It’s been a busy week for the Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme (DGCOS). Despite a big PR push to get the name of the scheme into the public arena, efforts were also expended calling in its lawyers to protect its reputation.
The DGCOS scheme’s founder, Tony Pickup, found himself in the coveted position of discussing the scheme on BBC One’s Breakfast. The reaction to this was “overwhelming”, and Tony followed this up with a slot on Simon Mayo’s Drivetime show on BBC Radio 2.
However, not all BBC shows were as flattering, and BBC Two’s Working Lunch programme made “a number of incorrect and misleading statements as well as implying that the scheme was not a proper Ombudsman scheme”, DGCOS said in a statement. The programme’s editor apologised, and a ‘clarification’ was made on air the following day.
“This ‘clarification’…falls a long way short of the very specific apology we had earlier from the programme’s editor,” explained Tony Pickup, “and we are pressing the BBC to set the record straight with a detailed apology.”
DGCOS accused the presenters of being poorly briefed, and using a tone that was “negative and potentially damaging”.
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