Cold Callers
Pension cold-calling banned
Pension cold-calling has been made illegal from today, in a bid to tackle pension scams - here's what you need to know
9 January 2019
Pension cold-calling to be banned from January
Pension cold-calling will be banned from Wed 9 Jan, in a bid to tackle pension scams
20 December 2018
Budget 2018: Government to press ahead with pension cold-calling ban
The Government is implementing legislation to make pensions cold calling illegal
29 October 2018
TalkTalk to charge for blocking anonymous calls
TalkTalk is to charge £2 a month for its Anonymous Caller Reject service, which automatically blocks calls from withheld numbers
10 October 2018
New service to opt out of charity cold-calling – how to sign up
The Fundraising Preference Service launches on 6 July 2017 – find out how to opt out of charity cold-calling
4 July 2017
Cold-calling firm Keurboom fined record £400,000 by watchdog
A cold-calling firm has been fined a record £400,000 after it made nearly 100 million nuisance calls in just 18 months
11 May 2017
1,000s sign petition demanding ban on pensions and investment cold calling
A petition calling for an end to cold callers selling pensions and investments has been backed by Martin Lewis
28 October 2016
You can now opt out of cold calls with just one text
Mobile users plagued by annoying cold calls can now send a free text to join a register that blacklists your number
27 May 2016
Nuisance callers banned from hiding behind withheld numbers
Cold callers who continue to bombard people with unwanted calls via withheld numbers face fines of up to £2.5 million
25 April 2016
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