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Hydro Solutions Fylde Ltd t/a Elite Competitions
A website page for prize competitions was misleading because the free entry route was unclear, the closing date was extended without good reason and a prize of 70% of ticket sales was not a reasonable equivalent to the advertised prizes.
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persons unknown t/a Luxsleeps
An Instagram post promoting a competition to win a bed broke the rules as the prize was not awarded.
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Velvet Sofa Ltd t/a Glasgow Sofa
Two Facebook posts for a furniture retailer featured promotions that were misleading and conducted unfairly.
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Candy Coat Ltd
A website for a nail polish company did not promote its reward programme fairly and honourably.
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News Group Newspapers Ltd t/a The Sun
An ad on The Sun for tickets to Legoland was banned for not making clear the limitations of the promotion to participants.
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France Media Ltd
An ad for a competition to win a balloon flight broke the rules for not awarding the advertised prize or a reasonable equivalent, and for not making clear significant information.
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Nestlé UK Ltd
A competition promoted on coffee packaging broke the rules by not presenting significant conditions clearly enough.
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Peter Wilson t/a Bearthecheekychow
A promotion run on Instagram was administered unfairly.
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Amazon Europe Core Sarl
An Amazon website ad for Prime was banned for breaking the rules around misleadingness and qualification.
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Raffle House Ltd
Ads on a website, Facebook and via email for a property raffle broke our rules around misleadingness for not awarding the prize stated, or a reasonable equivalent, and for exaggerating the value of a prize previously awarded
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Virgin Wine Online Ltd
An email for a wine deal was misleading and broke the promotions rules.
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TheHut.com Ltd t/a Zavvi
An email sent by an online retailer misleadingly claimed entrants had won tickets to the UEFA Champions League Final.
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Hydro Solutions Fylde Ltd t/a Elite Competitions
Two online ads were banned for not adequately disclosing significant conditions for a promotion, as they didn't draw sufficient attention to a free way to enter a competition.
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JD Sports Fashion Plc
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
John Lewis Partnership plc
Media: National press, Internet (social networking), Point of sale
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
MyCityDeal Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Specsavers Optical Group Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
TheHut.com Ltd
Media: Email
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Vectone Mobile Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Appliances, electronics and machinery -
Kettle Foods Ltd
Media: Packaging
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
L'Oréal (UK) Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
TalkTalk Telecom Ltd
Media: Email
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Pricing and charges -
Tapi Carpets & Floors Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site), Point of sale
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Pricing and charges -
www.axparis.co.uk Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions