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Skincodes Aesthetics
We banned ads for marketing prescription-only medicine to the public.
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Tesco Mobile Ltd t/a Tesco Mobile
We banned ads for replacing expletives with food terms.
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Festival Free Bets
A post on Astrid Wett’s X (formerly Twitter) page, advertising a company that collated betting offers, broke gambling ad rules by featuring someone under 25.
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Lead Pronto Ltd t/a LeadPronto
Four paid-for Meta ads offering a home efficiency scheme grant misleadingly implied that the company was endorsed by or associated with the UK Government, falsely implied that they themselves were offering grants for a free boiler, and didn’t make the nature of their business clear.
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Addiction Recovery Systems Ltd t/a Rehab Guide
A website for a rehab clinic referral company falsely implied that they were acting for purposes outside their business and that they provided treatment directly at clinics they operated and also failed to make clear that they received a commission for their service.
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The Pure Gold Group Ltd t/a The Pure Gold Company
Two paid-for Google ads failed to make clear that gold investment was unregulated and that the value of investments was variable.
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Borthwick Group (Energy) Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad from a credit broker misleadingly suggested that it had been endorsed or approved by the BBC.
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Warners Group Publications plc
A Facebook post for a railway magazine promoting a goody bag was banned for failing to disclose that buyers would be tied into a yearly subscription.
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GB Sports Advisors Ltd t/a Geoff Banks Online
A website ad offering a free bet failed to include all the significant conditions of the promotion.
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Easy Consulting SL t/a Sky Breaks
A prize promotion on a travel agency’s website misleadingly omitted significant conditions.
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888 UK Ltd
A website advertorial for a slot machine app was banned for misleadingly implying that offers were time-limited and for making other misleading claims.
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Hurtigruten UK Ltd t/a HX Hurtigruten Expeditions
A paid-for ad in a digital newspaper for a cruise made misleading and unsubstantiated claims about the environmental impact of the expedition and failed to make the basis of these environmental claims clear.
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May Health Tourism Services t/a MAYCLINIK
A paid-for Google search ad made misleading and irresponsible claims about safety, and made references that trivialised the decision to undergo cosmetic surgery.
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One Source Digital Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad for an ECO funding and government grant scheme misleadingly implied that the company was endorsed by or affiliated with the UK Government.
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Red Miracle Group t/a Domino’s Pizza
A promotion offered in a leaflet for Domino’s Pizza was not administered fairly and was likely to have caused participants unnecessary disappointment.
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PlanetArt UK Ltd t/a FreePrints
An ad on the company’s app misleadingly told consumers they could get free photo prints, without mentioning postage charges.
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Asos.com Ltd
A marketing communication email from ASOS was banned for implying all their products were included in an offer when this was not the case.
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Wickes Building Supplies Ltd t/a Wickes Building Supplies Ltd
A TV ad for Wickes’ free design service was not misleading.
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Alchemy Bros Ltd t/a Energy Grant Access
A paid-for Meta ad offering a home efficiency scheme grant misleadingly implied that the company was endorsed by or associated with the Scottish Government, falsely implied that they were acting for purposes outside their trade and didn’t make their commercial intent clear.
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Not Guilty Food Co Ltd t/a The Skinny Food Co
A paid social media ad and a website for Skinny Sauce products made nutrition claims that implied they were calorie-free or energy free when they did not meet the conditions of use for the claims.
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Free Lucky Lottery
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Digital Adventures Ltd t/a Free Bingo Genie, Strike Wild
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Colibri SAS
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SimplyCook Ltd
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Rituals Cosmetics eCommerce BV
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Leads By Example Ltd t/a Freetreats.co.uk
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AG1 UK Enterprise Ltd
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Amazon Europe Core Sarl t/a Amazon.co.uk
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Parkdean Resorts UK Ltd
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Grocery Delivery E-Services UK Ltd
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Moy Park Ltd
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Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd
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Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd
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Boots UK Ltd
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Vision Express (UK) Ltd
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First Class Learning Ltd
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DSG Retail Ltd
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Serenata Flowers Ltd
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Jet2holidays Ltd
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Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd t/a Estée Lauder UK, La Mer UK