The FCA has recently released crucial new guidance aimed at helping financial services firms provide better support to customers who have experienced bereavement. This is a significant step towards ensuring that vulnerable customers are treated with the compassion and fairness they deserve. This guidance is a call to action for firms to review and enhance their bereavement support policies. By doing so, they can build stronger customer relationships and demonstrate a genuine commitment to fair treatment. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ediZh_kg #FCA #BereavementSupport #CustomerCare #CreateBetterOutcomes
Huntswood
Financial Services
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We help firms govern, transform and operate their businesses to create better outcomes.
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We are Huntswood. The people who put partnership first. A trusted team with the insight, expertise, and pace to create better outcomes for our clients, their customers, and the communities they are a part of. We deliver resourcing, outsourcing and advisory services from complaints to customer service, remediation to resilience – bringing together the people, processes and knowledge businesses need to succeed. Our ambition is to make a positive difference. It is what Huntswood has done since we opened our doors 25 years ago, and it is what every single one of us strives for today. We ensure the right people are in the right place at the right time – whether it is our dedicated team of Associates or our Board. Our outstanding track record of delivery, depth of our expertise and flexibility of our approach means we stand with our clients without question - working on their terms to share our insight whenever and wherever they need it. Standing with our clients as the landscape evolves and new challenges arise. Advising in times of change – offering ultimate flexibility to help clients create value and meet demand with confidence. We are Huntswood. Your trusted partner for better outcomes.
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- Financial Services
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- 1,001-5,000 employees
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- Reading, Berkshire
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- Privately Held
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- 1996
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- Advisory Services, Retail conduct risk, Compliance, Risk Management, Governance, Quality of sales advice, Managed resource, Skilled person reports (s166 FSMA), People, learning & development, Remediation programmes, Payments, automation, complaints, Resource, Outsourcing, Call Centre, and Offshoring
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This festive season, our #OneHuntswood team in the UK has been spreading joy with a series of exciting Christmas activities! 🧥 Christmas Jumper Day: Our office became a festive fashion show, but it was John Thirsk who took home the win with a Star Trek Christmas jumper and an extra Christmassy bottom. An honourable mention goes to Emma Mitchell who sported the best Christmas skirt! 🏅 Huntswood Winter Olympics: Teams competed for prizes in Desk Curling, Snow Fort Knockdown, and a festive quiz. Congratulations to our champion James Hollidge, who took Gold, Michelle Evans, who claimed Silver, and Matthew Perkin, who secured Bronze. A big round of applause to everyone else who joined in the fun! 🥇🥈🥉 🦌 Reindeer Raffle: The cherry on top was the opportunity to win fabulous prizes, well done to all our raffle winners Ali Lauri, Anna Donegan, Eszter Gere ACCA, MA, Sasha A Balogova, Sophie Higgs and Sophie Smith. A huge thank you to everyone involved for making these events so special. Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a fantastic New Year! #LifeAtHuntswood #TeamAppreciation #HappyHolidays #Christmas
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We at Huntswood would like to say a heartfelt Merry Christmas to all of our clients. Our holiday wishes always come with a huge thank you for our relationship, which helps deliver great outcomes. However, this year, with the acquisition by ResultsCX, a successful period of integration and further enhancing our service to you, ‘thank you’ feels especially pertinent. Whatever your plans for the holiday period, we wish all of you and your loved ones peace, laughter and joy this Christmas. We look forward to a 2025 full of opportunity to build connection and continue to delight your customers in partnership. With all best wishes, Martin Dodd and the Huntswood team. #HappyHolidays #ThankYou #CreateBetterOutcomes
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Some great insight from our Director of Operations, Tom Bower, on the importance of embedding UK regulatory standards into our South African operations. Understanding and aligning unequivocally with our clients' obligations means we deliver good outcomes for consumers and confidence for our clients - all while delivering high-quality, commercially competitive solutions. More generally, our deep knowledge of the regulatory landscape facilitates our partnership approach, allowing us to operate with pragmatism and flexibility when our clients' obligations change.
Adapting to Consumer Duty: Leading the Charge in South Africa The introduction of Consumer Duty in the UK has redefined the standards for customer care, with a strong focus on delivering fair, transparent, and positive outcomes for consumers. It challenges businesses to adopt a customer-first mindset, ensuring that every decision, product, and process genuinely benefits the end user. For those of us in complaint handling, this represents a significant shift. Complaints are no longer just about resolving individual issues—they are now a vital tool for identifying systemic problems, driving improvements, and enhancing customer trust. While my operation is based in South Africa, supporting UK clients, we’ve embraced these principles wholeheartedly. Here’s how we’ve adapted to the emerging changes brought about by Consumer Duty: • Putting Customer Outcomes First: Our processes now prioritise not just resolving complaints but achieving the best possible outcomes for customers. This includes a more empathetic and tailored approach to each complaint. • Proactive Complaint Management: By analysing data trends and customer feedback, we’ve shifted from reactive handling to proactively addressing root causes. This has allowed us to prevent recurring issues and enhance the overall customer journey. • Continuous Improvement: Consumer Duty requires ongoing evaluation of practices to ensure compliance and customer satisfaction. We’ve embedded a culture of continuous improvement within our operation to stay ahead of expectations. • Continuous Improvement with Technology: Technology and AI play a crucial role in our journey toward continuous improvement. Advanced analytics tools help us identify trends and insights faster. These innovations allow us to deliver quicker resolutions, improve accuracy, and create a smoother experience for both customers and advisors. Consumer Duty is not just about meeting regulations—it’s about elevating the way we serve customers, ensuring they feel valued and heard. At Huntswood ResultsCX we are proud to be at the forefront of adapting to Consumer Duty, leading the charge in South Africa. With our focus on aligning complaint handling processes to meet the highest UK standards, we’re setting a new benchmark for delivering exceptional customer experiences across borders.
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As we demonstrated in our Complaints Outlook 2024 report, first point of contact complaint resolution is key to ensuring complaints are resolved efficiently and effectively. This podcast, originally recorded for our 2021 report, still rings true today, and provides rich insight for firms looking to optimise their own approach. Huntswood CEO, Martin Dodd, speaks with Gavin Halliday, former Chief Disruption Officer at Virgin Money, who draw on their vast experience within financial services to discuss what can be gained when customers are able to speak to the right person straight away. Listen to the full podcast here: https://lnkd.in/en66SaBQ #Podcast #CreateBetterOutcomes #ComplaintHandling #Insight
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Q2 FOS data for 2024 / 25 has been published, with an indication that the high levels of engagement experienced in Q1 are set to continue. In this regular series exploring FOS quarterly, six-monthly and annual data, James Hooper-Saunders looks at the latest figures and sets out some considerations for firms when it comes to minimising escalations and learning from FOS decisions. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eRkssxq2 #Complaints #FOS #CreateBetterOutcomes
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Understand the financial impact of complaints on your organisation using our new Complaints Calculator. This powerful tool factors in all of the costs and unrealised revenue associated with complaints - including post-complaint customer retention - to illustrate how investment in your approach can improve financial outcomes for your firm while improving customer outcomes. The calculator helps you understand the broader financial impact by assessing customer churn, advocacy and antagonism, and is built on insight from the Complaints Outlook 2024 surveys, with retention data linked to NPS. To use it, simply input your firm's values or use the default values provided by Complaints Outlook. Visit our website to try the Complaints Calculator today: https://lnkd.in/edUujzrS #Complaints #ComplaintsOutlook #CO2024 #ComplaintHandling #CreateBetterOutcomes
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Huntswood reposted this
The numbers guy, putting business outcomes at the heart of customer experience | MD and CEO at ResultsCX
Congratulations to the Huntswood team on the return of the Complaints Outlook report, with the 2024 edition now live. Of particular interest to me is the Complaints Calculator. Addressing complaints effectively is the foundation of great customer experience, but the Complaints Calculator shines a light on the commercial impact of failing to do this, with costs running into the tens of millions of USD each year. The report is incredibly rich with insights and actionable recommendations and is a real testament to the hard work and expertise the team has in complaints handling. While the Complaints Outlook 2024 is based on data from the UK, some of the trends and findings it’s uncovered will resonate across sectors and geographies, I have no doubt. Look out for more on this from Huntswood and ResultsCX over the coming months. You can access the report itself here: https://lnkd.in/exbsVGPE Well done, team! #Complaints #CX #FinancialServices #Utilities
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A huge thank you to all the incredible speakers at our Complaints Outlook launch event last night! Your insights and expertise are invaluable as we navigate the evolving landscape of customer complaints. Download the full report here: https://lnkd.in/e-kgVRDX Simon Lindores Martin Dodd Andrew D McMillan Emma Mitchell Craig Koch Hayley West #ThankYou #Complaints #ComplaintsOutlook #CO2024 #ComplaintHandling #CreateBetterOutcomes
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In the latest edition of our Complaints Outlook research report, we explore how firms are rapidly improving their complaints handling, meeting higher customer expectations, and leveraging insights for better retention and advocacy. Discover how you can transform your complaints process and drive success. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/e-kgVRDX #Complaints #ComplaintsOutlook #CO2024 #ComplaintHandling #CreateBetterOutcomes
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