Bets are off for Ray and Jose as celebrity ad ban looms
Ray Winstone may forever be “the daddy” to some and Jose Mourinho the “special one” to others, but they and…
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Quorn TV ad gets the boot over carbon footprint claim
Whoever had the brainwave to insist that meet-free brand Quorn could help reduce a person’s carbon footprint and was a…
Ling’s Cars crash with BLM parody ‘fetishing black men’
Gateshead-based Ling’s Cars, run by the controversial Ling Valentine, has been battered by the ad watchdog once again after running…
Shell forced to axe misleading ‘carbon neutral’ Go+ ad
A radio ad campaign promoting the Shell Go+ loyalty club has been pulled off air following a raft of complaints…
ASA joins war on £190bn fraud with Scam Ad Alert tool
The ad watchdog is joining the fight against online scammers – estimated to cost British firms and consumers £190bn every…
Ad watchdog plans AI unit to hunt down the rogues
The Advertising Standards Authority is ramping up its use of data science and artificial intelligence by building an in-house team…
Lord Sugar gets kicked in the teeth over Twitter plug
Apprentice host Lord Alan Sugar has been slapped down by the ad watchdog over a blatant Twitter promotion for a…
What a Whopper: Burger King vegan ads get the chop
Burger King has been forced to incinerate ads for its much-hyped “vegan” Rebel Whopper after the ad watchdog ruled the…
Now BA is hauled up over misleading Amex card ads
Not only is British Airways suffering a Covid-19 nightmare, with its share price in freefall and thousands of flights cancelled,…
Three gets pummelled for ad dissing rivals’ 5G services
Mobile operator Three has made a big deal of its 5G network – in fact way too much of a…