Quilter urges Government crackdown on investment scams in Online Safety Bill
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Feeney pushes for robust consumer protections
Quilter CEO Paul Feeney
Quilter has called upon the Government to take action to clamp down on the dramatic rise in online investment scams over the past year by including these and other financial harms within the scope of the forthcoming Online Safety Bill.
In a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Minister for Digital and Culture Oliver Dowden, Quilter CEO Paul Feeney warned that the proposed solution to the problem, the Online Advertising Programme, will not provide the robust consumer protections required .
Quilter urges Government crackdown on scams
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Theatre performances have been yet another thing left cancelled or rescheduled indefinitely by the coronavirus pandemic. While many industries have struggled over the course of the pandemic, few have felt such a sting as the arts industry and its now-darkened theatres. March’s national lockdown ordered any theatre which had not yet drawn their curtains to do so immediately. Now, almost five months on, the future of theatre in Britain remains as uncertain as ever.
As growing fears of the coronavirus pandemic spread in the weeks preceding the lockdown, many in the arts industry began to feel the toll. Even before the announcement of a national lockdown, advanced ticket sales at UK theatres saw a decrease of 92%. A 2019 study conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business calculated that the arts industry contributed roughly £11 billion per year to the UK economy. But with venues shut, arts industry employees have been hit hard.