01592642600

The ICO does have teeth. Last week they fined the guy on the BBC TV "Call Centre" programme, Nev Wilshire" £225,000 for the activities of two of his companies, "We Claim You Gain" (should be the other way round) and Nationwide Energy Services.  A few months ago they fined two men £440,000 for setting up an automatic call/text system and they fined this company, DM Design £90,000 for cold calling.  What it needs is for people to report these calls and not just hang up or moan on here.  If people report continued calls from DM Design the fine will be considerably higher.

Nan come into the real world ,. The fine of £90,000 does not seem to have deterred  DM in any way whatsoever. Look at all the previous comments about this company. They should not be allowed to trade.

If you had taken the  time to read both my posts you would have seen that I agreed that £90,000 was not enough.  That is why I pointed out that the ICO had said that, if DM Designs continued to cold call, the fine would be increased.  The fines are based on the number of complaints received and if you look back at the posts on here you can see that a lot of people do not officially complain.  Another problem with DM Designs is that they use a number of fake names (Bennett & Barnes, Whittaker and Wood, Lyndsey Sanderson and others) and the telephone numbers of unrelated companies which no longer trade  One was a packaging company in Oldham and another was a cosmetics company in Bolton.  If people do ot know the connection then DM Designs get away with it.  On the three occasions that I have been contacted by them, using these false names, I have made the connection  with DM Designs when I reported to ICO.  The bottom line is that unless people complain to the ICO then DM Designs will continue to annoy us.

There should not even be fine when they carry on with their old ways. Stop them from trading altogether rto stop them causing any more misery.

I have had several phone calls on Sunday's and other days. they say they are fife council. I do not know who or company phoning only the callers phone number 01592642600

Getting really tired of these calls and don't know how they got my number as I don't give my mobile number out.

01592642600 called me but hung up when I answered.

I have had numerous calls from this number and no two are the same, in one they pretended to be from CSA, in another they were insistent that someone in my family had had an accident of some kind. I was very interested to read the comments above but I'd also like to know how they get the number when it is exdirectory

no one speaking, engaged tone, no message left .

calls come at different times of the day, despite the fact I am ex directory.

asked for 3 different people before I could hang up!

Repeated calls every week from this number, something to do with vouchers for home improvements. Firm is called Lindsay Anderson, asked the person where the were calling from, it's Kirkcaldy fife, but they said the firm was based in Cumbernauld. Told them I was with the tps,and to remove me from their list,  guess what, another call from them last night.

Just got a call from this number and the guy said he was calling from Balmoral Interiors.
I didn't answer and just hung up.

All I got was someone giggling and lots of laughter in the background

The giggle company was DM design

Still up to their old tricks. DM design.as soon as I picked up the phone they hung up. Used call back and got a pre recorded message.

Had a missed call from this number - answerphone picked up & a man asked for me by name.

I received a call at 1157 today, 5th September 2013, from a lady with a West of Scotland accent claiming to be calling on behalf of “Craig and Wylie”, a “research” company who were talking to people in our area ie a “research” cover for telesales and marketing.
The name “Craig and Wylie” sounded familiar and I am certain that we have had calls from them previously.  When I asked where they were based she responded with “Union Street in Glasgow”.
I don’t believe that here is any such a company; it does not show up on Google search but  is an alias previously used by DM Designs, a company owned by Donald MacLeod.   When I mentioned that our number is registered with the TPS she said that would remove our number from their list.
On checking with 1471, the company’s phone number had been withheld.

Reported to;
TPS:  https://complaints.tpsonline.org.uk/Consumer/
ICO:  http://www.ico.org.uk/complaints/marketing

I'll tell you where they get your numbers from! Any form you fill In for whatever and include a phone number, despite the said company claiming they will not use your details for other purposes, they actually do SELL this Information, my Local Council has admitted doing this and charges £5 per name address and tel no!!!!!

I had the girl from Craig and Wylie of Union Street, Glasgow. While she was asking if I owned my own home I was Googling and found nothing on this "market research company". She hung up just like she did last time.

I had a call from this number this evening at 8pm!! Cheeky little so and so's. I didn't answer the call as I don't answer numbers I don't recognise. Def looks like the fine they were given was not enough to stop them. I do hope the ICO comes down on them hard.