Vodafone joins select few with TPS Assured warrant
Vodafone UK has become the first telecoms company to achieve the Telephone Preference Service Assured accreditation, having passed an extensive…
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Noose tightens on bosses of rogue call companies
Legislation which could lead to the disqualification of rogue telemarketing company directors like Tony Abbott and Nev Wilshire – whose businesses…
Ofcom set to scrap ‘zero tolerance’ for silent calls
Telecoms regulator Ofcom is understood to have abandoned its plan to enforce a “zero tolerance” approach to telemarketing, which could…
Fresh plea to bang up bosses of nuisance call firms
Another day, another fresh call for tougher action on nuisance calls after consumer group Which? pooh-poohed Information Commissioner’s Office claims…
ICO hails ‘£10k a day in fines’ for nuisance callers
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is bigging up its record in the fight against cold call rogues pestering some of…
Industry preps new charm offensive after Govt rejig
The direct marketing sector finds itself with a host of new Tory ministers to schmooze following yet another shake-up of Government departments which…
New service claims to end nuisance calls for good
Telecoms provider Fuss Free Phones is exploiting the failings of the Telephone Preference Service by launching a new paid-for scheme…
PPI extension ‘the final nail in telemarketing coffin’
UK banks may be facing three more years of PPI mis-selling claims, after the City watchdog extended the compensation deadline,…
Call for industry to shape marketing law revolution
Marketers are being urged to be proactive in helping to shape new legislation on direct, data and digital activity –…
Fresh call to outlaw payday loan cold telemarketing
The Financial Conduct Authority and Her Majesty’s Treasury are being urged to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls promoting high-risk financial products,…