All posts belonging to the National Trading Standards tag can be found in the list below.
Two ticket resellers who used bots to harvest and resell passes for £11m have been found guilty of fraud in a landmark ruling that could have implications for the resale industry. Peter Hunter and...
Tags: National Trading Standards, Resale, ToutsTwo ticket resellers who allegedly used bots to harvest and resell passes for £11m have been labelled as “dishonest fraudsters motivated by greed,” in court. Peter Hunter and David Smith, who ...
Tags: National Trading Standards, Resale, Touts, TrialSix ticket resellers have been charged with money laundering and breaches of consumer law by the National Trading Standards in a landmark prosecution that could heavily impact touts. The defendants a...
Tags: National Trading Standards, Resale, Scalpers, Secondary, Touts, ViagogoThe UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dropped a complaint against Viagogo after stating that it has secured pricing changes to the company’s business model that satisfy its concerns....
Tags: Advertising Standards Agency, ASA, CMA, Drip Pricing, National Trading Standards, pricing, Resale, ViagogoMichael Dugher, the chief of UK Music, has criticised Google for “shirking its responsibilities” over Viagogo and its failure to comply with transparency regulations. Dugher was speaking to Mus...
Tags: ASA, Google, Michael Dugher, National Trading Standards, Resale, Transparency, UK Music, ViagogoViagogo has been referred to National Trading Standards and could face a prosecution after failing to comply with the advertising watchdog’s transparency criteria. The Advertising Standards Autho...
Tags: ASA, Drip Pricing, Fees, National Trading Standards, Secondary Market, Viagogo, WatchdogFour people were arrested as trading standards officials raided a number of properties as part of its investigation into the secondary ticketing market. National Trading Standards (NTS) swooped on ...
Tags: Arrests, CMA, Consumer, Investigation, Legal, National Trading Standards, Trading Standards
