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Re: UK Services & Support Ltd BRITISHPassportServices Copycat Website issues DISCUSSI
Well done to everybody involved in the You & Yours article. Shari Vahl was excellent as usual. Ms KIRKMAN (if she really does exist) privately emailed me last week hoping that this report would highlight the good works carried out by them. Here is a copy of it, which I thought was sinister in the extreme, and caused me a lot of distress:- My details etc. redacted.
"I just wanted to thank you for approaching the BBC regarding our BritishPassportServices.co.uk and WebsiteStandardsAgency.eu websites.
We have struggled to attract media attention to third party services and thank you for bringing us an opportunity to raise awareness that customers have a choice on whether to use a government service of private company when renewing their passport. We hope this publicity leads to a greater public understanding of government and third party services and awareness that consumers know longer need to take the day off work and trek what is in some cases half way across the country incurring time and travel expenses to lodge their passport when a third party company can do all the work for them for a modest fee.
We are still unsure whether this will turn into an article however we are optimistic that it will do.
Thank you once again.
Kind Regards"
I think that they got enough press coverage today, and hopefully this will stop further people falling foul of this practice.
Well done to everybody involved in the You & Yours article. Shari Vahl was excellent as usual. Ms KIRKMAN (if she really does exist) privately emailed me last week hoping that this report would highlight the good works carried out by them. Here is a copy of it, which I thought was sinister in the extreme, and caused me a lot of distress:- My details etc. redacted.
"I just wanted to thank you for approaching the BBC regarding our BritishPassportServices.co.uk and WebsiteStandardsAgency.eu websites.
We have struggled to attract media attention to third party services and thank you for bringing us an opportunity to raise awareness that customers have a choice on whether to use a government service of private company when renewing their passport. We hope this publicity leads to a greater public understanding of government and third party services and awareness that consumers know longer need to take the day off work and trek what is in some cases half way across the country incurring time and travel expenses to lodge their passport when a third party company can do all the work for them for a modest fee.
We are still unsure whether this will turn into an article however we are optimistic that it will do.
Thank you once again.
Kind Regards"
I think that they got enough press coverage today, and hopefully this will stop further people falling foul of this practice.
It is always a bummer when they get cut down to fit the time slots, but all of you who made the final cut were great, Mark, Martin and Chantelle 
A political party?????? National Socialists would be a snappier name for it.......
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