News & resources
Every week we receive lots of requests about our work from all different types of people – whether they are students, academics, teachers, members of the public industry or policy makers and parliamentarians.
As well as providing our latest news, we have put all of our resources in this section to help you conduct research or complete an assignment.
EASA produces a guide to global advertising regulation, read more here.
New: we are publishing fully searchable PDFs of our Annual Reports going back to 1961.
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This section contains our latest news, announcements and developments.
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We regularly carry out sector surveys of the advertising we regulate to check compliance with the Codes. We also conduct research amongst the public to help inform our work. You can access copies of these reports here.
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The Public Affairs team is here to look after the ASA’s relationship with policy makers, Parliamentarians and those involved in civil society. Visit this section to access our responses to Government consultations, Select Committee enquiries and for information on how to contact the team.
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We have developed Ad:Check, a range of teaching resources to help young people learn about advertising regulation. They are primarily aimed at Key Stage 3 & 4 Citizenship classes, but can easily be adapted for other uses.
Read more
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The ASA routinely organises seminars and consultation events to raise awareness of the way advertising is controlled and to gauge stakeholder views on the application of the ad rules.
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We’ve compiled fact sheets and articles about some of the important issues we deal with on behalf of the public and advertisers.
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Here we answer the most frequently asked questions about the ASA and our complaints process. Please visit this section as you may find your answer here instantly.
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Links to various bodies involved with consumer protection and regulation. We also are often get asked whether we can help with sourcing a particular ad or identify a piece of music used in an ad. We’ve provided links to some organisations that might be able to help.
