Vodafone cut off for claiming it can match BT ‘for less’
Vodafone may have won praise in some quarters for gaining market share during the cost of living crisis but it…
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‘You’re out’! Steve Bartlett firms rocked by ad watchdog
Budding entrepreneurs might hang on his every word but it seems Dragons’ Den star Steve Bartlett still has much to…
‘Straight Outta Crumpton’ NWA pastiche avoids ASA rap
A TV ad for Aston Manor’s Crumpton Oaks Cider – which featured animated characters wearing urban-style clothing and rapping in…
Virgin Atlantic shot down over ‘sustainable fuel’ ad
Virgin Atlantic has had its wings clipped by the advertising watchdog over a radio ad which claimed that sustainable aviation…
Watchdog flushes Air Up urinating man ad down the pan
German-owned water bottle brand Air Up, which claims to promote “decency and morality”, has been splattered by the ad watchdog…
‘Offensive’ Alzheimer’s and Verisure ads get the all-clear
The advertising watchdog has cleared two controversial ad campaigns, for both the Alzheimer’s Society and alarm company Verisure, despite a…
Ad watchdog gets steamed up about the JML DriBuddi
Homewares retailer JML has found itself on the wrong side of the ad watchdog for the second time in a…
Nationwide ‘greedy banker’ ads end up on the scrapheap
Nationwide Building Society’s “tongue in cheek” ad campaign starring actor Dominic West as the greedy and unsympathetic head of a…
JML ad axed for ‘harmful’ depiction of women cleaning
The ad watchdog has raised more than a few eyebrows after outlawing a TV ad for JML’s Hurricane Spin Scrubber,…
New blitz boosts consumer trust in advertising industry
Industry chiefs are hailing the results of a new campaign promoting the work of the Advertising Standards Authority, which show…