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Menwell Ltd t/a Manual
A paid-for Google ad promoted a prescription-only medicine to the general public.
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UAB Convenity t/a Huusk
A TV ad for Huusk Knives was irresponsibly scheduled.
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Cloud Whale Interactive Technology
An in-game ad was socially irresponsible, likely to cause serious or widespread offence and was irresponsibly targeted
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2XU UK Limited
A paid-for Instagram ad for 2xu Recovery Compression Tights made medical claims without holding the applicable conformity marking and were not registered with the MHRA.
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Belle Baby Ltd
A website, which featured a product listing for a swimsuit, included an image of a child portrayed in a sexual way.
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INSTITUTO NATURVITA S.L. t/a Natur Vital
A webpage misleadingly and irresponsibly implied that hair colourants were safe for people with an allergy to PPD.
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Next Retail Ltd t/a NEXT
A product listing on the NEXT website irresponsibly portrayed a model as being unhealthily thin.
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Visual Stress Consultancy Ltd
A website made unsubstantiated claims that tinted glasses could be used for driving at night and condoned unsafe driving.
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Health Line
Two paid-for Facebook ads misleadingly exaggerated the capabilities of laser eye treatment, falsely implied that they directly provided laser eye treatment themselves and didn't make clear that they received a commission for their service.
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Marren Healthcare Ltd
A website for a rehab clinic referral company falsely implied that they were acting for purposes outside their business, that they owned clinics and that local rehab centres could be accessed using their website. They also didn't make clear that they received a commission for their services.
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Ovira Australia t/a Ovira UK
Three paid-for Meta ads made unauthorised specific health claims, referred to an amount of weight loss, implied a food could prevent, treat or cure PCOS and symptoms of the menopause and made medicinal claims for an unlicenced product.
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Sparring Partners Ltd t/a Gymbox
An Instagram ad was socially irresponsible and caused undue distress.
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ACME Vape Ltd
A cinema ad and post seen on IVG Vape’s LinkedIn page made unsubstantiated health claims and promoted unlicensed nicotine-containing vapes in unpermitted media but wasn’t directed at people under 18 through the selection of media in which it appeared.
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Vita Studio Pte Ltd
An in-game ad for a mobile app game discouraged essential treatment for a condition for which medical supervision should be sought and misleadingly claimed the app could help treat sleep loss problems.
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Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd
A website promotion misleadingly described a promotional item as “free”, did not make clear promotional items would have to be purchased upfront before being redeemed via a cashback mechanism and omitted significant conditions.
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Stirling Health Ltd
A press ad made medicinal claims for an unauthorised product.
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Great Grass MCR Ltd t/a Great Grass
A poster was socially irresponsible and caused serious or widespread offence by featuring a harmful gender stereotype and objectifying women.
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Go Night Night (unconfirmed)
A website for a sleep consultancy company misleadingly featured the logo of a professional standards body that it wasn't registered with.
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The Boots Company plc
A TV and Video on Demand (VOD) ad condoned not using sunscreen.
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Fanfinders Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad promoting a free baby box featured an image which didn’t accurately represent what customers received.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Ltd t/a KFC
Topic: Food, drink and supplements
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Rakhee Mediratta
Topic: Medicines, remedies and therapies
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Jahangir Group Ltd t/a ShopVistaa
Topic: Health conditions