Mail on Sunday ad gaffe sparks reader and ASA wrath
Bosses at the Mail on Sunday – the title which once ran under the strapline “A newspaper, not a snooze…
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Marketing spend given ‘kiss of life’ as growth returns
Marketing budgets appear to have come out of the doldrums – in the short term at least – with the…
‘Wolves of Wind Street’ gang are banged up for 12 years
A gang of four men, who called themselves “The Wolves of Wind Street”, have been jailed for a total of…
Pre-paid funeral firm’s marketing plans buried by ICO
Pre-paid funeral service Avalon Direct has dug itself into a large hole after being fined £80,000 for making unlawful marketing calls…
Dare promotes Mbeboh to MD in top-level shake-up
Digital agency Dare has promoted business director Atem Mbeboh to the role of managing director, as part of a wider…
Amazon ‘losing the battle against fake five star reviews’
Amazon has been accused of unwittingly sanctioning a flood of fake five-star reviews for virtually unknown brands in a move…
Industry chiefs lead the tributes to Rosemary Smith
Senior figures, friends and colleagues from the data and direct marketing industry have paid tribute to former DMA chair, Opt-4…
Canadian data regulator to monitor Equifax for 6 years
The Equifax data breach might have gone down as one of the biggest in history but, apart from a £500,000…
US fintech enters UK market with Noddle acquisition
TransUnion is continuing to offload non-core businesses acquired through its £1bn purchase of Callcredit by completing the sale of the…
Bounty ditches broker deals after £400,000 ICO fine
Bounty UK has been forced to scrap all its contracts with data brokers following a £400,000 fine from the Information…