In our last update we talked about some of the new responsibilities we’ve inherited and what our plans were for the next few months. We wanted to give you all an update on what we’ve been up to since then and what we’ve still to do.
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In October we announced [...]
We’ve been really quiet on the public front lately, but there has been a lot going on internally. This is an update on everything that we’ve been up to and what we’ve got planned for the next few months.
Our work on the Stay Private project has continued amongst our other duties. We now [...]
Work has begin on our next project – StayPrivate.org. The aim of the project is to make it easier to opt out of receiving unwanted marketing communications from organisations registered with the Direct Marketing Association.
The first stage of our work involved planning out what we wanted the site to do. We did this [...]
At midnight yesterday the Digital Switchover began in Wales with the switch off of BBC 2 in the Swansea area. Over the next few months, the rest of Wales will be converted, finishing in March 2010.
Prior to the start of the switchover in Wales, our parent organisation Consumer Focus Wales conducted a mystery shopper survey [...]
On Wednesday (5th August 2009) I attended TJam – a Tesco event to unveil the latest version of their experimental API. The event was hosted at Microsoft’s London offices, and was attended by developers from all over the UK.
The aim of the event was to show off the latest beta of their API and let [...]
Following user feedback over the last few weeks, we’ve been working on a number of changes to the Product Recalls website. These changes were pushed out to the server yesterday, so let us know what you think.
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This was a big request from the early users of the website and something we wanted to bring [...]
We’ve been talking for a while about the first project that we’ve been building, and today we’re pleased to be able to switch on the Product Recalls website.
The issue of product recalls is a tricky one. Some companies publish notices in the national newspapers or display a poster in their shop window. Some of these [...]
As we mentioned in our last post, we’ve been busy working away on our first CF Labs project. We’re nearly there, and are gearing up for its launch.
Late last week, we released an early beta version of the site to a number of people within Consumer Focus, and those signed up to our mailing list. [...]
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