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Antony & Patricia Ltd t/a Bosun's Barbers
The Bosun's Barbers Facebook page, seen in December 2016 and January 2017, contained text which stated "Est. 1969".
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Euro Car Parts Ltd t/a Euro Car Parts
An email for Euro Car Parts included text stating “Our Biggest Ever CHRISTMAS SALE STARTS NOW” and "UP TO 69% OFF USE CODE: XMAS”.
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HDS Builders
Two website ads for HDS Builders:
a. A virtual tour link for a bathroom installation on www.hdsbuilders.co.uk, seen on 21 March 2017, featured an image of a naked woman showering.
b. A still image from the virtual tour, showing the naked woman, with the option to click on the tour, was seen on the home p...
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Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd
A website for Mercedes-Benz UK, www.mercedes-benz.co.uk, seen in February 2017, contained a page about their 4MATIC range – a 4-wheel drive system. Text stated “Driving performance. whatever [sic] the conditions”. Further down the page there was an image of a Mercedes Benz vehicle. Beside the image text stated “… Li...
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Nicoventures Trading Ltd t/a Vype
The website for Vype e-cigarettes www.govype.com, was seen on 13 March 2017. The home page of the website featured a carousel with four slides. Text on the first slide stated "VYPE PURPLE ePEN STARTER KIT +1 PACK OF PREMIUM CARTRIDGES. FOR £19.98*". Smaller text below stated "*ENDS TUESDAY 28th MARCH ...
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Official iPhone Unlock Ltd
A website for a mobile phone unlocking service, www.officialiphoneunlock.co.uk, seen on 19 January 2017, featured a number of testimonials on a page headed "Customer Reviews of Official iPhone Unlock", which stated “We don’t write our own reviews, instead we let our customers do the talking. Our services a...
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Southall Travel Ltd
Two results pages on www.southalltravel.co.uk for flights to Mumbai:
a. The first page, seen on 1 November, stated "Per Adult fr £443 ... Extremely Limited Subject to Availability".
b. The second page, seen on 16 December 2016, stated "Per Adult fr £346 ... Extremely Limited Subject to Ava...
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Whitechapel Centre
A website for a charity for the homeless, www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk, seen on 5 February 2017, stated "NO SECOND NIGHT OUT ON THE STREETS. TELL US ABOUT A ROUGH SLEEPER" and featured a telephone number. Text below stated "Have you seen someone sleeping rough? Are you worried about someone who may be ...
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After consideration by the ASA of complaints received, the following companies and organisations agreed to amend or withdraw advertising without the need for a formal investigation:
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AO Retail Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Charity, education and Third sector -
Accident Advice Helpline Direct Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Financial products and services -
Centrepoint Soho
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Charity, education and Third sector -
DFS Trading Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Home and garden -
Dunelm (Soft Furnishings) Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Home and garden -
EE Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Computers, phones and telecoms -
Edinburgh Airport Ltd t/a Plane Parking
Media: Internet (on own site), Internet (display)
Topic: Holidays, travel and motoring -
Edinburgh Leisure
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Sports, leisure and hobbies -
EnergyCare Group Ltd
Media: Leaflet
Topic: Utilities, energy and environment -
Epic War LLC
Media: In-game (apps), In-game (online)
Topic: Sports, leisure and hobbies
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Stafco Ltd t/a Handpresso UK
Media: Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Food, drink and supplements