Pre-payment Winter Support Pre-payment Winter Support Get Connected 80 % Call quality score 265 % of collections target Overview How we assisted a large UK energy retailer during a peak winter period with additional pre-payment support. The challenge The winter period traditionally sees an increase in customer contact from pre-payment customers, with the colder weather resulting in people using […]
- October 22, 2021
- By Press Office
- Blog, Blog, Blog, Blog
South Africa – In challenging times outsourcing could be the solution for your business
Even at the best of times, outsourcing can provide significant benefits to a business. At the worst of times, it becomes even more valuable. Not that I’m suggesting these are the worst of times, but Covid has undoubtedly created unique challenges for companies in most sectors (if not all) and contracting service providers offers a […]
- October 22, 2021
- By Press Office
South Africa – In challenging times outsourcing could be the solution for your business
Even at the best of times, outsourcing can provide significant benefits to a business. At the worst of times, it becomes even more valuable. Not that I’m suggesting these are the worst of times, but Covid has undoubtedly created unique challenges for companies in most sectors (if not all) and contracting service providers offers a […]
- October 22, 2021
- By Press Office
South Africa – In challenging times outsourcing could be the solution for your business
Even at the best of times, outsourcing can provide significant benefits to a business. At the worst of times, it becomes even more valuable. Not that I’m suggesting these are the worst of times, but Covid has undoubtedly created unique challenges for companies in most sectors (if not all) and contracting service providers offers a […]
- October 22, 2021
- By Press Office
Why outsource – Discover how outsourcing can benefit your business
With many people still working from home under lockdown, the sheer flexibility that outsourcing affords cannot be understated. Whether you want to build capacity or streamline the operations of your business, contracting a third party to support you could be the solution. Many other businesses like yourselves would agree and our contact centre has doubled […]
- October 21, 2021
- By sc_admin
- Case Studies
Extra Energy SoLR
Scottish Power and Tonik Case Study Clearing a client’s complaints backlog with a high success rate Get Connected 70 % Tariff retention rate 15 % Repeat call rate Overview Sigma assisted with collections of outstanding debt and improved the customer experience after Extra Energy went into administration. The challenge With Extra Energy going into administration, ScottishPower was appointed […]
Providing outsourced collections for Avon
Avon Providing outsourced collections for Avon Get Connected 80 % Call quality score 265 % of collections target Overview Avon, the global makeup and skin care brand appointed Sigma to improve their collections performance by offering an efficient service – quickly and effectively. The challenge With Avon historically offshoring its collections services to India, Sigma needed […]
- October 21, 2021
- By Press Office
The autumn surge and why energy suppliers must be prepared more than ever
With autumn now upon us and winter staring us in the face, October is traditionally the time when energy suppliers start to see an uplift in calls, emails and live chats. But with the well-publicised challenges impacting the UK’s energy sector, we are looking at a far trickier autumn than ever before as companies […]
- October 20, 2021
- By Press Office
- Acquisition AUS, Contact Centre, Offshoring
Staff shortages and how businesses should adapt to get through it
It’s certainly no secret that labour shortages across the UK are biting hard and the situation is seeing a negative and hugely worrying impact on the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery. There are several factors contributing to this. Brexit has created a shortage of European labour available to work in the hospitality and leisure sector, amongst […]
- October 10, 2021
- By sc_admin
- Case Studies, Case Studies, Case Studies, Case Studies, Customer Services
Scottish Power and Tonik Case Study
Scottish Power and Tonik Case Study Clearing a client’s complaints backlog with a high success rate Get Connected 40 Advisors set up in one week Overview Supporting ScottishPower by ensuring a new team of advisors were ready at short notice to deal with Tonik customers after they went into administration. The challenge With Tonik going into administration, ScottishPower […]