Rulings (13)
  • Charlie Johnson

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 15 October 2025

    Two paid-for social media ads by Charlie Johnson, a business coach in the fitness industry, misleadingly implied that claimed lifestyle and earning results were typical and that a promotion was time limited when this wasn’t the case.

  • Grant Cardone Training Technologies Inc t/a Grant Cardone

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 15 October 2025

    A paid-for Facebook ad for an online business event by businessman Grant Cardone misleadingly implied that claimed earnings results were typical.

  • Jessica Crane Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad), Website (own site)
    • 15 October 2025

    A paid-for Facebook and Instagram ad for a wealth and business coach company, run by Jessica Crane, misleadingly implied that lifestyle and earnings results were typical, misled in relation to the content of training material available for free and made unsubstantiated claims about the number of top salon owners using ...

  • Robbins Research International Inc t/a Tony Robbins

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 15 October 2025

    A paid-for Facebook post by Tony Robbins advertising a business coaching course misleadingly implied that claimed earnings results were typical.

  • Self Made Girl Boss Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 15 October 2025

    A paid-for Instagram post for a business coaching company, misleadingly implied that stated lifestyle and earning results were typical, included qualifications that contradicted the claims that they qualified, and failed to make the distinction between free and priced items clear.

  • Lloyds Bank plc

    • Upheld
    • 20 August 2025

    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’...

  • CityFibre Holdings Ltd

    • Not upheld
    • Direct mail
    • 23 April 2025

    A direct mailing wasn't misleading.

  • Cambridge Corporate Consultants Ltd t/a The Claims Guide

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 16 April 2025

    An post on X by The Claims Guide misleadingly implied that their company was approved, endorsed or authorised by the UK Government.

  • Vodafone Ltd

    • Upheld in part
    • Website (own site)
    • 16 April 2025

    Claims on Vodafone’s website which contained references to reliability and coverage failed to objectively compare one or more material, relevant, verifiable and representative features.

  • Hutchison 3G UK Ltd t/a Three Mobile

    • Not upheld
    • National newspaper (paid ad), Social media (paid ad), Internet (website content)
    • 02 April 2025

    A national press ad, two paid-for Meta ads and a website for Three Mobile didn’t make misleading ‘best value’ claims.

  • EE Ltd t/a EE

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad), Television, Radio
    • 26 March 2025

    A TV, radio, paid-for social media and digital poster ad for EE made unsubstantiated claims about the performance and capabilities of a Wi-Fi router.

  • Tesco Stores Ltd

    • Not upheld
    • Digital outdoor
    • 12 February 2025

    An outdoor digital poster comparing the Tesco Clubcard and Sainsbury’s Nectar loyalty card schemes wasn’t misleading.

  • DeVosVoorzieningen BVBA t/a Qinux TitanPG

    • Upheld
    • Internet (video)
    • 13 November 2024

    A pre-roll YouTube ad made unsubstantiated claims about the features and popularity of a smart watch.