Useful organisations
The Advertising Standards Authority
Complaints on any type of advertising material.
Business Link
Practical advice for business
The Direct Marketing Association (UK) Ltd
Queries regarding direct mail and smaller mail order firms.
Money Advice Trust
MAT is a charity formed in 1991 to increase the quality and availability of money advice in the UK. It works in partnership with government, the private sector and the UK's leading money advice agencies.
Mailing Preference Service
To have a person's name removed from mailing lists.
S.H.O.P.S - The National Newspapers' Safe Home Ordering Protection Scheme
Queries regarding newspapers' mail order adverts.
National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for producing a wide range of economic and social statistics. It also registers life events and holds the decennial census of the population.
The Newspaper Society
Queries regarding local and regional press.
Ofcom
Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
Periodical Publishers Association
Queries regarding magazines and periodicals.
Experian
CreditExpert from Experian is the UK's leading online credit monitoring and identity fraud protection service.
Equifax plc
Personal credit products that enlighten, enable, and empower you.
CallCredit
Callcredit is a state-of-the-art consumer credit reference agency with an extensive range of innovative information services for businesses and individuals.
Useful links
Running a Business?
Downloads
A quick reference guide to some of the laws that might affect your business from the Office of Fair Trading.