Mail blitz to tackle Xmas crime
Greater Manchester Police are turning to direct marketing to combat burglary over the festive period. Hundreds of known burglars, robbers…
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Logie: ‘Protect commercial freedom’
New DMA chairman Scott Logie has called on the trade body to take a leading role in preserving direct marketing’s…
Slump sparks rise in complaints
Brand owners have witnessed a 34 per cent increase in customer complaints since the beginning of the recession, according to…
Health firm slated for mailing dead
Healthy for Life, a company which offers lifestyle health supplements, has been slated for persistently mailing the dead. The Advertising…
OFT probes ‘cash for gold’ firms
The Office of Fair Trading is investigating a number of ‘cash for gold’ businesses after a barrage of complaints from…
iPhone users ‘vulnerable to fraud’
Apple iPhone users are much more vulnerable to Web attacks from malicious websites – including those which pose as pages…
Call centre sector set for growth
UK contact centre industry expects agent numbers to grow at by 6.8 per cent – nearly twice the rate of…
Online porn faces shrinkage
Campaigners are demanding a clampdown on online pornography, after one Tory backbencher described it as “a fire is burning out…
Hidden PO closures exposed
More than 150 post offices have been closed in the UK this year, according to the Communication Workers Union (CWU),…
Middletons: Press ‘mass hypocrisy’
British press giants – including the Daily Mail, the Telegraph and the Times – have been accused of mass hypocrisy…