour Government, business leaders across the nation are turning their minds towards how to create growth and stability…
CEO Jo Causon penned an opinion piece for politics.co.uk, discussing what government and regulators can do to promote and prioritise growth in regulated sectors. Drawing from our recent research into regulation and the regulators, Jo discusses how a regulatory focus…
One of the conundrums that we are faced with today is how to protect customers’ interests and boost the quality of their service experience with organisations, without burdening businesses in excessive red tape that inadvertently stifles innovation. Indeed, this was…
As part of our National Customer Service Week celebrations, CEO Jo Causon appeared on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours to discuss some new research showing the cost of poor service in the retail sector. Jo discusses our own UK…
In an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live, Jo Causon discusses new research commissioned as part of our Service with Respect campaign to highlight unacceptable abuse of customer-facing staff. She also highlights The Institute's key asks of Government, business, and…
CEO Jo Causon on abuse of customer facing staff: "We (as business leaders) need to stand up and say this is not acceptable behaviour". Our CEO Jo Causon was invited to the BBC Breakfast studio to discuss the latest survey…
Jo Causon returned to BBC Five Live’s Wake up To Money where she discussed the rental market slowing, retailers charging for online returns, and how the end-to-end user experience should be a priority for businesses across all sectors. She…
A landmark report on the state of customer service across the UK revealed that satisfaction levels are at their lowest since 2010. With customer satisfaction being intrinsically linked to business performance, persistent low levels of satisfaction have the potential to…