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Eastern Savings and Loans Credit Union
A paid-for Facebook ad for a credit union irresponsibly encouraged the purchase of non-essential items through the use of credit, particularly in relation to funding Black Friday and Christmas purchases.
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Riverside Credit Union Ltd
A paid-for Facebook post for a credit union irresponsibly encouraged excessive spending through the use of credit, particularly in relation to funding non-essential Christmas purchases.
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Smart Money Cymru Community Bank
A paid-for Facebook post for a credit union irresponsibly encouraged excessive spending through the use of credit, particularly in relation to Christmas.
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CB Payments Ltd t/a Coinbase
A video on demand ad and three posters for Coinbase, a cryptocurrency trading platform, irresponsibly trivialised the risks of cryptocurrency investment and implied it was a solution to financial concerns associated with the cost of living.
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Whiskey & Wealth Club Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad, landing page and website for a whiskey cask investment company made misleading claims about investment returns. The ad also failed to make clear that cask whiskey investments were unregulated and that the value of investments was variable.
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Dean Harrison
Three paid-for Google search listings and three websites for an accident claims management company falsely implied that they were acting for purposes outside their business by implying they were a car insurance provider and didn’t make their commercial intent clear.
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Freedom Debt Ltd
Two paid-for Google search listings and two websites for an accident claims management company falsely implied that they were acting for purposes outside their business by implying they were a car insurance provider and didn’t make their commercial intent clear.
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Person(s) unknown t/a lst Central Insurance Claimline
A paid-for Google search ad and a website landing page for an accident management company falsely implied that they were acting for purposes outside their business by implying they were a car insurance provider and didn’t make their commercial intent clear.
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Abellio ScotRail Ltd t/a ScotRail
A website for ScotRail misleadingly claimed that they offered the cheapest ticket prices.
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Cult Wines Ltd
A website page for a wine investment company made misleading claims about investment returns. The ad also failed to make clear that wine investment was unregulated, that the value of investments was variable and that examples of past performance...
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GA Trains Limited t/a Greater Anglia
A website page for Greater Anglia misleadingly claimed that they offered the cheapest ticket prices.
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Howserv Ltd t/a Staysure Travel
A TV ad for a travel insurance company misleadingly claimed that there was no age limit to their service.
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My Train Ticket Limited t/a mytrainticket.co.uk
A website page for MyTrainTicket misleadingly claimed that they offered the cheapest ticket prices.
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FlixBus UK Ltd
A website for FlixBus UK made misleading claims about the price of coach tickets.
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Booking.com BV
A paid-for search ad for Booking.com made misleading claims about the price of hotel rooms.
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Butlins Skyline Ltd t/a Butlins
An email promotion for Butlins wasn’t administered fairly because the closing date of the promotion was changed
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Hilton Worldwide Ltd
Two paid-for search ads for Hilton made misleading claims about the price of hotel rooms.
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Travelodge Hotels Ltd
Two paid-for search ads for Travelodge made misleading claims about the price of hotel rooms.
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On The Beach Ltd
A TV ad and two website pages for On the Beach misleadingly implied that all consumers with eligible bookings would receive free airport lounge access.
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Currys Group Ltd t/a Currys
A paid-for Facebook ad for Currys was misleading and socially irresponsible by implying that e-scooters could be ridden on public roads.
Rulings
Our rulings are published every Wednesday and set out on the public record how, following a formal investigation, the advertising rules apply and where we draw the line in judging whether an ad has broken the rules. We also publish a list of companies and organisations which agree to amend or withdraw their ad without being subject to a formal ruling.
Rulings (36)