Over 60% of UK phone numbers now registered with the Telephone Preference Service

Research by www.tpscheck.co.uk shows that over 60% of UK households and more than 55% of businesses have registered telephone numbers with the Telephone Preference Service, in order to block unwanted sales calls. This means that around 3 out 5 unchecked sales or marketing phone calls to consumers or businesses will now be to a TPS or CTPS registered number.

Businesses using the telemarketing without checking numbers against the TPS and CTPS registers first are now more likely to call registered numbers than unregistered phone numbers.

If reported, the caller could face legal action and even a £5000 fine, so businesses are being urged to check phone numbers first before they make a call.

To help, www.tpscheck.co.uk offers 1check, a low cost online checking service for individual numbers, and free Easycheck software to help businesses check whole lists against the Corporate and Telephone Preference Services from their PC.

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Editors Notes:
The UK Telephone Preference Service is a central register of consumers who have chosen not to receive unsolicited sales and marketing phone calls, or cold calls. Consumers can register with the TPS free of charge. Businesses can also register their telephone numbers with the Corporate Telephone Preference Service. If you call a TPS registered number on an unsolicited basis, you’ll be in breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, which states it is unlawful to make unsolicited direct marketing calls to individuals who have indicated that they do not want to receive such calls. If found to be in breach of these regulations, your business could face legal action and even a £5000 fine.

1check enables you to check for TPS and CTPS registered phone numbers online, before you call. You can check as many numbers as you like, for the same fixed monthly subscription fee of just £10 plus VAT. You can subscribe online now, and once registered start checking numbers today.

If you have a larger list of numbers you’d like to check against the TPS register, use the unique Easycheck list cleaning service. Just download the free Easycheck software and you can check your lists against the TPS, CTPS, and MPS registers, check for gone aways and bereavements, and even depupe multiple lists.

1check and Easycheck are provided by www.selectabase.co.uk, leading UK independent data cleaning and marketing list providers, and members of the Direct Marketing Association.

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