Scotland: A Premier BPM LocationSeptember 2013

A Presentation by Scottish Development International

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ContentsBPM Sector in Scotland 4 Sector Overview 4 Key Facts 4 Critical Mass 5 Outsourcing in Scotland 6

Qualified and Talented Workforce 7 Demographics 7 Scottish Workforce 7 Multilingual Capability 9 Training and Development 10

Salary Costs 11

Incentives 12

Why Scotland? 13

Scotland’s Competitive Advantage 14

Appendix 1 - A Selection of BPM Company Profiles 15

Scotland...

... the preferred location for Business Process Management

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Sector OverviewScotland is an internationally recognised Business Process Management (BPM) location with an impressive track record and distinguished pedigree.

Some of the largest BPM companies in Europe are based in Scotland. There are over 90,000 people employed in 400 BPM companies - 4% of population.(Source, Taylor & Anderson Report 2011)

Much of our growth and success can be directly attributed to a flexible, stable and motivated workforce with highly developed skills in a mature sector.

In addition, over 212,000 people are employed within finance and business services ensuring a steady supply of highly skilled staff for the BPM sector.(Source: Business Register and Employment Survey 2011)

Some of the global and pan European BPM companies based in Scotland include Webhelp TSC, Response, IBM, Stellar, Logica, First Data, Capgemini, Vertex and Sykes Enterprises.

Additionally, Scotland is home to many global and pan European centres due to the wealth of multilingual skills. Current BPM companies and contact centres offer a mix of 26 different languages.

According to recent independent research, the majority of BPM operators in Scotland anticipate a rise in staff numbers over the next two years – testament to the strengths of Scotland in this sector.

BPM SECTOR IN SCOTLAND

Scotland - bpm sector

Key FactsScotland is an internationally recognised BPM location•Some of the largest BPM companies in Europe are •based in Scotland. There are over 90,000 people employed within 400 BPM companies.

(Source: Taylor & Anderson Report, 2011)

The sector has grown by 30,000 employees, or 54% •since 2003 1 in 30 of the employed population work within •BPM companies across the central belt of Scotland undertaking business critical functions and transactions Main industry sectors supported are:•

Financial Sevices - 31,400•Media/Communications - 11,500•Telecoms - 10,000•Utilities - 6,500 •

Additional sectors include: retail, motoring, technical support and travel Over 15% of centres provide dedicated foreign •language services while many others draw upon their employees’ linguistic skills when requiredAccess to a labour pool of over 2.7 million people •within the central belt of Scotland (Source: General Register Office (Scotland), 2011 Mid Year Estimates)

Scotland has almost 282,000 students studying at any •one time for a higher education qualification (Source, Higher Education Statistics Authority and Scottish Funding Council, 2013)

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Below is a cross section of our business processing operations demonstrating the breadth of companies operating within Scotland.

CRITICAL MASS

Scotland - critical mass

Glasgow

EdinburghM8

M8

M74

M80

M90

M73

M9

Kilmarnock

Irvine

East Kilbride

Cumbernauld

Dundee

St. Andrews

Perth

Stirling

Prestwick

Greenock

Livingston

Ayr

Glenrothes

Kirkcaldy

Paisley

Dunfermline

Larbert

LinlithgowDunoon

Erskine Renfrew

Hamilton

GLASGOWO2

Barclays WealthBT Manpower

DellLloyds TSB

Direct Line InsuranceEsure TescoAVIVA

Royal & Sun Alliance

GLASGOWBCW

Bellcom WorldwideCapgemini

CapitaCity Park Technologies

e4eEssentia Group

First DataIndigo Lighthouse

NorthgateParseq

ResponseTeleperformance

LANARKSHIREBSkyB

HSBC/First Direct Inland Revenue

Kwikfit InsuranceScottish & Southern Energy

NCRPowergen

Teleperformance

GREENOCKCIGNA

T-MobileWebhelp TSC

IBM

KILMARNOCKWescot

Webhelp TSCTeleperformance

PAISLEYStellar

DUNOONDatabase DirectWebhelp TSC

ERSKINEWebhelp TSCTeleperformance

HAMILTONCapita

IRVINEStellar

RENFREWCeridian

FIFEIntelligent Finance

TAYSIDEBritish TelecomHBOSJobcentre PlusAVIVAScottish & Southern EnergyTesco DWP

STIRLINGPrudential Group

Capita

FALKIRK/LARBERTThomas CookWebhelp TSC

INVERNESSAVC GroupAtosCap GeminiFujitsu

STORNOWAYCitizens Advice DirectTalktalk

ROTHESAYWebhelp TSC

ABERDEENCapitaJourney Call

THURSOBT ManpowerBabcock Pensions OfficeThe Dental PlanCSC

FORT WILLIAMIntelenetSerco

KIRKCALDYMgt

DUNFERMLINEBSkyB

BRORASerco

ALNESSFujitsuBT ManpowerDINGWALL

Serco

NAIRNCap Gemini

FORRESAtosCapita

DORNOCHNexus Management

EDINBURGHAmazonHSBC Intelligent FinanceScottish Gas Standard LifeScottish WaterCapgeminiCapitaLogicaSykes

LIVINGSTONBSkyB Intelligent FinanceQuintiles

Falkirk

Outsourcing Companies are featured in Red

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Scotland - outsourcing in scotland

OUTSOURCING IN SCOTLAND

Scotland the Optimal LocationScotland is one of the world’s leading international BPM locations. It is a very mature sector established in the early 1990s. The quality of its people, its advanced and cost-effective IT and telecoms infrastructure and its competitive property market, have all contributed to this success, ensuring Scotland is increasingly chosen by corporations as the hub for their pan European activities.

With the continued global economic pressures, the outsourcing sector continues to be a key enabler to help organisations to survive and thrive through turbulent times. The pressures placed on outsourcers continue to grow and it is increasingly important that providers focus on quality of service delivery, identify value adding opportunities and have robust governance and controls. In some instances we are seeing trends of moving away from large all encompassing deals, to multi sourcing specialist/niche arrangements. This is a concept that the Scottish Outsourcing sector, with a growth and critical mass of a diverse range of providers embraced. Outsourcers are very clear about and focus on their specific strengths and expertise rather than trying to do things outside core competence. More than 1 in 5 organisations outsource some services to a domestic third party provider. Prominent amongst these are companies in financial services, utilities and telecoms, but the use of outsourcing extends to firms in all sectors.

Further research by Taylor & Anderson in 2011 reports that since 1997, it is evident that the outsourced sub-sector has become an important element in the Scottish contact centre market. This demonstrates the sustained growth in employment in outsourced centers over a decade and a half. Most significant is the fact that outsourced operations until 2008 grew at a faster rate than any other component of the contact centre market and the share of outsourcing has grown from 1 in 5 in of all those employed to 1 in 4 in 2003 to almost 3 in 10 by 2008.

The 2011 audit findings reveal an increase in the numbers employed by outsourced companies since 2008 (from 23,935 to 24,388).

The Growth Of Outsourced Contact Centers, 1997-2011 Year

(Source: Taylor & Anderson, March, 2011)

Competitive EnvironmentScotland’s BPM companies constantly stay ahead through innovation, ensuring companies and their clients obtain the best service. Scotland’s high quality comes at a competitive cost, coupled with the availability of potential financial incentives, representing excellent value for money. These cost savings cannot be underestimated. Telephone call rates continue to fall and Scotland enjoys competitive national call rates, while international call rates are amongst the cheapest in the whole of Europe. Business space in Scotland also offers better value than comparable property in England and other areas of Europe. All of this means that Scotland offers an unbeatable combination for international businesses seeking to reduce their operational costs. A selection of some of Scotland’s BPM companies are highlighted in Appendix 1 of this document.

Number of Outsourced C.C.S.

Numbers Employed in Outsourced C.C.S.

% of Scottish Workforce in Outsourced C.C.S.

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20112008200320001997

42

92

108

93

2,905

9,010

13,728

23,935

24,388

18.2

20.4

25.1

28.5

27.1

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Demographics

Scottish WorkforceWithin Scotland’s central belt, the working population is approximately 2.7 million people as illustrated. The quality of Scotland’s workforce is internationally recognised. The people of Scotland make up one of the best trained, most reliable and cost competitive labour forces in the world. With a world-renowned educational system and its ratio of graduates per capita, Scotland surpasses most countries of comparable size in Europe.

Scotland’s population now stands at 5,295,400 (2010) est.

Scotland is reputed internationally for its education system and high quality university graduates. Across the central belt alone, there are almost 282,000 students in higher education institutions and further education colleges, one of the UK’s highest student concentrations. Many of Scotland’s academic institutions are internationally renowned for their research and teaching excellence, with many institutions providing bespoke contact centre training.

It is no surprise then, that one of Scotland’s greatest assets is its talented workforce. Indeed, the contact centre talent pool is broad, skilled and exceptionally well-qualified.

BPM companies operating in Scotland benefit from this excellence:There are 37 colleges of Further Education and 19 Higher Education Institutions in Scotland, of which, 17 are •universities including The Open University.In 2011-2012 there was a total of almost 282,000 students studying higher education courses in Scotland. •In 2011-2012 over 90,110 students successfully completed a higher education course in Scotland. The highest annual •increase in the last decade.Scotland’s skills profile has been improving faster than the rest of the UK; 21% of the working age population now •has a degree equivalent qualification or above.

In addition, Labour market regulations in the UK, including working hours, are the most flexible in Europe, and staffing costs are highly competitive. Scottish salary costs, including indirect social wage costs such as employer national insurance are among the lowest in Europe.

QUALIFIED AND TALENTED WORKFORCE

Scotland - qualified and talented workforce

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Glasgow

EdinburghM8

M8

M74

M80

M90

M73

M9

Kilmarnock

Irvine

East Kilbride

Cumbernauld

Dundee

St. Andrews

Perth

Stirling

Prestwick

GreenockLivingston

Ayr

Glenrothes

Paisley

Dunfermline

DunbartonshireWorking Age Population 96,800

RenfrewshireWorking Age Population 132,000

LanarkshireWorking Age Population 329,600

Angus & TaysideWorking Age Population 124,400

FifeWorking Age Population 187,000

Edinburgh CityWorking Age Population 264,500

Scottish BordersWorking Age Population 55,300

Forth ValleyWorking Age Population 147,200

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Glasgow CityWorking Age Population 295,400

Within 30 minute drivetime of Glasgowc. 1.5 million

Within 60 minute drivetime of Glasgowc. 2 million

Within 30 minute drivetime of Edinburghc. 1.4 million

Within 60 minute drivetime of Edinburghc. 2.3 million

InverclydeWorking Age Population 39,300

The LothiansWorking Age Population 181,800

Highlands & IslandsWorking Age Population 240,300

GrampianWorking Age Population 263,100

Dumfries & GallowayWorking Age Population 70,900

Perth & KinrossWorking Age Population 78,300

AyrshireWorking Age Population 176,000

Source: ONS Annual Population survey (Oct 2011 - Sept 2012)

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Scotland - language research

Foreign Students

In 2011-12 there were 46,790 overseas domiciled

students studying higher education courses in Scotland.

These students were domiciled outwith the UK before

participating in Scottish higher education. This number

has increased by 1,170 from 2010-11 when there were

45,620 enrolments from overseas students. The majority

came from outwith Europe, with China (8,075 students),

USA (3,650) and India (2,970) being the most common

domicile of overseas students. Of those students domiciled

within Europe (and outwith the UK) before coming to study

higher education in Scotland, the most common countries

of domicile were the Republic of Ireland (2,655 students),

Germany (2,325 students) and France (1,515 students).

Foreign NationalsThere are some 190,000 Foreign Nationals in Scotland, many of them students, and many attracted by the high quality of life, particularly in the culturally exciting and thriving cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Language GraduatesScotland produces over 3,200 language graduates each year. This is comprised of a combination of language only qualifications and courses where a language is combined with other subjects.

Combining full and part-time study, approximately 13,500 individuals in Scotland are studying for degree level or above qualifications in languages in any given year.

Foreign GraduatesIn 2011-12 qualifications obtained by international students accounted for over 21% (20,325) of all qualifiers.

Top Ten Overseas Countries

1. China 8,075

2. United States 3,650

3. India 2,970

4. Republic of Ireland 2,655

5. Germany 2,325

6. Nigeria 2,105

7. France (includes Corsica) 1,515

8. Greece 1,295

9. Poland 1,205

10. Malaysia 1,165

(Sources: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and Scottish Funding Council (SFC), 2013.

MULTILINGUAL CAPABILITY

As well as offering free face-to-face advice SDS can •support people through its websites and telephone helpline. SDS can also source training courses, search for jobs, provide information on Modern Apprenticeships and other training programmes that may suit individuals needs.

SDS works closley with individuals of all ages, as •well as employers and learning providers, and offer funding to ensure that everyone has the chance to benefit from building new skills.

Through Modern Apprenticeships training employees •can achieve industry recognised qualifications.

With SDS support, recruiting staff doesn’t have to be •time consuming or costly.

Highly skilled, motivated employees can make a big •difference to companies businesses. Identify courses, funding and training providers to suit their business needs.

SDS support packages are designed to relieve the •pressure businesses are under by providing funding for staff training and recruitment.

Watch business performance improve as you boost •basic literacy and numeracy skills amongst your workforce with the help of The Big Plus.

Find latest information on the Scottish Government •initiatie ScotAction and details about Alliance of Sectot Skills Councils.

Source: www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk

Candidates are expected to complete the qualification within 12 months.

Team Leader Development Programme (delivered in association with Customer Contact Association) Recognising the key role played by Team Leaders within a contact centre environment, HIE devised a training programme in association with the Customer Contact Association (CCA).

The course which is delivered over three one day sessions explores how to manage responsibility for self performance while balancing the needs of team members and those of the organisation.

This is especially challenging in the current difficult financial climate. Key areas of clear communication, avoiding and handling conflict as well motivating staff are covered.

Cohorts of team leaders are brought together from different organisations and sites across the Highlands and Islands. Between workshops there is plenty of opportunity to put theory into practice and share experiences.This training course has been highly successful and popular with both team leaders and site managers.

Skills Development ScotlandSkills Development Scotland (SDS) supports •individuals as they make decisions about learning and their career. Whether making choices at school, furthering education, managing their career or facing employment challenges, it has the expertise to help people make well-informed decisions.

As previously highlighted, the BPM sector is a very mature sector in Scotland with highly skilled and qualified staff. Established in the early 1990s it provides a very high level of experienced staff used to meeting the expectations of today’s modern businesses. Given the mature nature of the sector in Scotland, typical agents will have competent literacy, numerical, verbal and written skills. Companies normally provide their own bespoke training on product knowledge, customer service sales and technical skills. In addition, there are 43 colleges of further and higher education in Scotland as well as numerous private training providers geared to meet the needs of BPM companies. There are numerous courses available and many success stories in this area. A broad range of bespoke courses have been developed in conjuction with companies, colleges and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. All these courses can be undertaken at a location suitable to the customer. Some examples of courses offered include: Pre-recruitment trainingRun over a four week period for example (or to meet the employer’s needs) a focussed pre-recruitment course for preparation of potential employees for employment in the customer contact sector

Vocational Qualifications in Call HandlingWorking to nationally recognised standards, candidates are assessed in the workplace to confirm competence at Level 2 or 3, Supervising (Level3) and Managing (Level 4) in addition to mandatory units (Positive Caller Relations, Quality of Provision and Health and Safety), areas of competence assessed can include: • GeneratingSalesLeads • OfferProducts/ServicesovertheTelephone• UndertakeResearchbyTelephone

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TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BPM INDUSTRYScotland - training and development

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SALARY COSTS

Scotland - salary rates

Scotland is a high productivity, cost competitive location for a broad range of BPM and shared service centre activities. A wide variety of roles such as Finance, IT, HR and Customer

Service are all undertaken in Scotland by both Shared Service centres and 3rd party BPM operators. The tables below provide an illustration of some of the roles currently undertaken

in Scotland together with indicative salary levels. We would be happy to provide information for additional roles on request.

Typical Shared Service / BPM Centre Salary Rates

Job Title Salary Boundary

Finance Roles

Role Salary

Clerical Level (entry/junior level) £15 - £16.5k

Ledger Professional/Specialist £16 - £19k

Credit Control £18 - £22k

General Ledger £18 - £23k

Fixed Assets £23 - £28k

Payroll Specialists (Process only) £16 - £18k

Payroll Specialists £18 - £23k

Data Input Assistant £12 - £14k

Payroll Assistant £14 - £16k

Payroll Team Leader £20 - £25k

Payroll Process/Department Manager £25 - £45k

Ledger Team Leader (depending on remit and team size)

£25 - £35k

Reporting Analyst £25 - £40k

Business Support Analyst £30 - £45k

Management Accountant £30 - £45k

Reporting Team Leader £35 - £50k

Reporting Accountant £35 - £50k

Financial Reporting Manager £45 - £60k

Director Level £80 - £100k

Accounts Payable & Receiveable £18 - £20k

Credit Control £18 - £22k

Management Accounts £30 - £40k

IT Roles

Role Salary

Service Desk Analyst £18 - £23k

Service Desk Application Support £22 - £28k

Service Desk Application Development £23 - £30k

Service Desk Infrastructure Management £28 - £35k

Core Java Developer £30-£35k

Test Lead £37 - £45k

J2EE Developer Technical Lead £35 - £45k

Net Developer £28 - £35k

HR Roles

Role Salary

Assistant £17,500 -£20,000

Officer / Advisor £24,000 - £28,000

Business Partner £35,000 - £50,000

Manager £45,000 - £70,000

Head of Dept £60,000 +

Director £80,000 +

Customer Contact

Role Salary

Call Centre Manager £45,000 - £55,000

Team Manager £25,000 - £30,000

Team Leader £19,000 - £25,000

Trainer £20,000 - £25,000

Resource Planner £20,000 - £25,000

Telesales & Telemarketing (Inbound) £14,000 - £16,000

Telesales & Telemarketing (Outbound) £14,000 - £16,000

Call Handler £12,000 - £15,000

Back Office £12,500 - £16,000

Team Manager (multilingual) £20,000 - £28,000

Team Leader (multilingual) £19,000 - £23,000

Telesales & Telemarketing Inbound (multilingual)

£15,500 - £20,000

Telesales & Telemarketing Outbound (multilingual)

£16,000 - £22,000

Call Handler(multilingual) £15,000 - £18,000

Up-Selling & Sales(multilingual) £16,000 - £20,000

Call Handler(multilingual) £15,000 - £18,000

(Search Consultancy Ltd, March, 2013)

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INCENTIVESScotland - incentives

We are committed to working with your company to help you find the optimal location for your project. We make location analysis easy for you and help minimise the risk of establishing or expanding an operation in Scotland - in many cases with direct financial support to help offset the company’s investment.

Scottish Development International (SDI) works with both Scottish-based and overseas companies and organisations. Its objective is to benefit the Scottish economy both by encouraging inward investment into Scotland and by helping Scottish-based companies to develop international business opportunities. SDI provides a wide range of support services, including advice, access to specialist expertise, selective business mentoring and development, market information, financial assistance, business location information, investor aftercare and specific services covering each phase of international trade activity.

More information can be found at:http://www.sdi.co.uk and http://www.scottishdevelopmentinternational.com

This page highlights potential support available to new and existing inward investors in Scotland. Our Executives either in country or at our HQ in Scotland will be delighted to work with you in determining your location needs.

Financial Support1. Regional Selective Assistance - Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) is a national grant scheme, aimed at encouraging investment and job creation in the areas of Scotland designated for regional aid under European Community (EC) law (the Assisted Areas). Grants are awarded on a contribution of capital expenditure for the project and/or, the number of new jobs created by the project.

SDI can advise you on eligibility for RSA assistance and provide an indicative offer on the amount of grant assistance potentially available.

2. Training Grants - Scotland also offers incentives to inward investors to help fund training and retraining of employees. Assistance is negotiated on a case by case basis and is dependent on the type and nature of the training required.

Recruitment Support1. Links to Recruitment Agencies - SDI can provide introduction to relevant recruitment agencies in the Scottish market who have the required expertise and knowledge to support your recruitment process and advise on availability of staff and salary levels. 2. TalentScotland- TalentScotland is a Scottish Enterprise administered website designed to showcase Scotland as an attractive destination for globally mobile professionals. Companies can use this website to showcase operations in Scotland and advertise roles that may be required.

3. Financial Services Task Force- Through the work of the Scottish Government’s Financial Services Task Force, SDI can advise on staff with financial services expertise who are likely to be seeking new employment opportunities as a result of companies undertaking restructuring activity.

Property SupportSDI can identify and advise on property options and costs that would be suitable for your requirements.

Profile SupportSDI can work with you to raise the profile of your operations in Scotland, providing advice on PR and potential media opportunities. In addition, we can introduce you to appropriate Scottish Industry bodies such as Scottish Financial Enterprise, Scottish Investment Operations etc that will enable you to integrate fully with the Scottish Financial community. Visits to ScotlandSDI would be delighted to organise a visit to Scotland for you to assess the potential in more detail. We can work with you to create an itinerary which could include - property visits, advice on financial assistance and meetings with key partners such as recruitment agencies and Universities.

In addition, visits to companies that have already established operations in Scotland could be arranged. Continued SupportOnce your company is established in Scotland, Scottish Development International continues to offer close support. A senior executive will be available to assist you in the settling in process and we will ensure that your company continues to prosper and grow in Scotland, receiving ongoing assistance and advice.

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Companies are drawn to Scotland due to our •unbeatable combination of high-quality skills and low cost with lower overheads than comparable locations in the rest of the UK and Europe.

In the past 4 years, Scotland has seen the largest •growth of any UK region in new contact centre jobs-circa 20,000 jobs

Scotland is expected to grow over the next 4 years by •circa 13,000 jobs

(Source: contact Babel Report, UK Contact Centres in 2010)

Overall 463,000 people are employed within finance •and business services of which 359,000 are located within Scotland’s central belt ensuring a steady supply of highly skilled staff for the BPM sector. (Source: NOMIS 2013).

Scotland can also boast 37 colleges of Further •Education and 19 Higher Education Institutions of which 17 are universities including The Open University. They educate almost 300,000 students, over 21,015 of whom graduate each year specialising in business administration and languages – each vital for the BPM industry.

In addition, Scottish salary rates are amongst the •most competitive in Europe and we enjoy one of the lowest tax rates in the European Union.

WHY SCOTLAND?

Scotland - why scotland?

Our highly skilled workforce is internationally •renowned for its talent and ability. Scottish based businesses can also take advantage of the UK’s flexible labour market regulations.

In recent years, Scotland has fared well in the •Financial Times fDi (Foreign Direct Investment) magazine’s annual awards.

In 2008, Scotland was named as the European •Region of the Future, beating off competition from 38 other regions to take the title. Scotland came top by scoring highest in the economic performance, human resources, IT and telecommunications, transport links, quality of life and overall FDI promotion strategy categories.

Other fDi awards won by Scotland in recent years •include, UK Region of the Future, European Region with Best FDI Strategy, European Region with Best Human Resources and European Region of the Future. Edinburgh, Glasgow and Scotland as a whole have also been identified as being among the top ten ‘Most Business Friendly’ cities or regions in Europe.

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Return on Investment without a reduction in Quality

Internationally recognised as a BPM location•

Critical mass and expertise•

Low risk option•

World Class reference sites•

Proven model of language recruitment•

Ideal platform to serve European & US markets•

High quality staff at lower cost with lower staff turnover equals lower operating costs•

High quality property at lower cost•

One of the lowest tax rates in the European Union•

Excellent telecoms infrastructure •

Excellent Quality of life•

SCOTLAND’S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Scotland - scotland’s competitive advantage

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BCW Group

Brief Corporate HistoryBCW Group is the UK and Ireland’s number one credit management organisation with over 30 years of achievement, providing credit management process outsourcing and debt recovery solutions across all market sectors. The BCW Group has been known as an innovator since its inception in 1983, and its unbridled success has seen the business grow from being a small Glasgow based corporate debt recovery and business intelligence organisation to a modern, creative and enterprising credit management organisation with 9 locations across the UK and Ireland, together with a pan-European presence as a part of Gothia Financial Group AS.

BCW Group’s innovative IT systems and modern technology (largely designed by their in-house technology experts) enables its call centres to operate at maximum efficiency and provide expert support across the international credit management spectrum. During 2012, BCW Group issued in excess of 16 million letters, conducted more than 12 million customer conversations, receiving over 4 million new client instructions and recovering well over £200 million on behalf of its blue-chip client base.

BCW Group’s approach is based on the firm foundations of technology, continuous innovation and employing the best people available, and has been recognised with the attainment of ISO 9001:2010, together with recognition as a ‘Gold’ member of the Investors in People accreditation scheme.

Many household names including water and energy utilities, retail and commercial banks, lenders and telecoms providers, together with retail and consumer financial institutions are numbered amongst BCW Group’s client base – each trusting BCW Group with hundreds of millions of pounds every year, and enjoying the benefits of an innovative, compliant, transparent and effective credit management outsource partner.

With more than 30 years’ experience and a constant drive to raise standards, BCW Group has established its position as the UK’s premier provider of credit management and debt recovery services.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesBanking and finance (secured and unsecured, •retail and commercial)Deceased recovery - assisted probate services•Credit management outsourcing•Contingency Debt Recovery•‘Live’ debt collections (often white labelled)•Field services (home visits)•Utility management services (UMS, a •subsidiary of BCW Group) Panel Management•Debt purchase•

Vertical Targets for Future GrowthUtilities•Telephony•Retail•Leisure & Hospitality•Tailored strategies•Technology•

For further information, please contact:

Bryan Mouat, Managing Director, BCW Group, BCW House, 24 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1EG

Tel: +44 (0) 141 221 4567 Email: bmouat@ bcwgroup.com Web: www.bcwgroup.com

BCW Group Case StudiesCase Study - Live debt collections – Customer story

In late 2009 BCW Group entered into discussions with a prominent energy company about utilising its skills and capabilities in live debt collection. The project concerned a fundamental change to the utility’s early arrears collection process. BCW Group used its specialist expertise and leading technology to help make contacting and negotiating with delinquent customers as efficient and streamlined as possible.

With the project set to go-live in January 2010 BCW Group faced a number of initial challenges, not least of which was gaining secure access to the utility’s CRM system in order to implement BCW Group’s combined collection and customer rehabilitation strategy.

By working closely with the client BCW Group was able to guarantee a sustained level of increased performance and ensure that call handling expectations were met in terms of the customer experience.

In spite of the significant challenges involved in the start-up process, the project went live on January 15 2010, a full 2 weeks ahead of schedule. The client’s cash collection performance target of 16.5 per cent has been surpassed every month by between 25 per cent and 50 per cent, generating in excess of £40,000,000 for our client.

As a direct result of the success of this campaign BCW has developed a strong and ongoing partnership with the client built on transparency, mutual respect and integrity.

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BCW Group

Case Stuidy- Contingency debt recovery – Customer storyIn early 2012 BCW Group was approached by a major UK utility company with a very specific plan and vision in the respect of the development of collection strategy. Keen to make tangible progress, the client had three key objectives which it tasked BCW Group with achieving:

Increase customer contact (using the client’s •branding)Rehabilitate those in arrears•Achieve an additional £0.6m in February and •March 2012

Having made these initial requirements clear a project team was established within one day of the initial client meeting. This team consisted of 10 full-time BCW Group employees dialling out under the client’s name to begin increasing the visibility of the client with its key customer base.

During this initial set-up period two client team members were embedded within the BCW Group operation to oversee the start up of the project with the intention that they would stay on site for a full five days. However, a seamless implementation of the process meant this was quickly reduced to three days, as a result of BCW Group’s expertise and proven track record of new project mobilisation using PRINCE2 methodology.

Due to a swift and efficient set-up, from a standing start BCW Group was able to work closely with its client to produce a significant number of significant results over the first three months of the project

Total cash collected of more than £2.1m, •representing approximately 15% of total sales ledger overdueAlmost 110,000 calls generated, across a •range of customer types.Right Party Contacts (RPCs) up by 30%.•

As a result of the successful initial client relationship BCW Group continues to work closely with the company and now offers a full ‘end-to-end’ source solution, whilst continuing to build its client-customer relationship through ongoing outward dialling across the full spectrum of customer intervention points

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Bellcom Worldwide

Brief Corporate HistoryBellcom Worldwide is a leading provider of international outsourcing solutions for some of the world’s leading brands. With specialised knowledge and experience within the international call centre sector, its fully integrated call centre services and highly skilled multilingual workforce will create the perfect tailored solution to match your needs and requirements. Providing services from a single Scottish based location with over 300 multilingual advisor positions, its services support live and automated customer interactions and transactions across the full customer lifecycle. With a proven track record in the delivery of services for both high volume and volatile business environments, its capability and experience has helped clients to achieve and surpass their immediate objectives and Bellcom Worldwide has been recognised as enablers to its continued success. Providing services in both Business to Business and Business to Consumer environments, a focus on quality is fundamental to the success it shares with its clients. Applying its core services on either outsource, in-source or managed service basis, Bellcom Worldwide has provided call centre services to a range of clients, deploying EMEA-wide campaigns for many blue-chip clients, as well as working with SME clients in local UK markets.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesBellcom Worldwide offers a range of award-winning multilingual contact centre services, including:

Outbound Sales•Account Management•Lead Generation•Inbound Sales•Appointment Setting•Email Marketing•Call Centre Consultancy•Social Media Management•International Call Centre Services (Currently •calling into 90 countries worldwide)

One of Bellcom Worldwide’s key attributes is theability to deliver scalable solutions. Quickly. Its size works in its favour, making it more adaptable and thus able to respond more rapidly to change than its competitors. Its solutions are developed to fully recognise and maintain the value of its client’s brand in the perception of the public within the UK. Each component of the proposed service has been selected to provide an integrated service capability which complies with the highest standards of outbound Telemarketing.

Case Study Client - Dell Computers - Business to Business sector.The ChallengeDell had a huge base of existing large public and corporate clients that had purchased servers from them. Although clients could purchase extended support contracts on this equipment, this was an almost entirely reactive market. Given the margin rich services market that its competitors were exploiting, in particular IBM, Dell now wanted to aggressively approach its customer base and raise revenue streams in this sector.

The Bellcom Worldwide SolutionBellcom’s Dell B2B teams have built up relationships with the key decision makers within Dell’s customer organisations. They make contact as the customer’s initial support period is due to expire with a view to selling Dell’s range of extended support contracts. The sales team work with a complex product, pricing and discount matrix, ensuring that they have the right range of tools available to close the sales and maximise client revenue. Customer purchase orders are booked directly onto Dell’s system, ensuring that the client has full visibility of Bellcom Worldwide’s performance, and that information on the customer’s support contract is immediately available to Dell technical support.

ResultsBellcom Worldwide has generated over $46 •million in revenue for Dell in what was a reactive market just over two years ago Program extended to cover small business •customers in the UK and Ireland, growing this revenue stream from $250,000 to over $1,700,000 quarterlyHelped Dell to develop, test and deploy a new •CRM system now in company use across EMEADell’s Best of Breed outsource partner in 2007•

USPsBellcom Worldwide has received a series of awards in several Greatest Places to Work categories, along with short listings in Employer of the Year and Glasgow Business Awards categories. It is a member of FEDMA and Scottish Council for Development & Industry. It has a CCA Global Standard accreditation and Investors in People.

Bellcom Worldwide’s location is:Five minutes walk from Glasgow Central •StationNearby all primary bus routes•Directly opposite a major city centre car park•10 minutes drive from Glasgow International •airportConvenient for city centre shops, restaurants •and a gymnasium

Bellcom Worldwide is highly successful in retaining its people, reducing attrition and absence levels – all conducive to providing stability for its clients. It is also able to tap into areas beyond the Glasgow boundary, such as Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire and Lanarkshire, which collectively provide a workforce of just under 1,500,000. All of which means it has the perfect platform to deliver the instant expansion of campaigns into the European and global markets with the all the benefi ts of a fully integrated multilingual consultancy.

Vertical Targets for Future GrowthAdvertising•Charitable Institutions•Financial Services•IT Services•Media•Retail•Telecoms•Utilities•

For further information, please contact:

Rupert Morris, Business Development Manager, Bellcom Worldwide, 64 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 7DA

Tel: +44 (0) 141 274 4000 Fax: +44 (0) 141 274 4001 Email: info@bellcomworldwide.com Web: www.bellcomworldwide.com

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Capita Group

Brief Corporate HistoryCapita came into being in 1984 within the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).

The company was the subject of a management buy-out in 1987, backed by 3i, and was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991. It entered the FTSE 250 in 1999 and the FTSE 100 just a year later. It has grown from just two people in 1984 to over 50,000 in 2013.

It is the largest business process outsourcer in the UK*

*IDC 2012Capita opened its first major operation in Scotland in 1998 when it won the contract to run the BBC’s Information Lines service from Glasgow. Since then, several new business centres in Edinburgh, Stirling, Aberdeen and Hamilton have also been established.Capita now employs c 3,500 people in 12 locations across Scotland. The Capita team in Scotland spans many professions, including customer contact agents, claims administrators, medical professionals, recruitment consultants, architects, accountants, life and pensions specialists, human resources managers, IT professionals, management consultants, financial and treasury specialists and many others.

Capita’s long-term strategy of complementing organic growth with acquisition has seen some exciting developments in Scotland in the past year, including the acquisition of Beat Systems (a provider of secure, innovative mobile data technology for police forces and other public sector clients) and Vertex Private Sector (bringing further scale and customer insight to its operations).

The company was attracted to Scotland by the ready availability of a highly skilled, multi-disciplinary workforce and excellent communications links to enable ease of access with its major clients and operations elsewhere in the UK.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesCustomer Services•Business support services•Life & Pensions•Insurance Services•HR & Payroll•Legal Services•Property & Highways•Asset Management•Environmental Services•Occupational Health•Travel and Conferencing •Shareholder Services•IT Services•Training Services•Software services•Treasury Management•Payments collection and distribution•

Case Study – CraigforthCapita has built its business from within Scotland and has also attracted new clients and partners to Scotland.

Craigforth near Stirling, houses the bulk of Capita’s operations for Prudential UK. It administers nearly 9,000 policies and answers more than one million calls per year from this centre. In 2009, Capita created another 300 jobs on the site, as part of a new customer contact centre to support Capita’s partnership with another leading insurance company, AXA, creating a multi-client centre of excellence in Stirling.

For further information, please contact:

Christopher McKibbin, The Capita Group Plc, 4th floor, 71 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, SW1H OXA

Mobile: +44 (0) 7717 003 762 Fax: +44 (0) 207 976 0839 Email: christopher.mckibbinn@capita.co.uk Web: www.capita.co.uk

USPsCapita’s aspiration for its diverse Scottish operations is to utilise the skills and capabilities of Capita operations elsewhere in the UK and invest in growing the skills and capabilities of its people in Scotland, enabling them to deliver outstanding services for clients and their customers. This is a crucial platform from which it is actively seeking opportunities for growth.

Vertical Targets for Future GrowthFinancial ServicesLife & PensionsHealthcareRetailUtilitiesTelcosOil & GasPolice & Emergency Services

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Capgemini

Brief Corporate HistoryCapgemini was founded in 1967 and is now one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. Headquartered in Paris, the total headcount is currently around 120,000 across more than 40 countries in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Global BPO headcount exceeded 11,000 during 2011. In the same year, the company achieved Group-wide global revenues of EUR 9.693 bn

Capgemini UK Plc has 14 offices. Within Scotland, there are four main operations which are located in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Nairn and Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The Inverness operation started with 10 employees offering basic BPO services. Due to the quality and service provided, this has grown and expanded to a discrete ITO service provision and now employs over 700 people. Capgemini’s Scottish operations in Inverness and Nairn now provide a wide range of IT services including first and second line IT support, remote server support, Service Management and Operations services to blue chip companies across the UK. Private and public sector clients include four of the UK’s largest city councils and a major Services Organisation. Corporate clients appreciate a non-referencing policy for commercial and/or security reasons, whilst Capgemini employees, many of whom are trained to Microsoft accreditation level, provide information and knowledge to clients either through online self-help software, or by direct telephone access and between 60 to 70 percent of problems are fixed on first call. These cutting edge service levels are made possible by:

A high standard of local education•An availability, quality and cost of labour•Easy access to regional support networks•

Skillsets and CapabilitiesCapgemini manages a ‘joined-up’ business model melding innovation and deep business and process expertise to provide accelerated solutions and sustainable client change. Core skillsets include:

Consulting Services•Outsourcing Services•Technology Services•Local Professional Services•Application Lifecycle Services•Business Information Management•Infrastructure Transformation•Smart Energy Services and,•Testing Services•Business Process Outsourcing•

USPsCapgemini provides clients with insights and capabilities for superior results and long term transformation. The company never adopts a ‘hard sell’ and what sets it apart is the way staff work together – with each other, with their partners and with their clients. This approach, the Collaborative Business Experience®, is at the heart of every Capgemini interaction and explains its position at the summit of IT outsourcing.

Vertical Targets for Future GrowthAerospace & Defence•Automotive•Consumer Products •Distribution and Transportation •Energy •Utilities & Chemicals •Financial Services •High Tech, Industrial Products, Life Sciences, •Manufacturing, Public Sector, Retail, Telecom Media and Entertainment •Business Process Outsourcing- UK Public •Sector-Onshore UK especially Scotland

Client Objectives Capgemini enables clients to transform and perform through technologies, its mission being to empower clients to respond faster and more intuitively to changing market dynamics. Capgemini enables customers to become more agile and competitive through a seamless ‘joined up’ collaboration of consultants, IT specialists and outsourcing experts. This unique backbone results in a truly integrated service.

For further information, please contact:

Christine McFadyen, UK Service Operations Delivery Director, Capgemini UK plc, 10 Henderson Road, Inverness, IV1 1AU

Tel: +44(0)01463 238434 Email: christine.mcfadyen@capgemini.com Web: www.ukcapgemini.co.uk

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Ceridian Corporation

Brief Corporate HistoryCeridian Corporation began in the USA in 1932 as the first payroll service bureau in the world. 1995 saw the expansion into the UK when the Ceridian Corporation bought Centrefile, the largest payroll outsourcer in the UK which was founded in 1965. In the UK, Ceridian is a leading supplier of HR and Payroll outsourcing, HR and Payroll Software (SaaS), International Payroll, Workforce Management, Auto-Enrolment and EAP solutions. Its 830 employees generate £61m of revenue per annum. Strong in the retail sector, they pay 21% of all the retail employees in the UK. SonasIn 2011 Ceridian moved to a purpose built Service Centre in Braehead, Glasgow where some 260 people are employed. It follows a £2.3m funding package from the Scottish Government through Scottish Enterprise. Glasgow was chosen due to its high talent pool and Ceridian’s new office has resulted in increased customer service and employee engagement levels. The Braehead facility provides outsourced human resource business process services including payroll processing, benefits administration, advisory services and other HR related activities. Glasgow was chosen due to its high talent pool and Ceridian’s new office has resulted in increased customer service and employee engagement.

Ceridian’s Decades of global experience help companies boost revenue, decrease cost, increase HR service delivery and reduce risk. According to Gartner, Ceridian is one of the leaders in the Global Payroll BPO market and in the UK its payroll accuracy is 99.8%. Ceridian’s software solution, HRevolution, comprises of a suite of integrated modules that are innovative, modern and fun. Here is what a few of its customers have said about Ceridian : At the recent HR Software Show, a leading retailer described Ceridian’s software solution, HRevolution as the “best they had seen”.

“My CEO now comes to ask me my advice on things, he never used to” – HR Director, publishing company.

“This new technology will save 50% of each FTE time, which is a huge saving across the organisation” – VP of HR.

“You have taken the worry out of payroll legislation and deadlines, leaving us to worry about our everyday business” – HR Director, Finance Company.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesAs a market leading provider of HR and payroll services, flexible benefits and employee assistance programmes (EAP), Ceridian helps its clients become more efficient, streamline their processes and improve productivity and engagement within their workforce.

From Multi-National to Small Start Up, Ceridian enables their client’s HR development journey. Ceridian’s decades of global experience help organisations to increase quality, reduce risk, boost revenue, lower cost... and free time to focus on priorities. Its people form the heart of its operation. This is why Ceridian only employ the most dedicated and best-qualified service delivery people in the industry.

Its unrivalled knowledge and commitment to customer service means you see improved service and cost savings, leaving you free to focus on more critical business activities. With record accuracy rates well above 99%, its payroll services deliver significant return on investment through reduced error, fewer overpayments, and increased employee satisfaction.

For further information, please contact:

Jeremy Levene, Head of Marketing, 100 Longwater Ave, Green Park, Reading, RG2 6GP

Mobile: +44(0) 7818 457984 Email: jeremy.levene@ceridian.com Web: www.ceridian.co.uk

Case StudiesTrader Media Group (TMG) is a British-based publishing company, specialising in classified display advertising; the owner of Auto Trader and related brands. It has an integrated HR and managed payroll solution to support its 1500 employees, and is serviced from the Ceridian Glasgow operation. TMG operates in an increasingly challenging economic environment. It had committed to reduce overheads and minimise the impact on capital expenditure. As part of TMG’s wider corporate change efforts, it was seeking to transform HR operations, to become more cost effective and efficient. As well as the financial goals, it wanted to improve service and enhance delivery by standardising and automating transactional processes. This would allow TMG’s retained HR team to focus on core HR issues that supported the strategic objectives of the business.

TMG chose to work with Ceridian as a long term partner to:

Implement an integrated, hosted HR system•Support, manage and operate HR transactions •accurately and efficiently to drive cost savingsSupport the transformation to accessing •significant financial savings through process re-engineering, process automation, implementing salary sacrifice (especially pensions), etc.Provide support and expertise to drive the •required transformation/change programme.

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Evidence of the benefits achieved from implementing this solution, are described by the HR Director:

“Ceridian has delivered a scalable and cost-effective HR portal across our business with a fully integrated payroll service, flexible benefits module, online recruitment, performance management and learning management solutions direct to the employee and manager desktop. This has brought permanent operational savings for the HR budget, but more importantly has completely enhanced the way we do business as a HR team. Our managers are delighted. Ceridian products and services have helped us to fully embed the HR Business Partner model by ensuring that the core HR processes are delivered effectively and efficiently. We have very particular needs to cover different locations and working practices. Ceridian adapted their system to fit with this and delivered something that was on time, on budget and has worked reliably ever since.” “Ceridian implemented our project in time, on budget. In general, this rarely happens.”

USPs- More than 45 years HR and payroll experience in the UK and 80 years globally.- UK’s leading provider of Human Resource Management and Payroll Services.- Ceridian uses the best, cutting-edge technology to drive HR service-delivery. It continually evaluates new innovations so customers benefit from the time and cost savings that this technology can deliver.- Ceridian’s outsourcing capability is best of breed, delivering 99.8% accuracy.- Ceridian’s multinational capability makes it the natural first choice for organisations that have existing overseas operations or aspirations to expand.

Vertical Targets for Future Growth- Paying People- Modernising HR- Workforce Management- Expenses Management- Employee Support- International payroll

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City Park Technologies

Brief Corporate HistoryCity Park Technologies (CPT) is a Glasgow based Customer Contact Management Company, specialising in the provision of Customer Acquisition and Customer Service Contact Centres, hosted Service and Managed Technology Solutions.

With over 800 seats across three sites in Glasgow City Centre, its facilities provide a flexible environment which can easily cater for a wide variety of projects. Its centrally located sites offer superb working environments which helps attract the highest quality personnel.

City Park Technologies specialise in outsourced and insourced contact centres. Its operational expertise and flexible approach has enabled a number of successful organisations to improve its competitive advantage.

Major clients include a leading UK Insurance company, a large UK bank, a large UK utility company.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesCPT’s specialised industry expertise extends across the following market sectors:

Business Banking• : Specialist Diary, Management Services, New business Growth Programs, Prospect Tracking and Capture.Consumer Banking• : Customer Service and Welcome Call Programs, Strategic Campaign Management.Internet Banking• : Online account activation, Internet Banking support, Prospect Tracking and capture.Fixed And Mobile Telecoms And Broadband •Internet: B2B Customer Acquisition, Customer Satisfaction Surveys, Lead Generation, Customer Service and Technical Support.Utilities• : Customer Acquisition, Customer Surveys, Field Sales – Sales Validation and Compliance Checks.Insurance• : Home and Motor Acquisition, Retention and Renewal, Health and Accident Plans Acquisition and Upsell, Aggregator’s wesite hot lead generation.Technology• : B2B Appointment Setting, Diary Management, B2B and B2C Customer Acquisition, Customer Surveys.

Hosted ServicesThe City Park Technologies Hosted Service is a solution where it provides all infrastructure support services including technology, telephony, desks and office space and the company provides the operational staff.

Managed Technology SolutionsCity Park Technologies has developed customer contact technology which supports cross-location campaigns and agent load balancing, enabling its clients to create a single corporate entity irrespective of geographies.

Multilingual Capability City Park Technologies’ current operational capabilities include native European language support across 12 languages. Additional multilingual resource is readily available from the 5 universities which are located within a 1 mile radius of City Park Technologies’ site in Glasgow city centre.

Case Study - Large Insurance CompanyA large insurance company, along with its subsidiaries, transacts life assurance and long-term savings business, fund management, and most classes of general insurance and health business. CPT has worked with with a large insurance company since 2007 to support motor and home new business and customer retention with a combination of ‘insourcing’ and outbound outsourcing.

Business ChallengesTo acquire, grow and retain the best and most •profitable customersTo be market focused thus enhancing the •customer experience whilst reducing the total cost to acquire and serve

RequirementsInvestment should be made in a city where •their efforts can be supported by the wealth, diversity and maturity of the city’s outbound telesales marketplaceA partner with outbound telesales operational •expertise who can call upon track record of success in a variety of challenging sectorsTo leverage experience in order that they •could serve customers with targeted, tailored, informed, professional and timely outbound interactions that provide security and peace of mind for their customers

City Park Technologies SolutionTo design and provide an outbound solution •which delivers a premier sales solution to support client’s customers, brand and ethosTo demonstrate that their capability would •support the growth and performance that client requiredTo rapidly deploy client solutions•To display a partnership ethos and flexibility •that surpassed the traditional client/supplier relationshipAssistance in ensuring that the marketing •strategy was in line with channel capability by measuring performance on a daily basisTo measure operational effectiveness •around 9 key metrics: sales per hour; cost per sale; average revenue per sale; venture income penetration rates; cancellation rates; compliance; quality; operational efficiency; contact efficiencies per hour (e.g. DMC ratios)

For further information, please contact:

Gerald Murphy, Sales Director, City Park technology Centre Ltd, City Park, Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, G31 3AU

Tel: +44 (0)141 551 1102 Fax: +44 (0)141 551 1001 Email: Gerald.murphy@cptc.co.uk Web: www.cityparktechnologies.com

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ResultsSecured £4m in revenue in the first 6 months •of the partnershipAn increase of 20% on new business volumes •which represents an increase of over £12m in gross premiums written (GWP) annually Delivered new business cost per action/•acquisition (CPA) of c£39Delivered retention CPA of c£9•Achieved operational productivity of >70% •Managed contact ratios of. 50% •Delivered DMC rates of > 40%•Driven 100% growth in FTE as a result of •performance impact Reduced induction training from 8 to 12 weeks•Launched 7 campaigns over 6 months and •delivered performance more than 50% higher than inbound teams on all campaigns

USPsAbility to carry out Insight and Analysis work •including creative ideas and new scripts as ‘value –add services to take to clients on a pro-active basisAbility to export the Outsourcing/Contact •centre services ‘in a box’ down to clients sites, wherever they may be.Specialists in certain sectors – Financial •Services, Telecoms and Utility – where City Park Technologies has experienced front-line and management staff with a knowledge of that particular industry and its requirements, with all the attendant qualifications in place, such as FSA accreditations, and TCF principles embedded into company operating model

Vertical Targets for Future Growth

Financial Services•Telecoms•Utilities•Technology•

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The Essentia Group

Brief Corporate HistoryThe essentiagroup has been in business for 25 years and has grown significantly throughout this time. The company was founded in 1984, as a charitable organisation and was originally known as Network Scotland. In 2001 the company moved to larger premises in Skypark in Glasgow. It also changed its name to The essentiagroup and the trading status became commercial. Since then, the organisation has grown to 3 sites – Glasgow, Newcastle and Brora. There are 350 people employed at the Glasgow facility and 50 at Brora in the Highlands. Current clients include Department of Health, Central Office of Information, Department of Children, Schools and Families and the Scottish Government.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesThe essentiagroup operates a multi-channel environment facilitating telephone, SMS, e-mail, web chat, web cam and white mail fulfilment. It has more than 220 dedicated advisor workstations and operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It utilises state of the art technology, efficiently to support bespoke contact programmes for its clients.

Case Study The essentiagroup has operated the NHS Smoking Helpline (NHSSH) on behalf of the Department of Health since its inception in June 2000. The service aims to provide information, advice and support to those wishing to give up smoking, or to their friends and family.

In 2003, a CRM pilot programme was launched called ‘Together’ – the first of its kind in the UK. Smokers who wished to join this programme received a series of tailored communications via mail, phone, SMS or email (depending on preference) at key times triggered by their planned stop date. The content of the contact they received was dictated by where they were in the Prochaska Model of Behavioural Change, with contact centred around the Preparation and early Maintenance stages.

The launch of the CRM movement on NHSSH signalled the change of focus of the service from a transactional base to one which allows for ongoing supportive contact with all respondents. It encourages long term engagement, and helps to build a relationship between smokers and the service as they move through their journey, no matter which route they choose to take. The journey is cyclical and indefinite, allowing responders to jump in and out of engagement as they wish, but ensuring that all stages of the journey are recorded and available when needed.

USPs

Providers of empathetic information, advice •and guidance in a non-scripted environment90% of employees are graduates•Bespoke solutions created for each client•

Vertical Targets for Future GrowthHealthcareSocial WelfareEducation

For further information, please contact:

Lindsay Woodburn, Commercial Executive, The Essentiagroup, Lower Ground Skypark, 72 Finnieston Square, Glasgow, G3 8ET

Tel: +44(0)141 568 4114 Mobile: 07540 411676 Email: lwoodburn@essentiagroup.com Web: www.essentiagroup.com

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Indigo Lighthouse

Brief Corporate HistoryIndigo Lighthouse is a strategic business process outsourcing partner established in 1998. The company provides contact centre support and distribution across business sectors. It offers inbound and outbound calls, information analysis, payment handling and the warehousing and distribution of products throughout Europe. The head office is based in modern offices in Glasgow city centre were the award winning contact care team, supply chain, payment handling and IT support are located. A nearby business centre provides distribution and warehousing activities as does the Jersey business centre.

Over 300 people are employed across the three centres, two in Glasgow and one in Jersey (Channel Islands). 19 nationalities are employed throughout the group and 11 languages are covered in the contact centre.

Sectors covered include;Retail

Apollo - Germany•Pearle – Holland, Belgium, Austria•Brilleland – Norway•Interoptik – Norway•Linsboxen - Sweden•Boots Opticians - UK•

E-commerce

www.indigostarfish.com •Amazon•The Cartridge People•The Tight Spot •Macallen (Jersey) Ltd•

VolumesInternational Financial Management•- Over €200 million transactions processed- Direct Debit, Debit Card, Credit Card, Bank Giro

Supply Chain & Distribution•- Over 10 million shipments - Pan-European Operations

International Contact Centre•- Over 1 million client communications per year- 11 languages

Skillsets and CapabilitiesOffer a menu of services including:

International Contact Centre•International Payment Management•Supply Chain Management & Distribution•E-Commerce Support•Complimented by: Full Back Office •Administrative Support, IT Support

The Benefits of Indigo LighthouseDeliversRelationship managementImproved customer retentionMore loyal customersInformation based insights ThroughMulti-lingual contact centre and web service Payment handlingDistribution capabilitiesInformation systems and infrastructure Resulting inBetter customer experienceImproved competitive advantagesIncreased profitability

For further information, please contact:

Euan Craig, Customer Services Manager, Indigo Lighthouse, Indigo House, 225 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 2GZ

Tel: +44 (0)141 285 5343 Email: ecraig@indigolighthouse.com Fax: +44 (0)141 285 5416 Web: www.indigolighthouse.com

USPsMake business easier for its clients

With native speaking contact centre staff•Distribution facilities handling 20 million •dispatches per yearEnsuring payments are received, reconciled •and routed to the client

Through investment in its peopleWinner of World Class Excellence award by •Customer Contact AssociationBronze status recognition by Investors In •PeopleNominated for two Customer Contact •Association (CCA) Global Excellence Awards in 2011, ‘Great Places to Work’ and ‘Most Effective Training Programme’Indigo are also finalists in the 2011 European •Call Centre & Customer Service Awards2011 Glasgow Business Award for Excellence •in Customer Service

Supported by a robust infrastructurePowered by SAP ERP system•Approved BACS bureau•Integrated payment handling with Barclays•

Vertical Targets for Future GrowthBy offering a menu of services, potential clients can be selective in their outsourcing requirements – various combinations of contact centre, payment handling, supply chain, warehousing and distribution are currently provided. Ecommerce RetailFinancial Services

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Journeycall

Brief Corporate HistorySince opening in 2003, initially as an impartialjourney planning and transport ticket telesalesbusiness, Journeycall has grown fast to offer thecomplete range of outsourced multi-media contact centre services, including phone, white mail, email,web-chat, facebook and twitter. In addition, its Support Services team handles transport ticketing and smartcards, customer services and back-office support services. Journeycall’s first contact centre atLaurencekirk, close to Europe’s oil capital ofAberdeen, was followed by a second centre atBrechin in 2007, and it now employs over 120 staffin total.

Journeycall clients include major public and private sector organisations such as the Association of Train Operating Companies (National and Disabled Persons Railcards) and Transport for London (Oyster smartcards and support).Journeycall also offers its own travel information and ticket sales service, ‘Train and Bus Enquiries’, public transport communications consultancy, copywriting, design and production, with material produced including guides and timetables for North East Scotland public transport travel options.

Journeycall has successfully driven sales increasesand high customer satisfaction levels for clients.It has set up customer response helplines andsupport services for clients at very short notice tomeet unexpected business demand; for example,helpdesks set up within days to handle around a thousand calls a day for London councils. It also handled travel information calls for Transport for London during the Olympics and Paralympics in the summer of 2012, helping customers to travel to the sporting venues.

It believes that the service quality Journeycall offers is carefully tailored to the precise needs of its clients, both in terms of expertise and cost, in a way that offshore global call centre giants simply cannot match.

Best in Europe awardIn 2010, Journeycall was named Best Small ContactCentre in Europe at the European Call Centre Awards, triumphing over strong internationalcompetition. This is a clear endorsement ofJourneycall’s important contribution to the customercommunication industry, as a small contact centrethat delivers bespoke client solutions with a morepersonal touch.

Comments from European Call Centre Awardsjudges included: “The judges were very impressed by the entrepreneurial spirit throughout this business. Journeycall ticked all of the boxes and has a true team spirit, which contributes to their “end-to-end” approach to every contact and transaction. More than anything, Journeycall demonstrates how to truly punch above their weight!

In addition to the Best Small Contact Centre inEurope award, its Brechin contact centre was afinalist in the Best Large Team in Europe category. Ithas also won Scottish regional company culture andbusiness growth awards and was highly commendedin the National Rail Business Awards SupplierExcellence category.

In 2012, Journeycall received ‘One to Watch’ accreditation in the Sunday Times ‘Best Companies’ employee attitudes survey of which it is truly proud, particularly as this survey goes to all staff. The results reflect how much its high calibre intelligent staff value being part of the Journeycall team success story.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesJourneycall prides itself on a highly intelligentadvisory agent team, based on very thoroughrecruitment and training procedures. This ensuresthat the right people are in the right jobs, with fullknowledge of and pride in the services and productsthey represent. Journeycall staff enjoy providingconsistently good customer service and have aneye for getting the detail right first time, every time.They live the company’s strongly motivated familyethos of ensuring that customers find contact withJourneycall a pleasure.This results in clientsbenefiting from Journeycall staff who become highlytrained ambassadors for the company they represent.

Journeycall’s expertise includes:Helpline support for online systems, sales and •customer servicesInbound/outbound telesales and retailing •services that maximise client incomeLive and automated response (IVR) services•Highly skilled information and sales advisors•Reconciliation, refund and compensation •services, data processing and marketingPioneering IT systems and smartcard solutions •with partner company, ESP Systex

For further information, please contact:

Lesley Stewart, Business Development Director, The Business Park, Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, AB30 1AJ

Tel: 01561 376070 Mob: 07952 862597 Email: Lesley@journeycall.com web: www.journeycall.com

Case studyClient – Transport for London (TfL) – Oyster smartcard scheme

Service requirements Journeycall supports the adult Oyster smartcardscheme for TfL. The large number of calls answereddaily include Oyster sales and fulfillment, pluscustomer queries covering refunds, lost, stolenand failed cards. TfL’s objective is to give fast andseamless high quality service to customers and staffat all times. All Journeycall staff are thoroughly acquainted with the TfL network, its products and services, making them experts in the field, able to handle queries quickly and efficiently. Journeycall has also proactively suggested initiatives to further enhance the TfL customer experience.

Results successThe Oyster Card is held by millions of Londonersand is a highly prestigious contract for Journeycall.Work for TfL started in 2006. TfL comments onJourneycall’s service: “TfL are very happy with theservices provided by Journeycall and it has built up a very mutually beneficial partnership with them.” Call handling quality standards ensure that Journeycall meet and exceed all SLAs. TfL are pleased with services provided, and Journeycall has also given short notice dynamic assistance to TfL, taking overflow calls for other TfL services, when volumeswere high.

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Journeycall’s excellent relationship with TfL was further emphasised when it was chosen to provide support in answering additional “overflow” passenger enquiry calls generated by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A 24/7 dedicated team of advisors were thoroughlytrained by Journeycall to expertly handle this prestigious contract.

National Railcards contract winIn April, 2012, Journeycall were awarded the contract to operate the UK National Railcards online issuing service encompassing the Senior, 18-25 and Family & Friends Railcards.

Journeycall will be responsible for issuing over 1 million cards per year with an initial annual value of around £35 million. ATOC commented: “Journeycall presented a robust and detailed proposal for the online retailing of Railcards based upon an improved service provision and underpinned by the excellent customer service we have experienced for the Disabled Persons Railcard. We’re really excited about the opportunities created by this collaboration.”

Journeycall

USPsIntelligent advisors, offering a friendly •personal touch in all customer contactsRecruitment, training and service delivery of •the highest calibreConsistently good quality customer service •through multi-modal channelsCommunications expertise ensuring •customers enjoy buying client services from JourneycallExceptional customer contact solutions that •get the detail right first time, every time

Vertical Targets for Future GrowthContact centre services

Customer support•Travel and transport•Smartcard•Tourism•Compensation•Retail•Travel information compilation and production•Telesales and communications services using •and pioneering new technology

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KBVO

Brief Corporate HistoryKBVO (Knowledge Base for Virtual Offices) is a rapidly expanding specialist BPO company.

Established as a family business a decade ago, KBVO has maintained the values needed to make it a unique and leading business within the BPO services sector. Being named The Most Loved Telephone Answering Service in the UK for the fourth consecutive year in 2013 drives the business forward to continually enhance the services provided at such a high level.

Amongst KBVO’s key services are: telephone answering; e-commerce support/order processing; diary management; corporate reception services, help desk service and virtual UK and international telephone numbers. Services are white labelled where required on behalf of clients.

Its clients span a comprehensive range of business sectors, including: healthcare, property and professional services. It develops bespoke solutions to meet the specific requirements of all businesses, whether start-up entrepreneurs or large organisations with an extensive office network.

KBVO has established a robust strategic partnership with a UK based e-commerce and fulfilment businesses whereby they jointly supply a dynamic and flexible UK and European-wide fulfilment service through the provision of a comprehensive call centre function to its partners’ fulfilment operations.

It services clients both UK wide and internationally, including: Croatia, Spain; Japan; India; New Zealand and the US.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesTelephone answering•Email response service•Order processing / taking•Switchboard support•BPO solutions to match requirements•UK business addresses•Virtual UK and international phone numbers•Virtual offices•Fulfilment services•Additional business lines•Disaster Recovery•

Benefits of KBVOEnsures:Trust, quality, cost effectiveness and continuity

By providing:Dedicated staffUnique information systemsDynamic processes suitable for all businesses

Achieving:Industry leading customer serviceBetter end customer experienceIncreased customer retention and profitability

Case studyThe Serious Skincare Company was one of the first companies to sign-up to an innovative integrated fulfilment and call centre service to process and distribute its premium range of Dermatique natural skin care products throughout the UK. KBVOs solution enhanced customer support and response times while satisfying the customers with on time shipments and reducing the overall costs for the client.

Available exclusively online, the Dermatique product range is now supported by KBVO, which provides a total call centre service supporting customer enquiries and order processing services for the Dermatique range whilst KBVOs e-commerce partner PPF Shipping provides a fast, cost effective and efficient distribution service. All services are fully integrated giving complete visibility to the client at all times from enquiry to customer order receipt.

James McPeake, founder of The Serious Skincare Company, said that the unique integrated fulfilment and call centre service provides him with an efficient and effective one stop solution for all his UK fulfilment requirements, enabling him to retain control over his sales process whilst KBVO and PPF get on with ensuring that his customers receive their products as quickly and efficiently as possible.

USPsMaintaining and retraining staff with the knowledge to support multiple clients and processes is almost unique within the industry. Having and retaining exceptional staff is one of the keys to success.

For further information contact:

Chris Munro, KBVO, Cumbernauld Business Centre, Carron House, Carron Way, Cumbernauld G67 1ER

Office: 0800 083 2223/0333 200 2505 Mobile: +44 (0) 7817 626955 Email: chrism@kbvo.co.uk Web: www.kbvo.co.uk

KBVO and internet fulfilment company PPF Shipping recently launched a pioneering fully integrated fulfilment and call centre service at Internet World 2013, the UK’s largest event for online and digital business at London’s Earl’s Court.

Under the terms of the partnership, KBVO provides a total call centre service supporting customer enquiries and order processing services whilst PPF Shipping offers e-commerce companies a fast, cost effective and efficient distribution service.

The formal launch of the unique partnership follows the success of a pilot programme conducted by the two companies over the course of the last year which has proved the benefits available to existing clients, generated new clients and boosted revenues at both firms to the extent that both KBVO and PPF Shipping are in the process of recruiting more staff and relocating to larger premises to keep pace with demand.

The partnership allows more businesses at all levels of their business plan to reach their target markets quickly and cost effectively through the combination of professional services to provide a one stop solution for UK and European fulfilment requirements.

Vertical Targets for Future Growthe-commerce•property agencies•healthcare•start-ups•SMEs•

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Logica

Brief Corporate HistoryLogica was established in 1969, and has a great growth history, with a range of mergers and acquisitions in its 40 year history. Today it is a business and technology service company, employing 39,000 people. Providing business consulting, systems integration and outsourcing to clients around the world, including many of Europe’s largest businesses, Logica creates value for clients by successfully integrating people, business and technology. It is committed to long term collaboration, applying insight to create innovative answers to clients’ business needs.

Revenue in 2009 was £3.7 billion and some of the blue chip organisations in its client base include Ministry of Defence, BT, EADS, Michelin, Rabobank, Shell, Tesco Bank, E.ON, KPN, Scottish Water, Scottish Government, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Telekom, Teliasonera, Statoil, Reitan and Vodafone.

Logica has operated in Scotland for over 25 years and employs 300+ staff across a variety of industry sectors. Logica is a global organisation that’s embedded in Scottish culture and committed to Scotland’s success. Its offices in Aberdeen and Edinburgh act as hubs for ground-breaking projects such as smart metering, which is set to change the way we all use energy, and the world’s largest integrated transport smartcard scheme. Logica has been working with Scotland’s oil and gas industry since 1982, provide the market infrastructure for the country’s water sector, work in the heart of the top financial services institutions and are helping bodies across the public sector to achieve improved efficiencies and changed work processes.

Focus areasLogica’s practices in Sustainability, Security and Future IT & Cloud services build on decades of experience of delivering innovative service to its clients. It helps them to understand and plan against their needs, increase their flexibility and competitiveness and to grow and transform their businesses. With its clients’ business customers, consumers and citizens at the centre of its thinking it looks to create sustainable, secure ways to build business, leveraging future IT and the cloud.

Services include:BPO•Business consulting•Blended Delivery (Onshore, landed & offshore)•Managed SAP Services•Application Management•Infrastructure Management•

Skillsets and CapabilitiesLogica’s service is routed in its understanding of its clients industry and business. Financial services, communications, transport, energy, utilities, the public sector, manufacturing, space or defence – Logica has decades of experience of all of them, and more.

This broad base leads to an invaluable cross-fertilisation of ideas and technologies. At a time when boundaries between sectors are blurring and the need for co-operation across industries is growing, Logica understands how developments in one area can have a knock-on effect in many others – and that these can bring advantages, as well as challenges. That means Logica brings unique insights and (though they say it themselves) some terrific new concepts and genuine innovations.

Case studyScottish Government The Scottish Government is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland. They look after health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport.

The challenge In order to help Scotland to achieve sustainable economic growth, the Scottish Government works through a number of public sector bodies and agencies. The challenge for Scottish Government was to provide a shared IT service that met all their different customers’ needs.

Logica’s answer Logica works with Scottish Government in a number of ways. The main component has been working with senior management to launch ‘Scots Connect’, an expanding portfolio of ICT-related shared services available to the broader public sector across Scotland. These services have proved popular.Logica has helped Scottish Government undertake a major refresh of its technical infrastructure to offer a modern and efficient service. This has given them more control over the 11,000 user estate by allowing automatic shutdown of PCs at a given time. This has saved £130,000 per annum on the Scottish Government’s electricity costs.

A success storyLogica and Scottish Government find out very quickly whether new initiatives are working. The Agencies tell them through their actions. And new Agencies are continually signing up to the Scots.

For further information contact:

Martin Ewart, Managing Director, Scotland, Wallace House, 1 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9DJ

Tel: +44(0)131 527 8500 Email: enquiry.uk@logica.com www.logica.co.uk/scotland

Case studyMichelinMichelin needed to transform its IT applications performance. It was costly to have and maintain a mixed bag of applications in different locations. New, standardised applications across the company would:

drive down costs •make processes work better •help Michelin grow and compete. •

Michelin is well-known for exploring new and better ways to do things. This task was no exception. The idea of a fresh sourcing model was born. Named co-management, it rejected the classic buyer-supplier pattern, instead, partners would work shoulder to shoulder with Michelin. Partners would commit to the same goals Michelin had set for itself and they would have to bring the right skills and delivery model. Logica was a natural fit. Like Michelin, commitment, openness and innovation were at the heart of Logica’s businesses and processes.

The results The co-management approach is working well. On a day-to-day basis the team works together to accomplish common goals. Problems are resolved through open communication. With an eye on bigger savings, more services are being moved offshore to our centres in Bangalore and Chennai through 2009-10.

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USPsDeep industry knowledge aligned to business •& technology value-added propositionsStrategic alliances with Microsoft, Oracle & •SAP in a number of areas including co-innovation, BPO, hosting etc.Established Service provider with end to end •capabilityBest-in-class support centre with dedicated •service deskGlobal network of shared service centres •means true blended shared servicesDedicated offshore expertise and true blended •delivery modelHighly flexible charging policy and defined •service levelsState-of-the-art data centres, infrastructure •and security facilities

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Michelin’s systems now perform better. What’s more, the new systems are helping the company respond to changing business needs. Savings from standardized operating costs are being invested in core business and on promoting environmentally friendly solutions. Michelin’s, Head of Business solutions is sure this is the way ahead. “At Michelin, we seek to collaborate with our suppliers, and relationships are built on trust and behaviour. Trust is built up over time and is about experience.”

For Michelin, this partnership with Logica has: improved overall productivity: applications •management costs less, performs better and reduces time to respond to changing business needs increased innovation capabilities: teams •access and share know-how on the latest technologies boost confidence: the company is now ready to •explore ways to improve other processes.

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Parseq

Brief Corporate HistoryParseq has been operating in the UK since 1973, formed as a result of MBO and acquisitions from Atos Origin, Active Group and Avance in recent years.

Recently acquired and supported by considerable private equity investment, it is fully funded and debt-free.

Parseq is driven by the needs of its clients to reduce costs, extend functionality and improve service quality in the areas of customer management, finance and document processing.

At group level, Parseq has a total workforce of over 700 employees, operating from four easily accessible sites in the UK.

Within Scotland, it has a purpose built, 500 seat capacity contact centre in Glasgow, from which it provides its inbound /outbound multi channel contact solutions and supports insourced client arrangements and managed activities.

Elsewhere, a high security site in Rotherham provides BACS electronic fund transfer, payment processing and document processing & imaging. Credit Control & Management services are provided from its offices in York and Leeds.

Skillsets & Capabilities

Customer Management outsourcing Services: Inbound/Outbound voice services Customer Acquisition Customer Service, Support and Technical Assistance Direct Sales and Retention Account Management Early Intervention Debt Management Back office services

Finance and Accounting outsourcing services: Credit Control & Management Accounts Receivable and Payable (b2b & b2c) Contract Management Consolidated statement detailing Remittance Processing Subscription Services Automated BACS Credits Automated BACS Direct Debits BACS Remittance Matching eProcurement eInvoicing Invoice Automation International Lockbox

Additional Capabilities Document Management Invoice Scan & Capture Secure Image Hosting Printing & Fulfilment Multi lingual business support Customer Analytics Database Cleansing

Case StudiesParseq does not sell off-the-shelf services, but works in partnership with its clients to develop tailored solutions suited to their individual requirements. This is demonstrated in the following case studies;

UK Leading Energy CompanyA need was identified by the client to streamline its contract validation process, one of the most critical aspects of the overall customer experience. Parseq worked closely with the client to provide a tailored CRM solution, one that would both enhance the customer experience and protect consumer rights.

Parseqs’ solution not only reduced the length of time it took to validate a contract, from weeks to just a few minutes; it also eliminated customer complaints associated with the timeliness of information.Parseq now successfully manages the process of data collection and storage, whilst acting as an independent advisor to ensure full regulatory compliance.

Major Global Brewing CoOverdue debt had become an issue for its client; its core expertise was brand development and customer service, so in order to work to its strengths and build upon its growing UK operation, it made a decision to outsource its credit control function.

Parseq was chosen for its excellent track record and immediately introduced a range of initiatives to reinforce the clients’ credit management policy, reduce bad debt risk and increase cash collections, month on month.

Parseq provided a dedicated team of people that managed its Accounts Receivable process, from the release of the initial order, through to dispute resolution where necessary and on to the final allocation of cash received from the Customer. The client is delighted that, while achieving its own growth targets, it has also seen the percentage of overdue debt reduced from a peak of 34.5% to just 1.1% at the end of the last financial year.

International Utility CompanyParseqs’ client required support to grow an outbound acquisition channel, to gain a better understanding of the relative performance of each vendor the company employed against other vendors.

Parseq developed and operate a central-dialler solution on its behalf, enabling comparison of the performance of different agents and vendors, in real-time.

The resulting transparency in data enabled the client to identify poor performance and propagate best practice across all vendors, to achieve a better collaborative working environment and to get the best performance out of everyone.

Parseq’s own performance has been consistent throughout, exceeding all Sales per Hour targets and KPIs set by the client.

For further information, please contact:

Graham Stein, Client Operations Director, Parseq, The Octagon, 35 Baird Street, Glasgow, G4 OEE

Tel: +44 (0) 8444 777666, Mobile: +44 (0) 7500 868951, Email: graham.stein@parseq.com, Web: www.parseq.com

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USPs

People Parseq invests the maximum time, effort and training into its people and they reward them with their dedication, professionalism and world class customer service.

In Scotland particularly, its contact centre can draw from a region with the highest skills and lowest staff turnover in the call centre industry.

Key Client RelationshipsParseq treats all its clients as partners and shares its best ideas with the aim of providing best value for money for them and their customers; has a vested interest in their continued growth and success.

Quality & Continuous ImprovementWith its blue chip client base, it is always under scrutiny to provide the highest levels of service & regulatory compliance, but it always strives to be better and never rests on its laurels.

ISO9001:2008ISO27001:2005PCI/DSS Level 1 compliantBACS certified Bureau, Affiliate & ConsultantFSA regulated (pending)

TechnologyParseq is a technology led outsourcer; a business process and technology specialist delivering best-in-class back-office, financial and customer service performance.

Consistency in Delivery of SLAs and KPIsIts customers depend on consistency of service and rely on them to deliver to their own high standards, on time, every time.

Fully funded & debt-free Parseq is backed by significant private equity investment that shares its vision of growth through excellence.

SuccessParseq operates dedicated and bureau based business units on behalf of nearly 70 clients.

Last year, Parseq handled:

More than 2 million inbound and outbound •customer interactions across each of the major industry sectors. Received, validated and processed more than •50 million documentsProcessed 100,000 payment transactions daily•The total value of transactions processed •exceeded £24 billionOn behalf of 75,000 SMEs, it executed BACS •payments to 7% of the UK workforce

Parseqs’ clients trust it to stand in their place and it delivers exceptional service in return.

Vertical Targets for Future Growth

Sector focus is aligned to Parseqs’ presence and knowledge in six key verticals:

Financial Services •Energy •Telecoms •Professional Organisations•Government•SMEs•

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RESPONSE

Brief Corporate HistoryRESPONSE has been providing contact centre services since 1991. With an initial focus on the provision of call handling services to top flight football clubs in England and Scotland, the business has developed to provide services for a wide range of clients in areas such as financial services, media and entertainment, utilities, telecommunications, travel and the public sector. It focuses on providing rewarding customer experiences that deliver value to its clients.

Today, RESPONSE is one of Scotland’s largest customer contact centre and business process outsourcers for a number of the UK’s most successful brands. With over 1,800 employees across four locations, it manages over 1.8 million customer interactions each month on behalf of its clients. Skillsets and CapabilitiesRESPONSE has the scale to handle the most demanding requirements as well as the people, technology and systems to deliver a personalised and rewarding experience to each and every one of its clients’ customers.

RESPONSE’s Software Solutions team create products that not only differentiates RESPONSE own contact centre capabilities but also provide support for other organisations in meeting their own customer contact objectives. For example, its synTelate agent desktop solution is used across 18 countries in 7 languages.

Customer Contact Services – Responsive and Future-ProofRESPONSE provides the highest standard of outsourced customer contact services available in the market today. From new business acquisition to customer retention, it ensures a consistent high quality service to each of its clients’ customers. Whether inbound or outbound, sales or customer service, RESPONSE can design and deliver a solution that is ideally tailored to meet requirements. However, its solutions are not set in stone for the duration of its relationships; it understand that needs change and, in some cases, it is in a privileged position to be able to detect the need for change. The powerful triangle of its Operations, Insights and Innovative Solutions teams ensure that it is quickly able to recognise and adjust its delivery capabilities to meet these developing requirements.

All of its services can be delivered from one of its contact centre premises or on an in-source basis at client’s own offices.

Case Study The US Embassy - RESPONSE has provided a high quality and high profile customer service for the US Embassy (USE) in London for over 14 years.The Consular Information Unit at the US Embassy in London is one of the US Department of State’s largest operations in Europe. RESPONSE provides a comprehensive enquiry and appointment management service, operated by experienced and multi-skilled advisors to support immigrant and non-immigrant visas. The contact centre services also provide information and guidance to groups including the general public, travel industry and airlines, non-governmental organisations and US departments and agencies.

On average, RESPONSE currently handles in excess of 5,000 calls per week although this can change radically due to seasonality.

In addition, RESPONSE has to operate within strict guidelines and processes at all times. The nature of the service delivered is constantly evolving due to the changing rules, regulations and requirements of the US Government. An ability to react quickly and efficiently is vital for the US Embassy and ensures that any changes are incorporated quickly whilst maintaining high levels of customer service.

Student Loans Company - RESPONSE has provided dynamic inbound customer service call handling support to Student Loans Company (SLC) for almost 9 years.

Student Loans Company (SLC) administers government-funded loans and grants to students throughout the UK, working in partnership with local authorities and agencies. Their Customer Support Office (CSO) manages inbound/outbound calls (over 3 million inbound per year), SMS, emails and web chat with customers regarding their accounts. Due to the exceptional peak experienced by the CSO each academic year from July through October, it is necessary for staffing levels to increase by almost 100%.

With a number of major challenges arising from such a substantial headcount increase, SLC enlisted RESPONSE to manage the main contact channel – inbound and outbound calls. The Customer Support Office, comprising an in-house team and up to 400 RESPONSE staff, plays an extensive and integral role within SLC, handling a daily call volume during the August peak of more than 12,000 calls.

RESPONSE manages a complex variety of call types regarding loan applications from students or their sponsors and staffing requirements vary dramatically, anywhere from 15 advisors to a ramp of 400 advisors over a short number of months. All of this is managed whilst maintaining a high level of quality and customer experience.

USPsFocus is on Building rewarding Relationships. •RESPONSE aims to deliver high value for its clients and their customers. This is done through the application of market leading technology, operations and commercial creativityRESPONSE has a fully integrated software •business that not only supplies its contact centre clients but also provides customer service technologies to external parties. This provides RESPONSE with unrivalled expertise in the creation and delivery of software technology to the contact centre arena.The RESPONSE Innovative Solutions Team •is a unique powerhouse of architects that bring together the full range of operational, technical and commercial flexibilities to bear in creating optimised and dynamic solutions for its clients.

Vertical Targets for Future GrowthFinancial Services•Media•Utilities•Telecoms•Travel•Public Sector•

For further information, please contact:

Gordon McRury, Business Development Manager, Citypoint, 21 Tyndrum Street, Glasgow, G4 OJY

Tel: +44 (0)141 272 1105 Fax: +44 (0)141 272 1666 Email: gordon.mcrury@response-uk.co.uk Web: www.response-uk.co.uk

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Stellar UK

Brief Corporate HistoryStellar has provided contact centre services to an impressive portfolio of blue chip companies in the UK. Some of the UK’s highest profile brands have trusted Stellar with its customers and have been delighted with its services.

Stellar’s experience spans a range of sectors including Financial Services, Telecommunications, Utilities, Travel, Government and Retail. Its services encompass all aspects of customer contact from customer acquisition and retention to end-to-end customer management.

Established in 2001, Stellar employs more than 500 people at its two contact centres located in the West of Scotland.

With almost a decade of experience across many market sectors, Stellar understands what UK customers want. Although part of a global network, Stellar UK operates independently. The knowledge and expertise of local managers ensures that it focuses on the needs of its UK-based clients.

However, being part of a global network does have its advantages. With more than 5,000 employees across 16 contact centres in the UK, Australia, USA Canada and the Philippines, it can offer a blend of on – and offshore services to ensure the highest possible quality of service at best value cost.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesAs noted above, Stellar has been successful in expanding the range of services that it offers, and has demonstrated this capability by delivering projects under challenging circumstances which involved high levels of confidentiality, flexibility, and the ability to react to new client requests within very short mobilisation timeframes. Stellar sees this as a key factor in client’s choosing to partner with Stellar and it is testament to its willingness and desire to develop longer term relationships with its clients, that Stellar’s first client is still working in partnership with the company after eight continuous years. In addition to the types of services that Stellar, wherever practical, Stellar also cross-train its staff so that they can easily move from one client campaign to another at short notice in order to provide maximum operational flexibility to its business and to its clients. Stellar also leverages strategic partnerships with technology providers in order to remain at the forefront of technology advancements, and to assist it in being able to offer existing and new clients a range of cutting edge outsourced solutions.

Case Study A Leading International Insurance Company

In challenging economic times, it is essential to protect your market share. Stellar understands the importance of helping clients retain the loyalty of existing customers through effective retention campaigns.

With a presence in 20 countries, its client provides a wide range of tailored corporate and personal insurance solutions for a diverse portfolio of clients.

Towards the end of 2008, they contacted Stellar with a requirement for an inbound customer retention project. This was aimed at customers calling to cancel insurance policies which were offered in association with a major Financial Services affinity partner.

With a solid reputation in the Financial Services sector, and as an existing supplier with integrated links to its systems, Stellar was the natural choice of outsource partner for this project.

Working in close collaboration with its client, its experienced Business Implementation Team scoped, designed and launched an effective retention solution – which minimised customer attrition while maximising revenue growth cross-sell through and up-sell opportunities.

A dedicated team was created to focus solely on retention. Using a detailed employee profile, Stellar identified advisors with proven sales and services ability within the financial services sector. These advisors were then immersed in the client’s brand values and those of their affinity partner to ensure that they understood the key triggers for retaining customer loyalty.

Using a mix of sales and customer service skills, the Stellar team persuaded existing customers to retain their policy through effective questioning and building rapport.

SuccessThree-fold increase in retention rates •compared with the client’s inhouse teamValue of retained business averaged more than •£13K per month in the first nine months of the campaignStellar IQ ensures effective scripting and best •practice retention techniquesRetention model now used by the client across •15 affinity partner accountsRetention model adopted by other clients•

Stellar is proud to have helped its clients retain the loyalty of its insurance customer base. Indeed, it now provides retention services to client across 15 different affinity brands, and the results have been so successful that another of its clients has adopted the same retention model.

The expertise of a team with a blend of sales and customer service skills coupled with the analysis and reporting capabilities of its business intelligence system, Stellar IQ, has provided its client with a truly unique approach to protecting its customer base.

For further information, please contact:

Vanessa O’Brien, Head of Sales & Marketing, Stellar UK, 4 Symington Place, Riverside Business Park, Irvine, Ayrshire, KA11 5DE

Tel: +44 (0) 1294 225 336 Fax:+44 (0) 1294 225 301 Email: vobrien@stellarbpo.co.uk Web: www.stellarbpo.co.uk

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USPsSince being established in the UK in 2001, Stellar has earned the reputation as a professional and reliable provider of outsourced contact centre services with a particular expertise in outbound acquisition within the Financial Services sector. Such services have been performed on behalf of many blue chips clients such as Barclaycard, Lloyds Banking Group, ADMS, Ace Insurance, AIG etc. Out with Acquisition, Stellar has also gained significant experience in providing Customer Service and Retention services and has operated across a range of business sectors including Travel & Leisure, Utilities, Public Sector, and Telecoms as well as other sectors. In addition to its significant experience and services that it offers, as featured in Issue 6 of the CCA’s inTouch publication, Stellar has also developed Stellar IQ, a powerful business intelligence solution which helps provide cutting-edge insight into the information exchanged between your customers and our advisors, to help maximise the success of your campaigns and improve customer satisfaction. Stellar believes that by partnering with Stellar and gaining access to the myriad of benefits Stellar IQ has to offer, existing and potential new clients will have the ability to gain invaluable insight into a wealth of customer information which remains relatively untapped by other outsource providers.

Stellar UK

Vertical Targets for Future GrowthAlthough Stellar operates extensively within the financial services sector, it remains open and cognisant of opportunities that may exist within other markets many of which it already has experience of. Given that historically Stellar has been seen by some purely as an outbound provider, within the last 18 months Stellar has also been successful in providing large scale, high profile inbound projects on behalf of leading brands which it believes will pave the way for future inbound new business wins, in order to address the balance of inbound and outbound services that it provides. Given that Stellar is part of a global organisation with +5,000 employees and 16 contact centres located across USA, Canada, UK, Philippines and Australia, it continuously seeks to leverage the experience of its global colleagues in order to identify opportunities that may exists in new or alternative markets.

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Sykes

Brief Corporate HistorySYKES is a global company providing outsourced contact centre services to companies from sites in Edinburgh and Galashiels, as well as many other locations around the world. In addition to contact centre services; Fulfilment, warehousing and worldwide distribution services are offered from Galashiels.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesComprehensive service offerings include:

Customer Service (enquiries, retention, order •management)Technical Support (experienced user, levels •1-3, engineer)Sales (inbound, relationship management)•Multilingual Communications (19+ languages)•Multiple Channels (voice, email, chat, •community forums, social media)Distribution (order fulfilment, inventory •management, returns, testing)Financial Management (payment/refund •processing, program accounting)

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, SYKES has over 45,000 employees and revenues in excess of $1.1bn.

Case Study 1Client need:A leading global bank’s internal European commercial card customer service operation was located in Spain, providing multilingual help to corporate credit card users. The bank wanted to improve customer satisfaction and, at the same time, reduce the cost of operation.

They decided to look at outsourcing as a means of benchmarking in these areas, with a view to transitioning the service out of sufficient benefit was achievable.

SYKES Solution:The recommended move to Edinburgh was perceived as somewhat risky but collaboration identified a number of ways to reduce this. A long review period was executed to ensure the current operation was fully understood. During this, SYKES conducted an Insight Analytics study and identified a number of ways that processes could be improved to reduce cost and improve service. The team now serves customers in 19 languages.

Benefits to the client:The recommended changes were implemented from day one and the bank’s corporate customers immediately reported an improved service. This was delivered at a much reduced cost as a result of higher resource utilisation and lower real estate costs.

Further collaboration is identifying opportunities to achieve more from the operation.

Case Study 2Client need:A major technology brand, with around $60bn annual revenue, provided email support to consumers for one product line through SYKES. The client decided to change this to an online community with the aim of reducing costs.

SYKES solution:Sykes management team executed the following to successfully migrate from email to community forum support:

Defined three key roles – moderator, •responder and analyst – to drive productivity, engagement and qualityDeveloped and introduced new selection, •training and retention processes aligned to the new environmentCreated new criteria to measure success, •based on community engagement, satisfaction and cost effectiveness

Benefits to the client:Within one year the client enjoyed

Customer satisfaction – increased from 72% •with email to 92%Customer interaction costs reduced by 94% •per transaction

As a result, further product lines were added and the team grew to 150 agents covering several languages in a 24/7 operation.

USPsSYKES’ focus on the customer experience, delivered through operational excellence, and value for money for clients, is key to the company’s continued success. Key facts include:

Over 30 years’ contact centre experience•Average client tenure over 8 years, •demonstrating the care Sykes takeProvides complete customer lifecycle services•Financially stability, operating with no debt, for •certainty in uncertain times

Vertical Targets for GrowthTelecommunications•Financial Services•Technology •Health•

For further information, please contact:

SYKES Global Services Ltd, Calder House, 599 Calder Road, Edinburgh, EH11 4GA

Tel: +44 (0) 131 458 1001 Fax: +44 (0) 131 458 6585 Email: info.emea@sykes.com Web: www.sykes.com/ccs

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Teleperformance UK

Brief Corporate HistoryTeleperformance has a long history in the outsourced contact centre and back office processing market within the UK and globally. Founded in 1978, it is now the world’s leading outsourced contact centre provider, operating 263 contact centres in 49 countries worldwide. In 2010, Teleperformance UK acquired Scottish-based beCogent Limited adding a further four sites to the UK network.

Teleperformance UK currently has nearly 7,000 agent seats across 11 operational sites in the UK; Bristol, Bangor (Northern Ireland), Birmingham, Ashby De La Zouch (Leicestershire), Newry (Northern Ireland), Gateshead, Leeds, London and Airdrie, Glasgow and Erskine in Scotland. It also operates an offshore location from Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa under UK management.

In Scotland, Teleperformance has more than 3,000 employees in four multi-client contact centre service operations located in Airdrie, Erskine, Kilmarnock and Glasgow which extend to more than 140,000 square feet of contact centre floor space and in excess of 2000 seats. From its humble beginnings it has nurtured and established an award winning business and has excelled in winning long term partnership contracts with a number of the UK’s highest profile brands, including Virgin Media , John Lewis, Sainsbury’s and the National Australia Bank Group.

The company has grown both organically and through acquisition and many of its clients have been partnering with them for in excess of 13 years. Teleperformance’s range of core services across the world is closely aligned to help organisations optimise the value of their customer relationships at every stage of the customer lifecycle. Clients choose Teleperformance because they want a level of service that is unsurpassed, to protect their brand, grow their market share, increase their sales and improve their customers’ experience.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesTeleperformance provide a wide range of business solutions; from small, niche dedicated teams of <10FTE, to shared resource environments (Bureau) and large scale multi-location teams of 1000 agents+, located either in one of its specialist contact centre facilities or at its client’s facility.

Teleperformance’s core business is the delivery of contact centre services. Its business objective is to productively deploy top quality, well trained people in the optimal geographic delivery location supported by world class IT and telephony solutions, so as to exceed client expectations and continue reaffirming its position as market leading provider in contact centre solutions. In doing so, it takes fullest advantage of its position of global leader and of the people excellence, processes and technologies available throughout its UK and worldwide network to drive sustained growth within its business above the forecast market rate.

Teleperformance offers multi faceted services to manage all aspects of customer contact, including:

Multi channel contact centres (including social •media)Response handling and fulfilment•Technical support•Crisis management and disaster recovery•In-sourcing•

Case Studies

Virgin Media Teleperformance is the largest onshore customer management team within its wider contact centre network providing a range of customer account services from billing enquiries, changing subscription packages, dealing with internet connections and fault enquires to detailed PC help. It is a key strategic partner to Virgin and has developed its service provision from 100 employees in 2003 to its current team of over 1,000. Critical to the success of this partnership is its ability to positively influence the customer experience and improve Virgin Media’s retention performance.

National Australia Group (NAG)NAG franchises in the UK trade under the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank brands. Teleperformance are NAG’s sole supplier and handles 100% retail branch network inbound call activity and operates 24 /7 365 days of the year. Teleperformance manages inbound bank and credit card account holder calls from a secure and dedicated environment in Kilmarnock.

It also handles 1st level inbound technical calls for all NAG internal staff from a separate and secure location in Erskine. Through improved processes and higher first time resolution rates, it has increased customer satisfaction and reduced overall call volumes by 10%, resulting in a corresponding drop in resource requirement and cost to serve to its client partner.

For further information, please contact:

Kenny Morris, Chief Operating Officer, Teleperformance UK, Ireland & South Africa

Tel: +44 (0) 117 916 8000; Mobile: +44 (0)759 762 7544; Email: kenny.morris@teleperformance.com; Web: www.teleperformance.com

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USPsTeleperformance consistently investigates new service developments to support its clients in delivering continual service improvements and a world class customer experience. It looks to reduce revenue year on year for its clients through initiatives such as improving first contact resolution or encouraging a Net Promoter Score (NPS) approach to customer service delivery which places the end customers at the heart of everything it does.

Its customer insights service is designed to add value for clients by leveraging IT, multi-channel data and direct marketing capabilities providing clients with powerful strategic insights into consumer behaviour and product performance.

Teleperformance operates some of the most innovative people management practices in the industry, which has been validated on several occasions by the numerous awards it has received, including “Employer of the Year” at the Orange National Business Awards for the UK. In addition, its commitment to quality is demonstrated through the attainment of a range of accreditations and most recently it achieved the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Level 1 Service Provider compliant status for all of its sites in Scotland.

Teleperformance is positioned as number Onein Analyst rankings from Gartner, IDC, Frost and Sullivan, Ovum/Datamonitor, Customer Interaction Solutions, The Black Book of Outsourcing, Contact Center World, and Great Place to Work.

Teleperformance UK

Vertical Targets for Future Growth:Retail•Financial Services•Technology / Media / Telecommunications•Public Sector •Utilities•

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Vertex

Brief Corporate HistoryVertex is a market leader in BPO and Customer Management Outsourcing, serving over 200 clients worldwide across many sectors. They employ around 15,000 people worldwide and within Scotland, Vertex has 2 sites in the Scottish Highlands located in Dingwall and Forres employing over 500 people.

Vertex’s Highland operations are attractive not only on a business level but on a physical level too, with clients delighted by the outstanding natural beauty as well as the native accent, which they say is softer and easier to understand than in other parts of the UK. For Vertex, the region’s location represents cost efficiencies with lower average rents and equivalent salaries, and provides them with an experienced and loyal workforce highly skilled in delivering excellent customer services. A home working initiative has also given Vertex access to a pool of labour previously unavailable to the Company.

Vertex is acknowledged by independent commentators as one of the most successful providers of services in its sector:

Ranked number one UK CMO provider by •Nelson Hall [2008]Placed number one in Marketing magazine’s •UK contact centre league table in 2011 for theAcknowledged as market leader in Customer •Management Services for Utilities in North America by Ovum [2009]Ranked number one Global Business Process •Outsourcing Provider for the Utilities Industry 2009 by Black Book of Outsourcing

Vertex services comprise:Contact centre services: including •accommodation, management, reporting, employee recruitment and training.Customer management outsourcing: •Identifying new customers, customer retention services, cross and up selling services, and price and margin maintenance.Document & Payment management: •Document and bill printing services, payment collection and credit control services, remittance processing and mailroom servicesEnergy customer care services; primarily for •smart meter pilot solutions such as billing, deployment and payment services. Generally to provide an end to end service.Finance and administration: Enterprise •management systems, client relationship management systems, billing/invoicing and payment processing, debt management and collection services and other IT management and networking facilities.Other services: include business change •program management, web hosting and development services, project management, consulting services, and data analysis and customer profiling/modelling services.

Main customers include:Westminster Council – public services•Thurrock council – public services•Oncor – electricity and energy•Pacific Northern Gas – energy•South Star services LLc – energy•Marks & Spencer – Retail•

Skillsets and CapabilitiesBusiness Process Outsourcing •IT Applications and Services•Collections and Special Servicing •Consulting and Transformation•Data Analytics•Close to 15,000 employees•One in three UK people are served by Vertex•Supporting 75 million customers globally•Global revenues in excess of £365.9m •

Case Study Westminster City Council Providing complete business process outsourcing services to Westminster City Council.

The Challenge – To operate one of London’s largest City Council businesses across a very wide spectrum of services from the Highlands in Scotland and ensure service levels were not only maintained but improved. From the outset, Vertex ensured that all risks were reduced. Staff from Vertex’s Highland operation went to London to document the processes and ‘live and breathe’ Westminster on the streets along with Council staff and customers. Vertex also instigated co-locating with the client in the Highlands, recruiting seven Westminster approval officers and one approval manager locally.

Outcome – Some 300 full time equivalents now work on the contract in partnership with the client dealing with voice channels, correspondence and email. Full support is provided for services as diverse as parking, CCTV, schools, student services, adult and social care, parks and leisure, arts and libraries and even special events such as the London Marathon.

Since 2006 the dedicated Vertex team has reduced individual processing procedures from 37 hand offs to 12 and enabled considerable cost savings on behalf of Westminster City Council. Optimum results indeed, leading to direct interaction with other public bodies in England.

USP’sAt Vertex, 15,000 global professionals specialise in unlocking value by providing excellent service to clients customers, while delivering desired business outcomes for their company. By building same side of the table relationships, Vertex provides powerful insights and deliver solutions that improve customer experience, reduce cost-to-serve and increase profitability.

Vertical targets for Future Growth Retail•Utilities•Financial Services•Travel and Leisure•Media and Telecoms•Public and Citizen Services•Logistics and Transportation•

For further information, please contact:

James Eyre, Head of Marketing, Vertex Ltd, Strathcona House, Forres Enterprise Park, Forres, IV36 2QS

Tel: +44 (0) 870 855 8011 Email: James.Eyre@vertex.co.uk Web: www.vertexgroup.com

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Webhelp TSC

Brief Corporate HistoryWebhelp TSC was incorporated in 1994 with an initial site in Rothesay. Over the next 10 years the company added further sites throughout Scotland. In 2004 Webhelp TSC opened the first site in England in Dearne Valley. In 2007 Webhelp TSC was acquired by the $4.2bn HERO Group, and subsequently by the Webhelp Group in 2013.

The Webhelp TSC business has evolved: its resulting position in the market is that of a strategic partner to a number of blue-chip organisations delivering business transforming contact centre outsourcing services. Its partners rely on it to manage its customer relationships and in so doing improving customer experience, increasing revenue, reducing operating cost and ultimately driving customer advocacy.

Webhelp TSC’s approach is to bring together innovative commercials, best-in-class operations, and ‘SMART’ methodologies to deliver a transformational outcome-based solution.

It has proven SMART methodologies in place that offer operational efficiencies, insight into customer experience and a sales-through-service model. This approach is underpinned by:

A desire to build long-term partnering •relationshipsPutting customers at the centre of what it does•Deep understanding of customers via analytics•Investing in people development•

Its goal is to be an innovator and leading provider of customer experience outsourcing solutions.

To this end it has invested in delivering multichannel and geographic capabilities augmented by its SMART solutions.

Skillsets and CapabilitiesWebhelp TSC’s functions and capabilities are:

business process re-engineering, •business process development, •operations management, •resource and planning, •reporting and MI analysis, •quality assurance, •training, •human resources and •IT support•

As part of the Webhelp Group, Webhelp TSC also has access to, and provision of, webchat, e-mail, social media and in-store (e-commerce) services.

Case Studies / Relationship Overview Sky

Webhelp TSC is Sky’s Strategic Partner and the •dedicated provider of Customer Service in the UKIt is the estate leading provider with over 2,400 •FTEs – the single point of contact for all SKY enquiriesStrategic Partnership model means the sharing •of best practice and deployment of new initiatives and pilotsServices: all inbound Customer Service, technical •support, sales through service and customer retentionWebhelp TSC provides regular reporting, business •insight and inform SKY’s strategic contact centre methodologyThrough recruitment, training and development •has effectively modelled the SKY Customer Journey

VodafoneWebhelp TSC is the exclusive Customer Service •outsourcer for Vodafone UKIts four site operating solution currently •comprises 2,000 frontline staff delivering 24 separate service linesServices: Complete Care (High Value) Customer •Service, Nursery / Early Life and Retention & LoyaltyB2B services include Retail and Distribution •channel service supportWebhelp TSC also assumed control of Vodafone’s •high & ultrahigh value customer service centre in 2010Across the estate it has significantly improved •operational efficiency, capability and SLA improvement

Office DepotWebhelp TSC is the provider to Office Depot •Consumer and Business Customers in the UKService supporting four customer service streams •across customer segmentsVolumes handled: Order Entry (20,000 calls / •week), Customer Service (12,000 calls / week)Ambassador Winback Program (2,500 calls / •week), Premier High Value Customers (2,500 calls / week)Other services include Customer Service, Sales •through Service and Cross / UpsellContact channels supported by Webhelp TSC are •

telephone, web and email

USPsCompany objective is to build a company with best-in-class capability to outsource a range of business processes for its clients. Its aim is to maximise the value of its clients’ customer relationships by delivering:

Full outsourcing of all customer lifecycle •management activities, maximising quality while optimising costs, increasing revenue, improving customer loyalty and building advocacy.A loyal, skilled and dynamic workforce, delivering •services aligned to its clients’ brand values.Improved customer retention and repeat business •rates delivering substantial financial returns, driving brand loyaltyGenuine market differentiation through •performance management and service excellenceBest value for money and efficient management of •clients’ cost baseA flexible, fully scalable contact centre •infrastructure – UK, near-shore and off-shore.Seamlessly integrated technologies, providing •a virtual extension to itsclients existing contact centresRapid and flexible programme implementation, •tailored to specific requirementsInsight to its customers, for continuous •improvement with customer intimacy

Webhelp TSC also has a bespoke ‘Customer Experience Academy’ giving vital additional pre-employment training to a growing number of job seekers who lack the necessary communicative knowledge to pass the standard entrance level of most employers including joining. The trainees completed a five week workskills course - with a job interview by the company on completion.

Vertical Targets for Future GrowthTelecommunications including ISPs•Banking, finance, and the insurance sector•Retail•Leisure (entertainment)•Utilities•Technology•

For further information, please contact:

Mike Purvis, Sales & Marketing Director, Webhelp TSC, 1 Central Park Avenue, Central Business Park, Falkirk FK5 4RX

Tel: +44 (0) 1324 575000 Email: mike.purvis@webhelptsc.com Web: www.webhelptsc.com

For further information please contact;

Cherise Mascarenhas

Business Development Manager

Scottish Development International

British Deputy High Commission

Naman Chambers, C-32, G Block

Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E)

Mumbai 400 051

India

T: (+91) 22 66502168

M: (+91) 9769989658

E: cherise.mascarenhas@scotent.co.uk

www.sdi.co.uk