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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
2020 marks the tenth anniversary year for KwikChex and we will be celebrating by looking back on the highlights of what we have achieved. At the outset in 2010, we wanted to focus on providing accurate and reliable online content that would benefit consumers. It was a time when we could already see that misinformation
Chris Emmins, director and co-founder of KwikChex led a session on consumer protection and law enforcement at the first EUROC seminar held in Sutton Coldfield in September. The session – conducted as a part of the KwikChex-managed Timeshare Task Force initiatives included information on the rights of timeshare owners,
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
Credits: Journal of Trading Standards (www.journaloftradingstandards.co.uk) 11/07/2019 "Investigation and verification service provider, KwikChex, has earned a prestigious Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) Hero Award for its continuous work and passionate commitment on behalf of consumers, particularly aroun
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
Some of our favourite news, testimonials & achievements of the last 7 years Testimonial, Aug 2017 "Finding your company was a tremendous relief for us. Now we know there’s hope so that we can protect our online reputation." – Read the full testimonial KwikChex quoted in The Caterer, regarding TripAdvisor unfairly
"It was such an enormous relief when we got in touch with you. I have mentioned your service with gratitude to a number of my friends. Thank you so much for a really quick and helpful service. Every minute feels like a year when you’re worried!!" Mrs A, Aug-17
