Latest Internet Usage Data (UK)

Information
24/05/2017 While a smaller proportion of women than men still use the internet, the Office of National Statistics’ annual estimates of internet use in the UK show that the gap has been closing since the series commenced in 2011 –
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Checking Third Party Labour Providers (UK)

Business
24/05/2017 Businesses using labour supplied by third parties are putting themselves at financial and reputational risk unless they check out their labour supply chain, warns updated guidance in which HM Revenue & Customs reveals it continues to find non-compliance and
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RICS Bans ‘Double Dipping’ In UK Real Estate Deals (UK)

Consumer Law
24/05/2017 The controversial practice whereby the listing broker in a real estate transaction represents both the seller and the buyer – known as ‘double dipping’ or ‘dual agency’ – will be banned for Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) professionals
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Swingeing Fine for Spam Texting Car Dealer (UK)

Information
24/05/2017 “The mass sending of over 300,000 marketing text messages without following the rules is simply not on,” commented Steve Eckersley, head of enforcement at the Information Commissioner’s Office, after his organisation slapped a hefty penalty on yet another company
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Automated Switching’ for Mobile Phone Users (UK)

Telecommunications
24/05/2017 Users will be able to switch mobile phone providers quickly and simply using a proposed new text-based ‘auto process’ that will make it unnecessary for them to speak to their current provider – which, according to Ofcom research, is
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