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Georgia is rapidly positioning itself as a rising outsourcing destination, combining low costs, strong government incentives and a multilingual talent pool. With labour up to 50% cheaper than Central Europe and IT exports topping $1 billion in 2024, the country is attracting global players such as Majorel, Concentrix and EPAM Systems. Supported by modern infrastructure and a culture rooted in hospitality, Georgia is moving beyond call centres into fintech, AI and digital services, making it one of Europe’s most dynamic new hubs for nearshore and offshore delivery.

Long known for its vibrant culture, world-class athletes, and picture-perfect coastlines, Jamaica is now earning recognition as a high-performing destination for business process outsourcing (BPO) and customer experience (CX) services.

AI and Automation has changed at pace over the past 5 years, now we need to ensure that customers know how to get the best from it.

Outsourcing used to be a no-brainer for businesses. A sure-fire solution to cut costs and tap into global expertise, and boom – I’ve just outsourced my requirement. However, in today’s world, it’s a little more complicated. With everything from political shifts to new technologies and rising customer expectations, outsourcing decisions have become a much longer and more detailed affair.

In November we were proud to host a webinar with David Rickard from Everest Group as our guest speaker sharing some of the insights from their latest research on the state of the CX market.

When a topic comes up in conversation, I often find myself wanting to dig in deeper. When a topic comes up twice in quick succession, then why not get people together and have a chat around it for an article, as I did last week with Simon Kissane and Jonathan West?

What would an AI generated podcast about automation look like? We decided to investigate and to share our findings.

Customer and employee experience remain central to all things contact centre, even – or especially – when technology is evolving rapidly.

In our recent webinar we explored the results from an L&D survey that we have completed with our network, we were joined by Nathan Dring, People Development Lead for Customer Contact Panel, Georgia Harbison Head of Sales at Cognexo and James Walker Chief Revenue Officer at miPerform to discuss the findings and implications.

Much is being said in the media around the expected changes to worker rights following the change in government, but as an industry are we already ahead of the curve?

A permanent change is putting increasing stress on organisations to restructure how they equip themselves to communicate with their customers, irrespective of their target market or sector.

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