Morrisons Fined for Ignoring Customers’ Email Opt Outs (UK)

Finance and Legal
21/06/2017 Morrisons has been fined £10,500 for ‘deliberately’ sending 130,671 emails to customers who had explicitly opted out of receiving marketing related to their ‘Morrisons More Card’ – making the national supermarket chain the latest high-profile target of the current
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Illegally Gaining Personal Data By ‘Blagging Calls’ (UK)

Finance and Legal
14/06/2017 A former manager at a claims management company has been fined £2,000 for leading a team who made so-called ‘blagging calls’ to insurance companies in order to unlawfully obtain personal information about policy holders and the road traffic accidents
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Funding for Innovation Technology (UK)

Business
14/06/2017 Businesses with ideas for a ‘game-changing, cutting edge or disruptive innovation project’ that leads to new products, processes or services in any sector with the potential to generate growth have until 12 noon on Wednesday, 9 August to apply
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The High Cost of Ignoring Automatic Enrolement (UK)

Finance and Legal
09/06/2017 A high street shoe shop that turned a £400 fixed penalty notice into a £40,000 fine plus £2,000 costs after claiming it was ‘too busy to meet its pension responsibilities’ has provided The Pensions Regulator (TPR) with a graphic
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2 Million Mortgage Borrowers Overpaying £10BN PA Interest (UK)

Finance and Legal
06/06/2017 The six biggest UK mortgage lenders are raking in almost £10bn pa in extra interest paid unnecessarily by 2 million borrowers whom they have moved onto their Standard Variable Rate (SVR) as their cheap loan deals expire, claims a
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