Author: Paul Ainsworth

Ink-redible: Handwritten Letters Return Personal Touch to Communication

A new B2B sales conversion service is bringing back the art of the handwritten letter in a scheme that is proving hugely popular with clients. Conversion optimisation platform ResponseiQ has unveiled Inkdesk, a fully managed service, defining campaigns and crafting handwritten letters along...

Recognition at Work Vital for Employee Retention, Staff Say

The need to praise staff for good work has been highlighted in a new study showing employees would turn down a pay increase in favour of a culture of support. Global employee engagement firm Reward Gateway carried out a survey of UK...

2019 UK Customer Experience Awards: Entry Deadline Approaching

The entry deadline is fast approaching for the 2019 UK Customer Experience Awards, which this year is marking ten years of celebrating the very best CX in Britain. The gala event will take place on October 10 at London’s Wembley Stadium, where...

CIOs Struggle With Tech as CX Pressure Mounts

The vast majority of CIOs find integrating new communications with legacy systems a challenge. That is among the findings in research carried out by global cloud communications software provider, IMImobile, which discovered that 92 percent of CIOs faced this issue. This comes at a...

Points and Plastic Remain Popular, Loyalty Scheme Survey Finds

New research shows that the public appetite for points and plastic is as popular as ever, with the majority of UK customers subscribed to at least one loyalty scheme. According to Hawk Incentives’ The Loyalty Evolution Report – which surveyed 2,500 people across...

Winning With Complaint Handling Conference: Book Now!

The most exciting gathering of award winners and experts in the field of complaint handling will take place London this autumn at a brand new conference, and now is your chance to join them for a special  discount price. The Winning...

Online Trending Store to Open in London

The world’s first bricks-and-mortar store selling only items that are trending online in real time will open its doors in London next month. The Trending Store will be open from July 3 – 7 at Westfield London, operated by trend foresighting...

Third of UK Online Shoppers Unhappy With Service, Survey Reveals

A new study shows that Brits are quick to complain online following a bad ecommerce encounter. The survey of 2,000 UK customers by retail operations platform Brightpearl found that almost a third of shoppers have left a negative review online, with nearly...

Dubai Islamic Bank’s Dr Chilwan to Speak at WIBC Capital Markets Summit Asia

Dubai Islamic Bank powerhouse Dr Adnan Chilwan is to offer his expert insight at the upcoming WIBC Capital Markets Summit Asia. Dr Chilwan is Group Chief Executive Officer at former Gulf Customer Experience Awards winners Dubai Islamic Bank, and he will offer...

Digital Competencies Vital to UAE Employee Experience

Eighty-three percent of UAE respondents see digital competencies as being either very or extremely important in achieving, among other things, organisational agility, employee satisfaction, and talent acquisition. That is the findings of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), in their  Benchmarking competencies...