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Lloyds Bank plc
A national press ad for Lloyds Banking Group, seen on 25 March 2025, included a photo of a black horse galloping past new homes with building work underway. Large text stated “£19.5 billion for social housing. And that’s just the start”. Smaller text underneath stated “Everyone deserves a safe place to call home. That’...
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Amazing Giveaways Ltd
A Facebook post for a prize draw wasn't administered fairly and caused unnecessary disappointment.
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Wowcher Ltd
A website failed to administer a promotion fairly and caused unnecessary disappointment.
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Cambridge Corporate Consultants Ltd t/a The Claims Guide
An post on X by The Claims Guide misleadingly implied that their company was approved, endorsed or authorised by the UK Government.
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Groupe SEB UK Ltd t/a Tefal
A website product page for a set of pans misleadingly implied that a discount offer could be used for particular products when that was not the case.
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Shop TJC Ltd t/a Ideal World
A teleshopping presentation made unsubstantiated price and savings claims.
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Meggan Kirkland
A promotion on Meggan Kirkland’s Instagram account wasn’t administered fairly.
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Tesco Stores Ltd
An outdoor digital poster comparing the Tesco Clubcard and Sainsbury’s Nectar loyalty card schemes wasn’t misleading.
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Beer52 Ltd
Two email promotions omitted significant conditions.
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Origin Sleep UK Ltd t/a Origin Mattress
A website implied that a promotion was time limited when this wasn’t the case, made misleading and unsubstantiated savings claims and made unsubstantiated claims about the health properties of their products.
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Churchill Retirement Living Ltd
A national newspaper ad failed to include the significant conditions of a promotion, including a closing date.
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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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Wenzhou Xinyu Maoyi Youxian Gongsi t/a XINYU TRADE
Two Instagram stories on Mel Lloyd’s account featuring affiliate links weren't obviously identifiable as ads.
Rulings
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Rulings (13)