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Public sector contact centres on industry awards’ shortlists
14th September: Several contact centres from across public sector were announced on the shortlist of the prestigious CCF and CCA annual industry awards. Contact centres are competing with the best of their private sector equivalents. Good luck to all those short listed in the finals:
CCF European Call Centre Awards
- Best Centre for Customer Service
Northern Counties Housing Association, Oldham
Surrey County Council, Kingston upon Thames
- Best Improvement Strategy
DVLA, Swansea
National Savings & Investment, Blackpool
- Best Large Call Centre
HM Revenue and Customs, Bathgate
- Best Outsourcing Partner
Vangent Ltd & Southwark Council
- Best People Practice
Northern Counties Housing Association, Oldham
- Best Small Call Centre
Northern Counties Housing Association, Oldham
- Best Use of Technology
Dudley Metropolitan Council, West Midlands
- Contact Centre Manager of the Year
Kathleen Silvestro, Contact Centre Manager, HM Revenue and Customs, Bathgate
Emma Botfield, Customer Relationship Manager, Sandwell MBC, Oldbury
- Corporate Responsibility Award
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, Dundee
CCA Excellence Awards
- Best Customer Focus in Sector: Public Sector
Charity Commission Direct
DVLA
Harvest Housing
HMRC, Bathgate
Jobcentre Plus, Sheffield
Surrey County Council
The essentia group
- Best Use of Technology Partnership
Cardiff Council & Mitel
- Customer Service Representative of the Year
Laura Kelly, Cardiff Council
Mike Smith, Cardiff Council
- Team Leader of the Year
Christine Daly, Cardiff Council
Nick Worboys, HMRC
- Manager of the Year
Kathleen Silvestro, HMRC
- People & Innovation Award
Liverpool Direct
National Savings & Investments
Local Authority contact managers share experience
Both the North West and North East regions are hosting events at the end of September and early October aimed at learning and experience sharing sessions for contact managers on delivering Varney recommendations and specifically the performance management framework. The Contact Council will be represented at both meetings.
Contact Council takes ‘accreditation’ temperature
17th September: Though the Varney report recommended that publicly funded contact centres achieve formal accreditation by December 2008 it seems that many contact centres, such as DVLA Swansea, are already well on their way to achieving accreditation. The Contact Council is today asking contact centre managers to let us know when they plan to accredit their respective centres (see section on Accreditation).