Request to remove comment of phone number

Ok then, you receive a phone call, they know your name and they want you to engage in a survey. This is nothing more than profile building and the likelihood is that this information will be sold on. Let’s turn the tables and even out the playing field a bit. Here’s a profile on the company associated with the nuisance phone number.

Facts International Ltd is an independent market research agency based in Ashford, Kent. Facts International is part of the Insight and Engagement Division of Chime Communications plc. (Chime is a backing company to entrepreneurs wishing to start their own pioneering business in marketing communications.) History: Facts International sold by Barbara Lee to Chime Communications and private investor Nick Lamb in Feb 2007. Nick Lamb sold his stake in the business to the firm’s parent company Chime Communications for £1.7m in 2011; he currently holds the position of Chairman. The next time you’re pulling your hair out when you receive yet another unsolicited phone call, just remember good old Nick still has a good mop of hair.

Company Name: Facts International
Ashford Office
Facts Centre
3 Henwood
Ashford TN24 8FL
Tele : +44 (0) 1233 648 530

http://www.facts.uk.com/ IP Address 46.32.232.80

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They host their web site through http://www.webfusion.co.uk, Derby Uk ISP Webfusion Internet Solutions.

Chief Executive: Crispin Beale
Information obtained via Company Check.
The combined cash at bank value for all businesses where Crispin Beale holds a current appointment equals £1,811,294, with a combined assets value of £8,622,567 and liabilities of £9,105,508. Roles associated with Crispin Beale within the recorded businesses include: Director

IT MUST BE COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT EACH TIME YOU RECEIVE AN UNSOLICITATED PHONE CALL FROM FACTS INTERNATIONAL YOU ARE MAKING CRISPIN A LITTLE MORE RICHER.

POSITIONS AND NAMES BEHIND THE UNSOLICITED PHONE CALL.

Project Director: Adam Wyles, Associate Director: Anna Mackenny, Senior Associate Director: Cara Rodwell, Human Resources Manager: Charlotte Homewood, Research Executive: Chris Sausman, Group Finance Director: Claire Spencer, Managing Director: Emily Kettle,
Research Manager: Gemma Stephenson, Senior Insight Manager: Heather Norrington, Research Executive: Kerry Barringer, Telephone Operations Director: Kerry Ovenden, Research Executive: Lucy Foylan, Research Executive: Lynsey Thompson, Head of Scripting: Mark Clifton, Associate Director Client Services: Melanie Eberlein-Scott, Chairman: Nick Lamb, Associate Director: Rebecca Judges, Senior Insight Manager: Rowena Hallett, Research Director: Sarah Carter, Senior Associate Director: Sarah Champion, Project Director: Sharon Greenslade, Research Director: Sian Kerr, IT & Creative Director: Spencer Wood, Research Manager: Toby Cotton

They have a 200 seat, in-house telephone research centre based in Kent, they adopt a 24/7 capability policy, often targeting hard to reach audiences.

With regard to TPS, this is what Facts International reports on their web site: Legally, we are allowed to do this. There is no legal requirement to screen research samples against the preferences services (such as the Telephone Preference Service) when conducting market research. In simple terms the law allows them to contact you, so put up with it!

They report that approximately 180,000 people are telephoned monthly to conduct telephone interviews.

And there is so much more if you dig around!