Boss of ‘abusive’ nuisance call firm banned for 4 years
The boss of a home improvement company which made more than 900,000 cold-calls – many of them “abusive” and aggressive”…
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Online adult film marketing firm forced to shut up shop
An online marketing company which claimed to sell adult films has been shut down by the UK’s Insolvency Service following…
Name-dropping agency chiefs banned for £3.5m scam
Two agency directors who provided prospective shareholders with false information to secure millions of pounds in investment for their affiliate…
Bungalow marketing rogue whacked with six year ban
The boss of a telemarketing firm, registered to an unassuming bungalow in the small seaside town of Peacehaven, has become…
Anti-bullying educational firm closed for bullying SMEs
A Manchester firm that employed dubious marketing techniques to press-gang SMEs into handing over cash with the promise they would…
Agency bosses banged up for evading £5m HMRC bill
Two elderly men, who pheonixed a marketing agency six times over a 16-year period to avoid paying more than £5m…
Show us the money: £7m in ICO fines still outstanding
Over £7m in fines issued for breaches of data protection and telemarketing laws in the UK over the past four…
‘Rip-off’ telemarketing firm forced to shut up shop
A telemarketing company which targeted elderly consumers to flog them health supplements at “astronomical” mark-ups has been wound up in…
Solar firm bosses scorched with six year director ban
Two bosses of a Stockton-on-Tees solar panel company, who caused their business to make almost 75,000 calls to people registered…
Another one bites the dust: TPS abuser gets 5-year ban
Company director Jonathon De Sousa, whose business Xternal Property Renovations was found to have bombarded more than 110,000 people with…