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There’s still time to Judge at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2014!

Nick Brice, Judge at the UK Employee Experience Awards, is passionate about employee experience. He gave us some sound bites on what makes a good employee experience and why he’s looking forward to judging at the Awards. I’ve had the privilege...

Speeding fines hit four year high due to new digital cameras

The number of speeding fines issued to motorists by the courts in England and Wales has risen to its highest level for four years amid the rollout of a new generation of digital speed cameras. The increase has been attributed...

EE to end Orange Wednesdays cinema offer

EE is axing its Orange Wednesdays promotion that provides free cinema tickets to its mobile phone customers. The offer, which allows Orange and EE customers to get two cinema tickets for the price of one on Wednesdays, was launched more than 10...

Financial services win back customers affections according to Nunwood’s 2014 Customer Experience Excellence report

During the recent global recession, customer trust in the financial industry was at an all-time low. However, the 2014 UK Customer Experience Excellence (UKCEE) report shows that financial services have mounted a recovery to become this year’s biggest climbers when...

Customer Experience Trends for 2015

Neil Woodcock, chairman of The Customer Framework shares his predictions for 2015. Customer Experience is a board level item in most large organisations but sometimes the discussion becomes more about internal processes and systems than about the customer! We need to...

How to keep up with customer expectations when moving into bricks and mortar

If we are to believe recent news reports, it would seem that Amazon is making plans to trial its first high street store in the US. As a brand that is well established in the online world, will they be...

Finalists announced for the UK Employee Experience Awards

The Finalists for the inaugural UK Employee Experience Awards 2014 have been announced this week. Congratulations to the 66 companies who have been shortlisted across 14 categories for delivering outstanding employee experience, with consequent benefits not only to their teams,...

Quality, Standards and the link to Business Awards

Quality is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as ‘The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.’ The importance of quality in the journey to excellence has therefore led to the...

Apple to open Research & Development Centre in Cambridge

Apple is reportedly set to open an office in Cambridge, yet another sign that the city is rapidly becoming the UK’s premier location for high tech and medical companies. The proposed office will be based amongst the other ‘Silicon Fen’ companies, namely Microsoft,...

Christmas shoppers: diving deep into their personality

Some Christmas shoppers have it all wrapped up by the 1st of December, while others are still rushing around on Christmas Eve. Then there are the bargain hunters who scour the web for the best deals. We also know those...