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When things go wrong, do you get it right?

The ultimate test of customer service is how you deal with problems

My holiday in the sunny Dordogne is by now a distant memory.

Well, almost.

You see when I got back from France, I had a surprise. A nasty one. The car-hire charges came in at double what I was expecting.

It’s not the first time [...]

Who's your biggest competitor?

Why doing nothing is easier than doing something

Are you throwing money away? I am. For months now, I’ve known that I could get cheaper broadband.

In these trying economic times, every penny counts – and we’re talking about pounds here. I know I could do it, and that I should do it. So why [...]

What makes you different?

Find it, position it, sell it

Last year, somebody sent me flowers for my birthday. It was a lovely gesture, but it’s not the flowers that stick in my mind. Instead, it was the way they were delivered.

Not by a surly, shaven-headed driver in a white van. But by a fresh-faced young guy with [...]

The value of transparent pricing

Whatever happened to WYSIWYP?

I was on holiday last week. And it’s left a little bit of a bad taste in the mouth.

No, not the croissants, pains au chocolat, brioches and and foie gras. They all went down a treat.

The aftertaste I can feel rising in my gorge is the bitter tang of misleading pricing.

That’s right. I [...]