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Yahoo Finance, 21st August 2019 The recent presentation of a ‘Hero Award’ by the Chartered Institute of Trading Standards (CTSI) to online investigations and verification business KwikChex highlighted the value of the private sector in fighting what has been an inexorable rise in fraud Since 2010, KwikChex has be
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
The BBC TV News programme featuring the joint investigation with KwikChex on Just Eat food hygiene issues continues to attract attention, with UK local journalists picking up on the story. —- ‘These Gloucestershire restaurants with one-star food hygiene are on Just Eat’ www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk By Cono
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
Chris Emmins, Co-founder of KwikChex, appears on Channel 5’s ‘When teens kill’ programme to advise on the potential dangers of online classified ads. It follows a previous KwikChex investigation into the risks of using Gumtree, which include fraud, theft and – as the programme shows, even the possibilty of
Bloomberg have published an article after KwikChex Investigations showed that take away delivery giants are delivering food to consumers from businesses with poor food hygiene ratings. This is part of a more substantial investigation by KwikChex , with further details to be made public soon. ‘Deliveroo and Uber E
KwikChex has once again assisted BBC investigative journalists, providing information on problems with online reviews websites. Director and Co-Founder of KwikChex, Chris Emmins was also interviewed on Adrian Goldberg’s programme. – discussing how TripAdvisor prioritise Online Travel Agents (OTAs) that pay TripAdvisor
KwikChex will be on BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates on Sunday 29th April at 11.00. It continues the long cooperation KwikChex has had with BBC investigations, both on TV and radio. We can’t tell you any more until after the broadcast, but it’s likely to be considered big news, so have a listen over Sunday […]
As usual, KwikChex had a good deal of media coverage during 2016, including the following TripAdvisor criticised after closed Tunisian terror hotel given top award https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/tripadvisor-under-fire-over-award-for-tunisian-hotel/ Telegraph.co.uk, 26 Feb 2016 TripAdvisor accused of unreliabil
Title: TripAdvisor denies unfairly penalising businesses for posting fraudulent reviews Credits: The Caterer, By Janet Harmer, 10th Feb 2017 'Action taken by TripAdvisor to put a stop to fraudulent postings on its online review site is often carried out unfairly and inconsistently, according to online reputation manage
For the video summary of our 2016 highlights on YouTube - click here January KwikChex in Middle East & Asia January saw KwikChex visiting clients and carrying out investigations in the UAE and Asia. We were once again particularly indebted to long term KwikChex clients and friends Max Hart and Dong [...]
