A free service has been launched which allows firms to check whether business telephone and fax numbers are on the ‘opt-out' list from receiving direct marketing cold calls.
The www.numbercheck.co.uk website automatically checks numbers entered against both the Corporate and ‘individuals’ TPS lists to remove any chance of error. A new law was implemented on June 25th – (see previous IFAonline story: Hot law on cold calling warning) which now requires all firms conducting "cold calls" on companies to check whether a firm has requested it be taken off the central list of businesses who choose not to receive random calls from firms. The matter is complicated further, however, as sole traders and partnerships will be listed on the ‘individuals’ rather than ‘c...
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