3 February 2011 by Dafydd Vaughan. 1 Comment.
Yesterday we released an updated website for publishing UK and European product recall notices. The changes we’ve made at RecalledProducts.org include a refreshed look, enhanced statistics and an improved recalls importer. The biggest change you’ll notice is the design of the site. It’s more of an evolution of the design than a brand new look [...]
9 December 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
Over the past few months the Energy team at Consumer Focus have been working to develop a way to publish information about the way energy suppliers handle complaints. The aim is to provide people with additional useful information which can be used when deciding which energy supplier to use. The team has been compiling quarterly [...]
7 December 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. 1 Comment.
A little while ago the Community and Public Services team at Consumer Focus commissioned the Plunkett Foundation and the Social Enterprise Coalition to compile details of post offices owned and operated by communities. The data includes contact details, core activities, company type, their relationship with Post Office Ltd (POL), details of the services provided, information [...]
11 June 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. 3 Comments.
Thank everyone who has signed up to StayPrivate.org over the last 36 hours or so. We’ve had massive interest in the website – much more than we expected. I’d also like to thank everyone who has sent us comments, suggestions and questions. We haven’t managed to reply to all of them yet, but we are [...]
6 April 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
Last month I posted some data on browser share across the Consumer Focus ‘web presence’. I’ve just updated the spreadsheet (link and details below) with figures from March 2010 (and March 2009 for comparison). Browser Share Headlines Internet Explorer has gained a 0.5% share of visits over the last month, but is down 10% on [...]
1 March 2010 by Dafydd Vaughan. 1 Comment.
Over the past few months there has been an increased fight for market share amongst the top browsers. As well as the traditional rivalry between Internet Explorer and Firefox, we’ve seen a new entrant to the market over the last year – Google Chrome. Microsoft has this week started offering a choice to European users [...]
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