Showing posts with label advertising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label advertising. Show all posts
Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Graphs at a glance: The effect of political fibbing exposed by Office of National Statistics report showing fewer than one in three of us 'tend to trust' the government

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There is nothing like a government to prove the old adage of "lies, damn lies, and statistics".  In March 2014 a BBC Newsnight...
Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt breaks promises for a minimum price for alcohol and plain packaging on cigarette packs

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Cameron checks whether Jeremy Hunt has got his sums right. He has!..
Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Us versus Them? Recommend an article for publication

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We at Ripped-off Britons aim to provide you with well sourced facts and data so you can digest and pass them on by word of mouth, by email,...
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Sunday, 2 December 2012

Supermarket sales tactics may be rip-offs, but they are legal says the Office of Fair Trading

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In January 2012 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) launched an investigation on “ Retail food pricing and promotional practices ”. The investi...
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Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Record numbers of shops have started their sales early

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KJ sticks to the oldest sales trick in the book...
Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Supermarket price promises really are a lottery!

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Chris and his wife try and find the best bargains while shopping in a supermarket
Sunday, 23 October 2011

“Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations” - the law that legalises ripping-off in Britain

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The right to rip-off Britons is enshrined in British law, most explicitly by the ironically named  “ Consumer Protection from Unfair Tradin...
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Where there's a Will there's a way of making money

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KJ and Chris discuss the getting into the murky business of will writing
Monday, 18 July 2011

Budget airlines: bringing equality to an unequal world

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Fee needn't worry about the moral implications of cheap air travel
Friday, 8 July 2011

Law-breaking news

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The gang discuss the demise of the News of the World
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Friday, 17 June 2011

Beating the baggage allowance

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Fee considers extreme measures to increase her baggage allowance on budget flights
Friday, 10 June 2011

Price comparison sites: you pay your money ...

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But are you actually covered? Fee and Chris enlighten KJ
Sunday, 27 March 2011

Why companies don't just target the rich - because the poor have most of the cashflow

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Just because you aren’t rich doesn’t mean you aren’t rich-pickings. Just as in nature, so it is in the marketplace. The biggest of the b...
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Friday, 11 March 2011

Comparing the regulation of the banking and tobacco industries

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There's one crucial difference...