Call centre firm hailed the best in the North East at annual awards ceremony
Auxillis was the big winner at the glittering event, which brought together the cream of the crop from the region’s contact centre industry.
The Peterlee-based firm scooped the overall “over 250-seats” Crowning Glory title.
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Hide AdThe North East Contact Centre Awards, held at the Ramside Hall Hotel and organised by MAKE it Sunderland, which is delivered by Sunderland City Council, celebrated its 16th year with a superheroes-themed evening on Friday, February 8.
The prestigious, popular event attracted a full house from contact centres across the North East.
Durham-based Atom Bank won the overall award for the over 50, under 250-seats category, while BGL customer services took home the Outstanding Contribution to the Community award.
Leanne Chambers, client solutions director at greenbean, NRG, which was main sponsor for the awards said: “This event celebrates so many worthy winners across all sizes of contact centres, and highlights the individual contributions of their own superheroes, who make a huge contribution to the business and the community.
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Hide Ad“We’re proud to sponsor the event, which is a refreshing, uplifting evening, and it’s fantastic to see how involved all the companies are in making the occasion a huge success.”
Alex Coxon, head judge said: “The North East is a superb showcase of the contract centre industry – housing some of the UK’s best. Our finalists demonstrated leading practices in a number of areas, making the judging of the categories a tough process. What is clear is that the region’s contact centres are getting better and better every year. All of our finalist should be incredibly proud of themselves.”
The awards were sponsored by greenbean by NRG, MAKE it Sunderland and Sunderland City Council, EC Outsourcing, Business Durham and Narrative Integrated Communications.
Winners of all categories are.
Contact Centre Adviser of the Year 2018:
Winner – Arun Malhotra, Sage (UK) Ltd
Highly Commended – Jonathan Gordon, Insure the Box
Multi Channel Adviser of the Year 2018:
Winner – Martyn Stokoe, BGL Customer Services
Highly Commended – Dean Alderson, Barclays
Sales Star 2018:
Winner – Amina Odukoya from Barclaycard
Highly Commended – Lynsey Heron, Sage (UK) Ltd
Customer Experience Champion 2018:
Winner – Laura Welch, Home Group
Highly Commended – Stuart Macpherson, Sage (UK) Ltd
Inspirational Leader 2018:
Winner – Michelle Mulligan from Sage (UK) Ltd
Highly Commended – Claire Braines - Barclays
People Development Heroes 2018:
Winner – The Organisational Development team at Insure the Box.
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Hide AdHighly Commended – Learning and Development Team, BGL Customer Services
Most Effective Implementation of Technology 2018
Winner: Operations Centre of Excellence –Northumbrian Water
Highly commended: Workforce Intelligence Project Team, AXA Insurance
Dream Team of the Year 2018:
Winner – The customer Service Team at Go North East
Highly Commended – Customer Services Change and Readiness Team, Sage (UK) Ltd
Outstanding Contribution to Community 2018:
Winner – The MI Community Team at BGL customer services.
Best Outsourcing Partnership 2018
Winner: Firstsource and TSB.
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Hide AdNorth East Contact Centre of the Year 2018, over 50 and under 250 seats:
Winner – Atom Bank
Highly Commended – Home Group
North East Contact Centre of the Year 2018, over 250 seats:
Winner – Auxillis
Highly Commended – Sky Newcastle Service