As satisfied customers spend more, say positive things about the supplier and demonstrate higher levels of loyalty there is a tacit belief in a correlation between customer satisfaction and business growth. The well established research by Reichheld and Sasser1 provides further insight into the relationship between customer loyalty and profitability.
People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.
UK house prices fell 0.5% in July, the Nationwide says, cutting the annual rate of house price inflation to 6.6% from 8.7%.
Satellite TV group BSkyB reports a sharp jump in profits, driven by new subscriptions, particularly for high definition services.