by Marcus Hickman | 22 Feb, 2017 | Our blog
The UK’s housing strategy needs to be about much more than the number of new home starts. The recently published white paper Fixing our broken housing market contains a long list of potential policies, actions and interventions for the future, mostly focused on...
by Marcus Hickman | 7 Feb, 2017 | Our blog
Shoppers love the Apple store payment experience. The want more retailers to join the mPOS (mobile point of sale) revolution to speed up and improve the customer experience, according to research we completed for Miura Systems* using our content marketing process....
by Marcus Hickman | 23 Jan, 2017 | Customer experience, Our blog
The Institute of Customer Service’s latest UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI) shows that retail assistants, call centre agents, service engineers and other frontline people make the real difference when it comes to delivering great customer service. The...
by Marcus Hickman | 17 Jan, 2017 | Customer experience, Our blog
Banking and insurance providers are improving their relationships with consumers. 35 per cent of UK consumers now say that they have a strong relationship with their bank, up from 29 per cent in 2014. In Germany the figure is 59 per cent, while in Spain it is 40 per...
by Marcus Hickman | 24 Oct, 2016 | Our blog
To boost growth in sales to Australia UK businesses need to understand what Australian consumers demand from them. An independent online poll of 1,000 Australian consumers was completed during the week commencing 17 October 2016 by Davies Hickman Partners, a global...
by Jo Davies | 23 Oct, 2016 | Customer experience, Our blog, Social media and customer contact
What are the main changes in the FDIS compared with the previous version? This was the fifth meeting to develop the ISO 18295 standard on customer contact centres. The intention was to resolve the draft International Standard (DIS) comments for 18295-1 and 18295-2 in...
