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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Seven newspaper advertorials for the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities were not obviously identifiable as ads.
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Nutritional Sciences Ltd t/a Physical Nutrition
Nutritional Sciences Ltd: An ad made unauthorised health claims, implied that a food supplement could prevent, treat or cure human disease and made misleading claims regarding an alleged testimonial from a doctor.
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Viagogo AG
Two advertorials misleadingly omitted material information about the validity of tickets bought through viagogo.
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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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Asav Consultancy Ltd t/a Vibes CBD
Four advertorials for a CBD oil seen on online news outlets, were banned for not being obviously identifiable as ads, making medicinal claims for unlicensed products and stating the product could prevent, treat or cure human disease.
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Enigmaa Ltd t/a Blessed CBD
Four advertorials for a CBD oil seen on online news outlets, were banned for not being obviously identifiable as ads, making medicinal claims for unlicensed products and stating the product could prevent, treat or cure human disease.
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Health Bridge Ltd t/a Zava
An advertorial promoting medicated weight-loss seen on the Mumsnet website didn’t make it clear it was an ad, used healthcare professionals to endorse a medicine and promoted prescription-only medicines to the public, against the law and our rules.
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Marketing VF Ltd t/a The Eco Experts
A paid-for Facebook ad for a laser eye surgery referral company falsely implied they were acting for purposes outside their business and that they directly provided laser eye surgery when this wasn’t the case. The ad also failed to make clear that they receive a commission for their service and misleadingly exagg...
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Independent British Vape Trade Association t/a IBVTA
A newspaper advertorial indirectly promoted unlicenced e-cigarettes.
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Laybuy Holdings (UK) Ltd
Three ads for Laybuy, a ‘buy now pay later’ credit provider, were banned for not making it clear that the service was a form of credit.
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Prism Marketing Group Ltd t/a Green Energy Voucher
A Facebook post and a landing page for a home improvement saving company exaggerated the efficacy of spray foam insulation and misleadingly implied consumers could get a discount on its installation.
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Pelham Health Ltd
A paid-for ad on a browser news feed and a landing page on a money saving website did not make clear their commercial intent to generate leads, misled consumers by suggesting their products were in high demand, made misleading price statements and unsubstantiated claims about the NHS.
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Open Media Group Ltd t/a Peace of Mind Funerals
A banner ad around funeral costs was banned for misleading claims, and failing to make clear commercial intent.
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Xinyu International Trading Ltd t/a consumertestreports.org
A paid-for search ad for a vacuum review website failed to make their commercial intent clear and falsely implied they were acting for purposes outside their trade by presenting websites used for marketing purposes as independent review sites.
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Universal Music Operations Ltd
A TikTok post on Tasha Ghouri’s account broke the rules as it was not obviously identifiable as an ad.
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Primark Stores Ltd
An Instagram post by influencer Gabby Allen promoting Primark products was banned for not being obviously identifiable as an ad.
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Peak Performance Advertising LLC t/a ExpertsInMoney.Co
A display ad for Experts in Money was misleading because it claimed or implied that they were acting for purposes outside their business and omitted material information.
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Capgroup Inc Ltd
A website for a whiskey cask and gold coin investment company made misleading claims about investment returns. As well as misleadingly presenting an incorrect Trustpilot score. The ad also failed to make clear that cask whiskey investments were unregulated and that examples of past performance weren’t necessarily...
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Vodafone Ltd
An Instagram post and an Instagram story on Alexandra Felstead’s account were not obviously identifiable as ads.
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MOS Media Ltd
A tweet and a listing on the company’s website for vitamin B12 injections broke the rules by promoting prescription-only medicines to the public and (the tweet) for not being obviously identifiable as an ad.
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JSHealth Vitamins UK Ltd
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Sharks Media Ltd
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Neighbour Net Ltd t/a Chiswickw4.com
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Midshires Care Ltd
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ASDA Stores Ltd
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Firmus Energy (Supply) Ltd
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Prism Marketing Group Ltd
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Enigmaa Ltd
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SharkNinja Operating LLC t/a SharkNinja Operating LLC, Shark Vacuum, Ninja, NutriNinja SharkNinja Operating LLC
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Enigmaa Ltd
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Flutter Entertainment plc
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Holiday Swap Group Ltd
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Reach plc t/a Daily Mirror