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Best CX Consulting Firms in the UK for Mid-Market Businesses (2026)

Most CX consulting rankings are built for FTSE 100 procurement teams: multi-year transformation budgets, dedicated programme offices, and the appetite to engage a Big Four firm...

20th Apr 2026

Best AI Virtual Agent Platforms UK Mid-Market 2026

Most platform guides for AI virtual agents fall into one of two traps. Either they recommend lightweight tools built for micro-businesses, or they push enterprise contact centre...

17th Apr 2026

Best Unified Communications Platforms for UK Mid-Market Businesses (2026)

Most UK businesses with 200-2,000 employees are already running Microsoft Teams for meetings and messaging. The UC decision they are actually trying to make in 2026 is not whether...

15th Apr 2026

What Is an AI Receptionist? The Complete UK Business Guide (2026)

UK businesses miss, on average, around 25% of inbound calls across all sectors. In some industries, that figure climbs closer to half. Every unanswered call is a service failure,...

13th Apr 2026

AI Receptionist vs Virtual Receptionist | UK Guide 2026

If you're reading this, the question probably isn't "should we get a receptionist?" You've likely had a virtual receptionist service running for a year or two, it's doing its job...

10th Apr 2026

Zoom Phone UK: PSTN Switch-Off Guide 2026

Every UK business with a phone system is facing the same deadline. BT's PSTN switch-off in January 2027 will retire the traditional analogue and ISDN network that the majority of...

8th Apr 2026

Virtual Agent vs Chatbot: Which Does Your Contact Centre Need?

Ask ten vendors what the difference is between a chatbot and an AI virtual agent and you will get ten different answers, most of them designed to make their product sound more...

30th Mar 2026

AI in Financial Services Contact Centres: Consumer Duty Guide

Consumer Duty has fundamentally changed the stakes for AI in financial services contact centres. Before July 2023, firms could deploy AI and measure success primarily through...

27th Mar 2026

AI Agent vs Chatbot: What FCA-Regulated Firms Need to Know

Fortay Connect helps UK financial services firms select and deploy the right AI technology for their contact centre - whether that is a chatbot, an AI agent, or a combination of...

25th Mar 2026