CMA launches probe into social media endorsements
The social media celebrity endorsement gravy train could soon hit the buffers after the Competition & Markets Authority revealed it…
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Stem up but regions risking A-level drought, says CBI
More and more teenage girls might be waking up to the joys of A-levels in Stem subjects but today’s results expose…
Marketers in denial over consumer privacy concerns
Businesses appear to be in complete denial over consumer privacy concerns – despite heightened fears sparked by the Cambridge Analytica…
Epiphany makes it to the top of the class for City Lit
London-based adult education provider City Lit is aiming to boost its SEO and drive an increase in online sales of…
Nectar warns 19m over ‘double points’ phishing scam
Loyalty scheme Nectar has warned its 19 million users to beware of a new phishing scam which offering to double…
Printing giant launches ‘green’ alternative to polywrap
Brand owners are being offered a new translucent paper-based wrapping solution – that can be used in direct mail campaigns…
Revealed: the top five GDPR compliance failings in UK
The top five GDPR failings have been revealed in a new study which claims to lift the lid on the…
New consumer campaign to tackle rise of pension scams
With the Government still dawdling over enforcing a ban on pension cold calling, UK regulators have joined forces to launch…
Charities face £20m VAT bill over agency staff ruling
The charity sector could be facing a £20m hit following a Court of Appeal ruling that employers must pay VAT…
Royal Mail hit with £50m fine for ‘strangling’ Whistl
Royal Mail has been rocked by a £50m fine – wiping out nearly a quarter of last year’s £212m pre-tax…
Investment group seals $6.9bn Dun & Bradstreet deal
Dun & Bradstreet, the US data company which was founded in the 1841 as one the first credit checking agencies…
Arsenal FC shores up defence with major Swiss signing
Arsenal Football Club might still be licking its wounds from the weekend’s drubbing by Manchester City but when it comes…
Contact centres ‘living in fear’ over Ofcom crackdown
Ofcom’s new rules on abandoned and silent calls – which have enforced a zero tolerance approach to the issue –…
Butlin’s customer holiday plans exposed in online raid
Tens of thousands of Butlin’s customers have been warned that their holiday plans have been exposed after staff at the…
Client wins push Unlimited Group profits up to £10.2m
Unlimited Group has hailed a raft of international client wins and expanded briefs from the likes of long-standing client BMW…
Experian in ICO sights as Emma’s Diary gets walloped
The Information Commissioner’s Office has sent out a chilling warning with confirmation it has fined Emma’s Diary the £140,000 monetary…
The7stars hands top role to Rose in expanded data unit
Independent media agency The7stars is beefing up its data, insight and analytics capabilities with an expanded 20-strong team, appointing head…
Another one bites the dust: rogue chief gets 6-year ban
A company director who blatantly ignored warnings about his telemarketing activities to unleash a barrage of illegal automated calls to…
WPP boosts Wunderman unit with Gorilla Group deal
Sir Martin Sorrell may be long gone but WPP’s ambitions are still very much alive and kicking after Wunderman has…
Hermes brings in Jaywing to deliver new proposition
Delivery specialist Hermes has appointed Jaywing as its lead agency in two-year contract to manage the brand’s entire marketing account,…
UK bosses eye up data scientists as crucial for growth
Anyone doubting the importance of data science to the future of prosperity of their business should think again; UK bosses…
Industry reprieve as ePrivacy shake-up hits the buffers
Companies which are bracing themselves for the new ePrivacy Regulation have been given some respite following reports that the European…
Facebook holds talks over plan to link with major banks
Facebook has raised more than a few eyebrows following reports that it is seeking deals with major banks that could…
Jeweller to the stars adds sparkle with email platform
UK jeweller Astley Clarke, the brand sported by the likes of Adele, Minnie Driver, Nigela Lawson, Sofia Wellesley and Laura…
TSB facing final bill of £230m from data transfer fiasco
TSB – recently dubbed the ‘Truly Shambolic Bank’ by MPs – could be facing a bill of nearly £230m for…
Salesforce warns customers over data leak cock-up
Salesforce – one of the biggest suppliers of on-demand marketing software in the world – has admitted that a programming…
Branded3 folded into Edit in final part of St Ives jigsaw
St Ives has finally worked out where its digital marketing shop Branded3 should lie in the group’s new structure after…
Retailers and social media sites face GDPR data exodus
Retailers and social media companies will be hit hardest by consumers’ desire to use GDPR to take back control of…
M&S boosts data strategy with predictive analysis deal
Just a week after revealing it is setting up an in-house data science academy, Marks & Spencer is further strengthening…
Virgin Media sparks uproar over handling of UKTV row
Virgin Media, the embattled TV, broadband and mobile provider whose data governance appears to make even TalkTalk look safe as…
Charity body hunts chair as ‘embarrassing’ Grade is off
The Fundraising Regulator has kicked off the search for a new chair to succeed Lord Michael Grade, who is to…
Consumers shun longer contracts despite cost savings
Post-GDPR research reveals that consumers are demanding greater flexibility and control over what they are signing up to, with nearly…
Firms look to marketing and data to tackle Brexit slump
Marketing, tech and data analytics could be among the big winners in the wake of Brexit, with companies planning major…
Bums the word as Anusol makes TV ad debut with MSQ
Church & Dwight brand Anusol is launching its first ever TV ad in the UK under the strapline “Bums the…
Revealed: The bungalow which spouts out nuisance calls
The latest scalp in the war against so-called nuisance calls has exposed the ease at which rogue directors can set…
Academia honours Dunn and Humby’s lifetime in data
DunnHumby co-founders Edwina Dunn and Clive Humby have had many marketing industry honours bestowed upon them but now academia has…
Over a fifth of marketers say workplace is not diverse
The marketing industry’s drive for gender equality in the workplace appears to be falling on deaf ears in the boardroom,…
Clubcard mailings under threat in new Tesco shake-up
Tesco is aiming to appease disgruntled Clubcard customers, who have vented their anger over a raft of cutbacks to the…
Lovehoney makes big splash with raunchy new TV ad
Online adult retailer Lovehoney is getting down and dirty with a raunchy new TV ad to mark National Orgasm Day,…
DMA bigs up awards as Royal Mail signs to be top dog
The DMA is attempting to rally the troops for the launch of the 2018 DMA Awards call for entries by…
Dixons Carphone fesses up that 10m were hit by breach
Dixons Carphone has been forced to admit that the mass data breach – which it claimed took place last year…
FPS branded ‘a waste of time and money’ as users fall
One year on from the launch of the controversial Fundraising Preference Service, the number of people signed up to the…
ARM strikes $600m deal for data analytics start-up
ARM Holdings, one of the UK’s biggest technology success stories, is buying a US-based data analytics start-up as part of…
Two years in, and Fundraising Regulator faces review
The Government is planning a review of the activities of the Fundraising Regulator – which replaced the Fundraising Standards Board…
MPs demand crackdown on data industry over fake news
The data industry and social media firms should face tougher regulation to combat a growing crisis of data manipulation and…
M&S launches data academy to tackle skills shortage
Marks & Spencer is taking matters into its own hands to tackle the data science skills shortage by becoming the…
Consumers ‘have to jump through hoops’ for ICO to act
Lodging a successful complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office is being made virtually impossible by the endless red tape which individuals…
MSQ marches on with second Government win this week
MSQ Partners has picked up its second major Government contract in a week, after being appointed by UK Export Finance…
Royal Mail tests new GDPR swerving direct mail scheme
Royal Mail has launched trials of a new direct mail scheme, which enables brand owners to tap into established targeting…
Email survives GDPR noise to remain top of the pops
The barrage of repermissioning emails from brands eager to keep their customers onboard might have had the press gnashing their…