Particularly during these difficult times, anyone could be facing challenges that lead them to become temporarily or even permanently vulnerable. Whether it’s mental or physical health issues, life-changing scenarios such as bereavement, or financial hardship caused by job loss or a change in circumstances.

On the frontline of dealing with customers, contact centres have a duty to ensure they deal appropriately and sensitively with vulnerable customers. Ofcom has developed best practice guidelines for how businesses should deal with vulnerable people as part of their Fairness for Customers programme.

“We have specific duties under the Communications Act to consider particular groups of people who might be vulnerable to harm. This means we must consider the needs and interests of those who are disabled, elderly, on low incomes or living in rural areas, as well as people who might need special protection because they are vulnerable.”

There is a lot of good advice in the guidelines and we recommend you click the link below and take a look.

For me, the contact centre is the most valuable function in a business. There are two main reasons why this is the case. The first is that the contact centre, as the hub of all customer interactions, is also at the centre of all the insights a business gathers. The second, more prosaic reason, is that customers still want to forge human connections with the brands they do business with. To make this vision a reality, however, we need to reverse the recent alarming slump in customers’ perception of customer service quality. Let’s take a look at how.

The Contact Centre Renaissance: Why Human Connection Matters More Than Ever

For me, the contact centre is the most valuable function in a business. There are two main reasons why this is the case. The first is that the contact centre, as the hub of all customer interactions, is also at the centre of all the insights a business gathers. The second, more prosaic reason, is that customers still want to forge human connections with the brands they do business with. To make this vision a reality, however, we need to reverse the recent alarming slump in customers’ perception of customer service quality. Let’s take a look at how.

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The traditional top-down leadership model that has applied in contact centres since forever, is no longer fit for purpose. Because today’s contact centre is driven by the need for an agile, responsive service delivery, the thinking goes that leadership must exist at every level of the organisation – as close as possible to where decisions need to be made.

Empowering Contact Centre Leadership at Every Level

The traditional top-down leadership model that has applied in contact centres since forever, is no longer fit for purpose. Because today’s contact centre is driven by the need for an agile, responsive service delivery, the thinking goes that leadership must exist at every level of the organisation – as close as possible to where decisions need to be made.

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New OFCOM regulations designed to hamper the ability of overseas spam callers to ‘spoof’ UK phone numbers could also impact legitimate offshore and outsourced contact centres.

Navigating The New OFCOM Rules For UK Businesses Calling From Offshore

New OFCOM regulations designed to hamper the ability of overseas spam callers to ‘spoof’ UK phone numbers could also impact legitimate offshore and outsourced contact centres.

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