Commission issues warning after cold-calling complaints

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 18 January 2008

The Charity Commission has taken down a warning on its website about charities being cold called by an international credit ratings agency following assurances by the company that the calls had been made due to an administrative error.

The Commission received more than a dozen complaints on Wednesday afternoon from charities claiming to have been telephoned by researchers at Dun & Bradstreet. According to the charities, the researchers said they were helping the the commission to update its records, but then proceeded to offer help with finding funding...

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