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The Chancellor has thrown his support behind a charity concert to raise money for victims of the Ukraine war – announcing that all tax collected from ticket sales will go directly to the good cause.
Friday 22nd October 2021
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis today (Friday 29 Oct) announced that the landmark Live at the Waterfront! concert will be televised on Sky Arts and Freeview on Monday 13 December. The major television deal means that everyone...
Music lovers, sports fans and theatre goers using secondary ticket sites will have access to better information to help them know what they are buying, following action by the CMA.
New rules will require sellers and platforms to provide more information around resold event tickets, protecting consumers from rip off prices
Following CMA enforcement action, 3 major secondary ticketing websites have pledged a number of changes to the way information is provided to customers.
New rules coming into force today will demand more information from sellers on secondary ticket websites to better protect fans from rip-off prices.
Gig goers and sports fans will have more chance to see their favourite stars in 2018 as the Government cracks down on touts using “bots” to bulk buy tickets for resale on secondary ticketing sites.
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Mr Justice Roth and Judge Berner on 20 January 2015.
The UK will commemorate the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme this year.
New legislation coming into force today bans ticket touts from using automated software to buy more tickets for events than they are allowed
The CMA has today launched an enforcement investigation into suspected breaches of consumer protection law in the online secondary tickets market.
Gala concert presented by Diana Vishneva's Context festival of contemporary choreography in partnership with Studio Wayne McGregor New Holland, St Petersburg, 25 August 2018.
Get Safe Online is predicting a huge rise in online ticket scams over the summer months as the festival and concert season provides rich pickings…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Employment Tribunal decision.
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