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Verplas Celebrates Triple Win at UK Employee Experience Awards 2025

Manufacturing firm Verplas has scooped three awards at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2025, winning gold in both Best Company Culture and Team of the Year categories, and bronze in the Best Use of Employee Insight & Feedback category. The awards...

CallMiner’s 2025 CX Landscape Report Highlights AI’s Rapid Growth Despite Governance Gaps

Generative and agentic AI are no longer experiments for most customer experience (CX) leaders. According to CallMiner’s 2025 CX Landscape Report, 96% of global CX and contact centre leaders believe implementing AI (including generative and agentic AI) is key to...

Taken for Granted: 84% of Healthcare Workers Say They’re Burnt Out

Most (84%) healthcare workers say they feel taken for granted. More than half admit they are actively considering a job change within the next year. These aren’t just numbers on a page, but a brewing crisis for America’s healthcare system....

First Direct Bank Takes Home Two Wins at the UK EX Awards 2025

First Direct Bank walked away with two major honours at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2025, winning gold in the Best Company Culture (1000+ employees) category and silver in the Best Employee Engagement category. The bank, which has been operating for...

And the UK Employee Experience 2025 Awards Winners Are…

Wednesday, 17th of September saw the UK’s EX great and good, plus an impressive showing of new EX talent gather at the Hilton Hotel, Paddington in London. Under the stage lights, over 200 guests saw teams collect Bronze, Silver and...

Sephora Partners with Uber Eats to Deliver Beauty On-Demand 

Uber and Sephora have teamed up to make beauty shopping faster and more convenient than ever. Beginning today, shoppers across the U.S. and Canada can order from hundreds of Sephora locations through Uber Eats, with delivery arriving in as little...

PolyAI Expands Beyond Front-Line Automation with New Agentic AI Roles

PolyAI is extending its AI platform with the launch of three new agentic AI roles: QA Agents, Analyst Agents, and Builder Agents. The expansion builds on its existing customer-facing automation to create a dynamic, self-improving workforce designed to deliver continuous...

From Free Shipping to Flexible Returns: The New Rules of Retail

Nearly 3 out of 4 U.S. shoppers plan to split their 2025 holiday spending between online and in-store channels, according to Ryder System’s study. The report tracks how Americans’ shopping behaviours and expectations are shifting year over year, and for...

When Insights Don’t Connect, AI Becomes an Expensive Illusion

The AI gold rush is well underway. Companies are hiring data specialists, building integration pipelines, and investing heavily in artificial intelligence to sharpen decision-making. Yet, many of those efforts are built on shaky ground. Without connected insights, AI could become...

CX Leaders Love AI, So Why Can’t They Make It Work?

Most (96%) of customer experience (CX) leaders worldwide now see artificial intelligence, spanning generative AI and agentic AI, as a cornerstone of their strategy, a sharp rise from 87% last year, according to CallMiner’s newly released 2025 CX Landscape Report...