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CV-Library Ltd
An ad on a job vacancy website was banned for implying an employer was based in a geographical location when that was not the case.
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JD Recruitment Group Ltd
A post on recruiter JD Recruitment's Facebook page was banned for being likely to cause serious offence on the grounds of race and for objectifying women.
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Uber BV
A paid-for ad on The Economist app and a national press ad for Uber were banned for misleadingly implying that benefits which all operators were required to provide were unique to them.
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3D-Lipo Ltd
An email ad from a beauty clinic was banned for making misleading earnings claims.
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Learning Group Ltd t/a Montessori Tutors
We banned an ad for a tutoring service over misleading claims about potential earnings.
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The Workers Union Ltd
A paid-for search ad and a website ad for an employment-related services company was banned for misleadingly implying that they were a trade union.
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London Medical Academy - Pre Medical Education Ltd t/a London Medical Academy
A website ad promoting medical courses was banned for implying that they were accredited higher education courses and that they were recognised by the GMC when this was not the case.
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ThePowerMBA Inc
A paid-for Facebook post by an online course provider was banned for misleadingly implying that they offered an accredited MBA degree qualification.
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Shaw Academy Pvt Ltd
A website ad, a paid-for Facebook ad and a paid-for Google ad for an education company were banned for making various misleading claims about their courses.
Rulings
Our rulings are published every Wednesday and set out on the public record how, following 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, following receipt of a complaint, agreed to amend or withdraw their ad without the need for a formal investigation.
Rulings (9)