{"id":15109,"date":"2020-12-10T09:02:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T09:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=15109"},"modified":"2024-11-06T17:02:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T17:02:59","slug":"uk-contact-centre-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/uk-contact-centre-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"2020-21 UK Contact Centre Decision Makers Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ContactBabel recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/lp\/contact-centre-guide-2021.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The 2020-21 UK Contact Centre Decision-Makers&#8217; Guide<\/em><\/a>, based on surveys with 233 UK organisations and 1,000+ interviews with UK consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The findings of ContactBabel&#8217;s research are reported by vertical market and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/contact-centre\/overview.html\">contact centre<\/a> size, so organisations can compare their contact centre performance and plans with similar organisations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covering all aspects of performance, technology, HR and strategy, the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shows how the UK contact centre industry is coping with extremely challenging times, and what it&#8217;s planning for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At a whopping 400+ pages, the report contains a wealth of detailed information the spans multiple sectors and business services, from finance to manufacturing, media to utilities, and much more. Public and private sector organisations are represented, providing a comprehensive view of the customer service landscape across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Given RingCentral&#8217;s role in helping organisations shape the future of work, our particular area of current interest was remote working and the connected enterprise. It&#8217;s clear how much of a role remote work has played in our lives this year and, despite the hope for distancing regulations to eventually be relaxed, the remote work &#8216;experiment&#8217; of 2020 has changed the way we will work for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s therefore imperative for organisations to find ways to get the best out of the remote working opportunity. For example: flexible scheduling, follow-the-sun support, access to talent unbound by geographic location, and of course better work-life balance for employees. To do this, businesses need to change their approach to workforce engagement and measurement of productivity: keeping teams engaged and connected while remote working is essential to thriving in the new era of work.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta style-3 mid  CID-cta-2FdM5dTp\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta-copy text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"h2\">Get your copy of ContactBabel's comprehensive contact centre report<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" style=\"margin-top: 16px; font-weight: bold;\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Download the Decision-Makers' Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/lp\/contact-centre-guide-2021.html\" target=\"_blank\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-dl-additional-info=\"Get your copy of ContactBabel's comprehensive contact centre report\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"Get your copy of ContactBabel's comprehensive contact centre report | Download now\">Download now<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>The RingCentral-sponsored chapter <em>Remote working and the connected enterprise<\/em> contains information that can help organisations benchmark their current situation and activities in their sector, creating a base from which to plan future engagements.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highlights include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">69% of UK contact centres now use at least one cloud-based application<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average cost of an inbound call is \u00a34.55, 77% more than web chat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web chat usage has risen by 58% over the past year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">74% of UK contact centre agents are still based at home<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">42% of contact centres reported a drop in service level<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">92% of businesses say AI will be important to their contact centre<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rapid rise in senior <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/definitive-guide-customer-experience\/\">customer experience<\/a> professionals comes as a result of businesses acting on the understanding that their customer contact is key to their business\u2019s overall success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ll be publishing a more detailed overview of <em>Remote working and the connected enterprise<\/em> right here on the blog, next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the meantime, contact <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/for\/cx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help you manage change, thrive in the current climate, and embrace future requirements to reduce service costs, increase your customer satisfaction score and keep your employees happy.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"uc-expo-cta-2 style-4  CID-cta-2FdM5dTp\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Download The UK Contact Centre Decision-Makers' Guide 2020-21<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/lp\/contact-centre-guide-2021.html\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dl-additional-info=\"Download The UK Contact Centre Decision-Makers' Guide 2020-21\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"Download The UK Contact Centre Decision-Makers' Guide 2020-21 | Download now\" target=\"_blank\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener\" title=\"Download the Decision-Makers' Guide\">Download now<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ContactBabel recently launched The 2020-21 UK Contact Centre Decision-Makers&#8217; Guide, based on surveys with 233 UK organisations and 1,000+ interviews with UK consumers. 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