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Call Centre Outsourcing UK: Call Handling and Call Centre Solutions

Create a centralised point for all customer interactions with Whistl's Contact Centre solutions, including call-handling services.


What are Outsourced Call Handling Services?

At Whistl, we offer outsourced call-handling services from our managed call centres here in the UK. These services involve our team members managing inbound and outbound customer communications, including call answering and answering service solutions, on behalf of our clients. Our outsourced call centre services can cover multiple channels, including phone, email, live chat, and social media, providing expert UK call services. 

Our expert agents are focused on delivering high-quality customer interactions tailored to your specific business needs. They strive for a first-contact resolution approach to decrease repeat inquiries and boost customer satisfaction. Our customer service outsourcing solution enables your business to outsource call handling, save on operational costs, scale your services to match call volume, and enhance that all-important customer service.​​​​

What are the Benefits of Choosing Whistl’s Outsourced Secure Call Handling Services?

Outsourcing has many functional and financial benefits for organisations of all sizes and sectors. With our call centre outsourcing services, you can:

  • Extend opening hours: By working with call centre outsourcing companies like Whistl, you can extend your availability beyond your usual business hours. This ensures customers can reach you conveniently and at a time that suits them, enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

  • Increase flexibility and scale: With Whistl’s scalable solution, your business can adapt to fluctuations in call volume and ensure service quality even during peak times, without wasting time and money hiring and training additional staff. Our flexible overflow call handling service also offers the benefit of scale. You can adjust the level of outsourced support for busier or quieter periods, saving money and reducing customer hold times.

  • Remove fixed employment and staff training costs: Outsourcing call handling in the UK eliminates the need for hiring and training in-house staff, so you can slash recruitment and onboarding costs while expanding your team.

  • Reduce IT and infrastructure costs: By utilising Whistl’s advanced technology systems, your company can avoid the costs of maintaining an in-house call centre and IT support. Our solutions offer seamless integration with your existing systems, ensuring a smooth transition and efficient operations.

  • Increase your operating capacity: Transferring all or part of your contacts to Whistl lets you focus on core business activities while ensuring efficient call management. This enables higher service levels, shorter call and hold times, extended opening hours, and more efficient responses across all required contact services. By outsourcing some or all of your customer support needs, you can be assured of higher customer satisfaction rates. Effective call handling by our team also helps maximise sales opportunities for your business.

  • Leverage experienced, empowered agents: At Whistl, we hire experienced agents with extensive industry knowledge. This equips them with the skills to handle inquiries and offer relevant information to callers. A dedicated team supports clients committed to delivering high-quality customer service and sales support.

  • Gain access to valuable insights: Whistl can measure key performance indicators to ensure consistently high customer service levels. This allows you to monitor performance and make any necessary adjustments to improve customer satisfaction. Additionally, Whistl provides insight reporting on call reasons, enabling you to identify trends, address frequently occurring issues, and proactively improve your services.

  • Improve the quality and consistency of your customer service: Whistl will work with your business to understand your required contact quality levels and ensure that every call or contact is handled with a consistent level of care, delivering excellent service to every customer. Whether it is a call centre call, a response to an email, or a social media message, each contact is handled with the same outstanding service as the last.

Flexible Support across channels, for Single-channel Multi-channel or Omni-channel Call Centre Outsourcing Services

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Customer Services

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Email Management

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Call Handling Service

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Live Chat Management

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Social Media Handling

Partner with Whistl for improved Call Centre Solutions

Make every conversation empathetic and intelligent to improve your customer experience. With Whistl, you benefit from the following:

<h3><span class="heading--3">Partner with Whistl for improved Call Centre Solutions</span></h3>

<p>Make every conversation empathetic and intelligent to improve your customer experience. With Whistl, you benefit from the following:</p>

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	<li>Industry-leading&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whistl.co.uk/case-studies/flexible-fulfilment-services-noble-collection">client retention of over 19 years</a>.</li>
	<li>We are an extension of your business, engaging with your customers and reporting on your critical key performance indicators.</li>
	<li>Upholding UK-based multisite contact centres, we have northern and southern offices and flexible&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whistl.co.uk/news/rise-homeworking-contact-centre-agents">home-working</a>&nbsp;teams.</li>
	<li>300 seats of experienced&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whistl.co.uk/contact-centres/contact-centre-team">customer support agents</a>.</li>
	<li><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Offering&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whistl.co.uk/contact-centres/what-multi-channel-customer-service" target="_blank">multichannel</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whistl.co.uk/news/omnichannel-contact-centre" target="_blank">omnichannel customer service support</a>&nbsp;for your business calls allows you to access text, email, social media, and live chat options</span>.</li>
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What are the Characteristics of the Best Call Centre Outsourcing Companies?

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Investment

Look for advanced technology, trained teams, and continued industry benchmarking that will allow your business to thrive with experienced and dedicated outsourced support.

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Recruitment

Consider the recruitment procedure. This process should reflect excellent customer service levels, starting from the suppliers' interview process and business values.

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Engagement

Your outsourced call centre partner should be committed to ongoing training and development alongside employee well-being and culture, which will produce empowered agents.

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Excellence

Well-valued agents create personal connections and better loyalty. High retention can indicate a stable, knowledgeable, and skilled team of empowered contact centre agents.

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Reporting

Reporting on regular key performance metrics and proactive insights, will give more business guidance and minimise customer frustrations, to improve customer service levels.

The Whistl team are a pleasure to work with. Everyone is passionate about what they do, and the tenure of the team is testament to that. The customer service agents really care about customers and our business. What’s impressed me most is the engagement of the team, whether that’s feedback on projects, ideas on how we could improve things, or just general questions and interest about where the business is going.

Debbie Williamson - Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer Swoon

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Call Centre Outsourcing FAQs: Answers to common questions when considering the outsourcing of inbound calls.

How long does it take to start managing our customer service?

The timeline for a customer service program can vary depending on complexity and scale. However, a straightforward implementation could be within 4 to 8 weeks from contract signing to the first call. This includes training agents to become experts in your product/service.

How quickly can Whistl scale our team up or down?

With hundreds of physical seats across two UK sites plus home worker capacity, we adjust staffing based on your call volume, allowing us to respond to your call demand.  For example, if you experience a 40% spike during peak season, we allocate additional agents for the period. When demand drops, we scale back the resource, meaning you pay only for what you use, eliminating fixed overhead and employment costs.

What's your average agent tenure and why does that matter?

Whistl agents have an average tenure of 9-10 years, compared to the contact centre industry average of 1-2 years. The extended tenure allows our teams to resolve issues faster (first-contact resolution), understand your business better, and provide superior customer experience. Our clients benefit from consistent service quality and institutional knowledge that new hires can't replicate.

Which contact channels can be managed?

We offer solutions across all customer communication channels, including phone calls, social media, email, live chat, and messaging apps. We can support on a single channel, multiple or across all channels.  

What data reporting is available?

Reports are tailored to both the set KPIs and objectives. For example, the reports can include raw channel data, trend analysis, agent performance breakdowns, and strategic insights for continuous improvement (e.g. typical call times or reasons for contact).