Four on trial over £9m direct marketing fraud
Four men from Norfolk have gone on trial accused of perpetrating one of the UK’s biggest direct marketing frauds through “a…
telemarketing
Firm whacked for late-night burglar alarm campaign
A West Midlands firm which made thousands of marketing calls in the middle of the night to flog burglar alarm…
Collapsed charity telemarketing agency owes £2m
Defunct charity telemarketing agency GoGen – which worked for Oxfam, Save the Children and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity…
BT steals march on rivals with free call blocking plan
BT has thrown down the gauntlet to rivals by revealing plans to launch a free nuisance call blocking service, which…
DMA hits back at claims TPS Assured is dead duck
The DMA has dismissed claims that its TPS Assured scheme is dead in the water – despite only two firms achieving the…
ICO evidence exposes mass abuse of the TPS rules
The Information Commissioner’s Office has exposed the abuse of telemarketing rules stretches far wider than the charity sector after revealing…
PPI firm banned for totting up 40m nuisance calls
A claims management company that unleashed a barrage of 40 million calls about PPI in just three months has had…
Ofcom plan to fine firms for just 3 silent calls a day
Ofcom is launching a major probe into the telemarketing industry which could see it issue fines for as few as…
EU referendum to spark direct marketing bonanza
The battle over whether the UK should remain in the European Union is likely to trigger a direct marketing boom –…
Claims firm battered by £850,000 cold call fine
The Claims Management Regulator – the watchdog launched earlier this year to keep the industry in check – has trumped…