Plans drawn up to crackdown on nuisance marketing calls
Ministers are drawing up plans to make it easier to penalise telemarketing companies that plague members of the public with unwanted calls.
Fines will 'stop bad behaviour' by marketing companies
Imposing fines on telephone marketing companies that plague members of the public with nuisance calls will help drive bad behaviour out of the industry, the Justice Secretary has said, as ministers draw up plans to penalise offending companies.
Chris Grayling said: "The Claims Management Regulator already takes tough action against companies which break the rules, suspending and closing down rogue firms, but now these fines will give us an extra weapon to drive bad behaviour out of the industry."
The Ministry of Justice will tomorrow launch a consultation on whether firms that break Claims Management Regulation Unit rules should face fines of up to 20% of their annual turnover.
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