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Wowcher Ltd t/a Wowcher
A product listing for a “Grey Memory Foam Divan Bed”, seen on www.wowcher.co.uk on 27 March 2019, included a roundel contained the price “FROM £99” above a scored through price of £469.01. Further down the page in the “Full details” section text stated “We’re offering you a grey memory foam cubed divan bed with headboa...
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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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Funeralbooker Ltd t/a Beyond
Claims on a funeral comparison website were misleading.
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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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People Per Hour Ltd t/a PeoplePerHour
A poster ad was banned for perpetuating harmful gender stereotypes.
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Elevate Credit International Ltd t/a Sunny
A TV ad for a loans provider did not break the rules around financial products and services.
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DeadHappy Ltd
An ad on Facebook for a life insurance provider was banned for being irresponsible and trivialising suicide.
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flatfair Ltd
Claims on a deposit replacement company website did not break the rules around misleadingness.
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Money Tree Media Ltd t/a National-Debt-Help.org.uk
A website and Facebook page for a debt help service falsely implied that they were acting for purposes outside their trade.
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Fortune Academy
A website promoting a cryptocurrency course made misleading claims.
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Rightmove Group Ltd t/a Rightmove
Poster ads for Rightmove made claims about the frequency with which their estate agents were contacted that were not misleading.
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Mortgage Complaints Bureau Ltd
Ads on Twitter and on a website broke the rules around misleadingness and by implying the advertiser was acting for purposes outside of their trade.
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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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Person(s) unknown
Online ads for funeral plans broke the rules for misleadingly claiming consumers could avoid funeral costs and for acting for purposes outside of their trade.
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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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XYZ Training Group Ltd
A website for asbestos awareness training courses did not break the rules around misleadingness and substantiation.
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MyBuilder Limited
A TV ad for a tradesman service did not break the misleadingness rules.
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Waterloo Solutions Ltd
A direct mailing for a claims management service broke the rules by not being obviously identifiable as marketing material.
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appleiphoneunlock.uk
A phone repair website quoted misleading prices.
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Cameron Mackintosh Ltd - unconfirmed
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Pricing and charges -
Howarth Homes plc
Media: National press
Topic: Property sales and lettings -
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 -
Splendor SA
Media: National press
Topic: Clothing, shoes and jewellery, Pricing and charges -
TheHut.com Ltd
Media: E-mail
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Vectone Mobile Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Appliances, electronics and machinery -
EMP Mail order UK Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site), Internet (display)
Topic: Pricing and charges -
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: E-mail
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 -
ADIDAS (UK) Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC
Media: Internet (social networking)
Topic: Computers, phones and telecoms, Pricing and charges -
Boots UK Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site), Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Pricing and charges -
Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Ltd
Media: E-mail
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Coral Interactive (Gibraltar) Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Pricing and charges