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  • OFT targets Twitter brand champions

    OFT targets Twitter brand champions

    Celebrity endorsements in line for major overhaul 10 January 2011 15:43 GMT

    Undeclared endorsement based tweets could soon be a thing of the past if the Office of Fair Trading gets its way.

    The government's consumer watchdog has begun a crackdown after it discovered a PR firm, Handpicked Media, was paying well-known...

  • OFT concerned over Orange/T-Mobile merger

    OFT concerned over Orange/T-Mobile merger

    Deal "threatens significantly to affect competition" 3 February 2010 10:04 GMT

    The Office of Fair Trading has sounded a note of caution over the proposed merger between Orange and T-Mobile. The agency says that the deal "threatens significantly to affect competition in mobile telecommunications in the UK".

    The OFT has...

  • OFT warn of online dating scams in the run up to Valentine's Day. Software, Online, Websites, Office of Fair Trading 0

    OFT warn of online dating scams in the run up to Valentine's Day

    Make sure you aren't just giving your love 13 February 2007 13:36 GMT

    The Office of Fair Trading is warning customers not to be taken in by online dating scams in the run up to Valentine's Day.

    With more and more people turning to the Internet for friendship and love, the OFT says more people are being targeted...

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