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The BBC consumer affairs programme Rip Off Britain has broadcast an investigation into Seasons Holidays’ fractional ownership products, examining allegations that purchasers were led to believe they were buying products with investment potential and long-term financial value. The programme, broadcast on BBC One on 19 M
Chris Emmins, CEO of KwikChex, will appear in an upcoming episode of the BBC’s flagship consumer programme Rip Off Britain. Chris often works with the Rip Off Britain team and has persuaded them to investigate Seasons. The BBC have confirmed the programme schedule and content in an email to Chris today, see below. “Thi
A year ago In April 2025, KwikChex issued a warning about Central Paralegals. The company had been contacting timeshare owners and persuading them to pay thousands of pounds for purported timeshare termination services. We were initially concerned about the aggressive cold calling methods used by two linked companies,
Chris Emmins, CEO of KwikChex, was recently featured in a hard-hitting episode of the BBC’s flagship consumer affairs programme Rip Off Britain. Aired on Friday, 18 April at 09:30 on BBC One, the episode shone a spotlight on alarming consumer complaints surrounding Central Paralegals — a company linked to a wider netwo
KwikChex has just appeared on BBC TV again, having helped the Rip Off Britain team with investigations into Easy Consulting and the many brands they use. For years, Easy Consulting and the many different bargain holiday brands they use, which operate out of Alicante in Spain, have targeted UK consumers with cold-calls
KwikChex celebrates 10 years of safeguarding with another appearance on BBC News and the removal of fake and malicious reviews from our client’s online profile. KwikChex CEO and co-founder Chris Emmins has once again featured on the BBC, tackling fake online reviews – 10 years after our very first appearance. In 2010,
In February 2012 after challenging TripAdvisor over fake reviews for more than a year, a complaint submitted by KwikChex to the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) was upheld. In the ruling, phrases such as "reviews you can trust" and "reviews from real travelers" were judged to be misleading and TripAdvisor were
Winning battles against tech giants is difficult even for the biggest companies with the deepest pockets. But in November 2011, KwikChex took on a case and did precisely that – less than a year after our business was founded.
The challenges KwikChex made against fake reviews got us noticed in the first few months of launching our services when we were invited to appear on BBC TV’s flagship technology programme ‘Click’. Spencer Kelly, host of the ‘Click’ programme visited our offices in Bournemouth and KwikChex director and founder Chris Emm
16/07/19 After a KwikChex-initiated BBC exposure of serious food hygiene issues, Just Eat will publish the food hygiene rating of every restaurant listed on its UK delivery platform from today. However there are still improvements that can be made. In the UK, whilst consumers will be able to see the official food hygie
UK roll-out of displaying food hygiene ratings to commence with trial in Northern Ireland in early 2019 Following a joint KwikChex / BBC investigation, International takeaway food delivery giant Just Eat has responded to concerns over food safety by announcing it will start to publish the official food hygiene rating o
Definitive research by KwikChex results in BBC News coverage of Just Eat serious food hygiene issues Work led by KwikChex head of research projects, Aria Maffei resulted in a BBC News investigation being aired on television and radio last night (Wednesday 17 October). The project commenced by comparing the reviews rati
