An end to ticket touts: the things you need to know about the new Government measures

It’s official. Well, ish. The rules for ticket touts and resale sites are about to change. Massively. We reported this week that there will be a ticket tout crack down. On 19 November, the UK Government officially announced plans to make it illegal for concert tickets to be resold for more than their original cost. […]

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Ticketmaster agrees to provide clearer pricing information after Oasis competition watchdog investigation

Ticketmaster has agreed to changes highlighted by a UK watchdog investigation which found that the ticketing company needed to adopt greater transparency in how tickets are priced and sold. The decision comes after a year-long investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into how Ticketmaster operated its Oasis ticket sales and its dynamic pricing model. Dynamic […]

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