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Another victim of this scam over 320 reviews all saying the same being sent invoices and debt collectors for a subscription they didnt want or subscribe to. How many more people are affected. It seems this business spends all its efforts sending invoices and debt collectors and replying to reviews claiming you subscribed and didn't cancel. It is normal when you subscribe to a free trail you provide your payment details and if you forget to cancel payment is taken. These payments are protected and regulated by Financial Conduct Authority under Payment services regulations 2017. Why do this company not take payment detail? Because the consumer would be protected and would be refunded and this scam to get money out of innocent people who don't want your subscription and never did would be stopped. Rather than focus on developing a service that people might actually want to subscribe to. This company seems to focus on hounding what were potential customers for money for a service that they decided was not suitable or worth a paid subscription. Disgusting way to treat anyone let alone potential customers. Which begs the question how much are this company making by persuing non subscrbers v those who paid.

I haven’t received any services or advice from this company. I was browsing on the internet and I have today paid £138 for services and debt collection fees. I’m a seriously sick person with severe Parkinson’s disease and serious heart problems. This situation has caused me so much grief after receiving demand after demand for payment and now a threat to take it further by the debt collection agency. If I weren’t so ill I would have taken it much further. Please don’t use this company. A definite SCAM.

Out of the blue we got an invoice in the post for £99.80 for Health & safety adviser online subscription. We had no clue why so I rang Agora business publications LLP and spoke to Neil. I asked why we had been sent the invoice and Neil said my husband had signed up for a free trial and then not clicked on the email to either keep or cancel the trial. My husband wasn’t even aware he had done this. I told Neil we hadn’t had any emails so Neil tried to send me an email while I was on the phone but he said it wouldn’t send. After this he accepted we hadn’t had the emails and cancelled our subscription and invoice.
I initially left 1 star on my review and said Agora were scammers which was our initial view after getting the unexpected invoice out of the blue. I have now changed this to 3 because thanks to Neil the issue has been resolved to our satisfaction. I think Agora need to look at the way they handle their free trials because an awful lot of people seem very unhappy getting billed by your company.

Complete scam. I didn't sign up for any paid service or subscription and now they are billing me for £100 per year. Sorry I didn't sign any contract, I didn't sign up for a paid service. Time to report you to trading standards.

Following on from this:
I have raised a case with Trading Standards through citizens advice which provide free legal support and I have raised an Action Fraud Complaint. All parties are aware of multiple complaints against Agora Business.co.uk

Exactly the same scam as previously mentioned. Will be reporting to trading standards. Do not fall for their bullshit.

This companny is a scam, we are a Care Provider and did not sign up with them. I got an invoice of £49 and then a debt collection of £62. Please stay away from them. They need to be brought to justice and all funds refunded with compensation. I will be chasing this up.

Another victim of this scam!!
Input my details to download a ‘free resource’ and apparently signed up to a subscription, which I only found out about when they started sending me invoices. When queried with them they forwarded the email they supposedly sent me which I can’t find in my inbox - all very suspicious. Now apparently I owe them £209 even though I actually only received 2 of their HR Adviser Online emails at £79.80 each. Seems like they are balancing on an extremely fine line between legal and illegal!

Another vote for scam. I have no recollection of signing up for a ‘free trial’. Have only ever received one email from them stating I would be sent another email with details how to log on….. this never arrived. Only became aware when an invoice arrived I the post. Then another….They are using a mixture of my private and business email/ address so this is also suspicious.

This company is a scam and is looting money by trapping readers in their subscription. I only filled out the form and invoiced twice. They are committing fraud with what they're doing.

I too have been subjected to a Scam by this company. They claim I signed up for a Free Trial followed by the automatic enrolment to a subscription service offering Health and Safety Advisors online. Their details contain a mix of my work address and my personal home address. I have contacted them but they insist I signed up for this service, which I did not. They are now sending me invoices for £79.80, £83.00 and £99.00 for digital services they claim I have had. I have contacted them and they have agreed to close the account but not clear the outstanding invoices for services I have no recollection or records of asking for, I did not want and do not want. I have today reported it to Trading Standards through the Citizens Advice Website.

This is clearly a scam where they have obtained my work and personal details. DO NOT ENGAGE WITH THIS COMPANY.

Hi this is just a responce to other people slagging the company off , I like many took advantage of the free offer and within the trial period unsubscribed . However I mispelt the email addrress and started getting invoices which was correct in the eyes of the law , I was away for a while and returned to several more invoices so gave them a Call a lovely mad called Neil asked me to send a copy of the undelivered email which I did and hey presto the account was scrapped no more invoices and no more stress .
Check you have not mispelt the email address as its not advisor its adviser.....

We recieved a telephone call from this company and they sent free copies then we recieved a bill.
We have not signed anything or agreed to anything.

SCAM COMPANY BEWARE
recieved a £79.80 bill & have never heard of the company!!! Same as everybody else!!

I accidentally clicked on a "Free Resources" link and received an invoice for four copies of a health and safety newsletter. Nothing has ever been downloaded by me, and the free resource that was meant to be emailed to me had nothing to do with my search.
A fraudulent business that needs to be looked into!

03/02: In response to the reply, I have already been emailing yourselves at the email below. You have not responded to my last email on the date of this review.

I accidentally clicked onto this website looking for resource.
Straight away i received an invoice.
I gave this company lots of opportunity to sell me the product and they still failed to provide me with what the company offered and what my subscription was for before completing this review.
I was just sent a link to the site....
I recently got threatened with debt recovery letters, so i had no choice other than pat the invoice. Very poor company, nothing relevant and complete SCAM and reported trading standards.

The HR information that was downloaded as part of the free trial was wrong, among others it included information regarding flexible working that wasn't reflective of the current legislation. I highlighted concerns, got no response. I advised I would not be paying for the service as it the information provided was inaccurate. They ignored again then sent debt collection letters. Absolutely avoid HR support as if you have no experience in the sector you could easily provide misleading information or take incorrect action based on the information this company is sharing

Just received an invoice out of the blue for £79.80, for 4 months of:
* Latest digital publications
* Ask the experts email helpdesk
* Online resource centre

No one at our business had never heard of 'Agora Business Publications - Health and Safety Adviser Online' before we received the invoice. No-one has signed-up or agreed to anything with this company. No services have been received and no evidence of any agreements or services have been provided.

SCAMMER

Scammers do not click on any of their links.

Awful Scammers, be wary.

Our review is exactly the same as Joanna MacLennan's below.

We have never signed up to their services and the member of staff they tried to invoice doesn't deal with anything on the business side of things either.

These people or the people they have trying to sell their products sign people up without their consent or in our case without even speaking to anyone with the authority to do so.

On 5th November 2024, I received a reply on Trust pilot from Agora Business publications and they claimed that I placed an order from them and honoured in good faith on the terms that I agreed to when placing the order.
I deny your false assertion that and I quote from your trust pilot reply " The order you placed with us was honoured in good faith on the terms that you agreed to when placing the order.
When I started to receive emails from your company I saw them as usual emails scam therefore I did not reply until your company started asking me for payment.
If you are a legitimate company then you need to have a hard look at you trust pilot reviews and change the ways you use to get customers. Because you need contracts with customers before an order is placed. Example what I know is that when I placed an order with any service company, they always ask for bank details to make it a legal binding contract.