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As part of our Best Practice programme for Quality Management, The Forum & NICE are collaborating to offer NICE NUG members FREE access to on-demand material from The Forum. We also invite you to join our live networking events on Zoom, where members meet to share their latest work and discuss common challenges – book for each event via the links below.

Watch videos from our recent National Quality Conference and case studies from our 2020 Award winners

  • Quality & Improvement Keynote: Mark Billingham, COO at the Very Group
  • Npower case study: driving process improvement out of QA
  • William Hill case study: transforming customer experience though QA
  • Motability Operations case study: quality, coaching & knowledge management
  • Workshop Catchup: Skills that create Great Customer Conversations
  • Workshop Catchup: Measuring First Contact Resolution
  • Workshop Catchup: How to Get it Right First Time

Book to join our live virtual networking, where members meet to share their latest work and discuss common challenges.

The changing face of contact centres: lessons from the UK

The UK Contact Centre Decision Makers Guide provides a deep dive into the latest trends shaping the industry. It highlights key challenges and opportunities. These include AI’s impact, workforce management and customer expectations. So, what can we learn from this year’s findings?

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Operational Improvement: How Collaboration Drives Success

Siloed working is one of the biggest challenges organisations face today. We’ve all felt the frustration when teams work alone. It leads to miscommunication, duplication of effort, and missed chances. But how do we move from a fragmented way of working to one where collaboration drives success?
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The Power of Reflection: A method for learning and driving improvement

Human nature dictates that we naturally find ourselves looking ahead. Looking forward to something sparks optimism and ambition. It shifts our focus to future ideas. This applies to planning holidays and birthdays, and to work challenges like budgeting and project planning.

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The Learning Pyramid: A framework for Growth & Innovation

The Forum has advocated learning since its inception in the year 2000, with an ethos grounded in Raising Standards, this not only applies to our teams and organisations but to us as professionals.

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The Evolution of the 8 Key Considerations

A Journey from Operational Efficiency to Purpose-Driven Workforce Strategy

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Team Structure

Benchmarking key considerations for now and the future to understand best practice and readiness for whatever is next.

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Operational Support Report from Douglas Jackson

Douglas Jackson have published their Operational Support Report for 2025 offering opinion on what 2025 holds for the Operational Support functions. As part of this, they collate Salary Benchmarking for Senior Planning and Insight roles. We have summarised the key points raised within this report along with the benchmarking salary information and thank Perry Fletcher for sharing this insight with us and our community. Follow the QR Code if you would like to read the report in its entirety.

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The Challenge of Attrition

Attrition is a huge challenge for many of our members and we see a huge range, with external attrition ranging from 1.1% to 64%. For some, high attrition and rapid turnover drive up costs. They can’t deliver great service. For a few, low attrition can bring its own challenges.

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Beyond the Benchmark

Understanding the true industry standard for service levels. In this article we will explore the origins of the service level along with the variations that are being used to understand the right metric for your organisation.

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Shrinkage Benchmarking: understanding how we use time

What do the numbers mean and how can you compare your business against others?

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