-
Fischer Future Heat UK Ltd
The website www.fischerfutureheat.com, for a heating company, seen on 17 January 2017. Under the heading “Electric Storage Heaters” the ad stated “Fischer German electric storage heaters are the perfect replacement for gas central heating or night storage heaters. They’re low input for total efficiency”. The ad also...
-
HPAS Ltd t/a Safestyle UK
Claims in two TV ads, two paid-for search results on Google and on a website, which were seen between November 2016 and March 2017, for several price promotions by Safestyle UK.
a. One TV ad, seen in November 2016, featured a voice-over that stated “There’s still time to get 60% off all windows and doors with ...
-
Telecommunications Management Ltd t/a 1pMobile
A website and Facebook post for 1pMobile, a mobile phone service provider, seen on 7 January 2017:
a. The website, www.1pmobile.com, stated “Great value and service … UK’s cheapest pre-pay tariff”.
b. The Facebook post stated “1pMobile isn’t just the UK’s cheapest pre-pay mobile service - it’s the most f...
-
Antony & Patricia Ltd t/a Bosun's Barbers
The Bosun's Barbers Facebook page, seen in December 2016 and January 2017, contained text which stated "Est. 1969".
-
Euro Car Parts Ltd t/a Euro Car Parts
An email for Euro Car Parts included text stating “Our Biggest Ever CHRISTMAS SALE STARTS NOW” and "UP TO 69% OFF USE CODE: XMAS”.
-
Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd
A website for Mercedes-Benz UK, www.mercedes-benz.co.uk, seen in February 2017, contained a page about their 4MATIC range – a 4-wheel drive system. Text stated “Driving performance. whatever [sic] the conditions”. Further down the page there was an image of a Mercedes Benz vehicle. Beside the image text stated “… Li...
-
Nicoventures Trading Ltd t/a Vype
The website for Vype e-cigarettes www.govype.com, was seen on 13 March 2017. The home page of the website featured a carousel with four slides. Text on the first slide stated "VYPE PURPLE ePEN STARTER KIT +1 PACK OF PREMIUM CARTRIDGES. FOR £19.98*". Smaller text below stated "*ENDS TUESDAY 28th MARCH ...
-
Official iPhone Unlock Ltd
A website for a mobile phone unlocking service, www.officialiphoneunlock.co.uk, seen on 19 January 2017, featured a number of testimonials on a page headed "Customer Reviews of Official iPhone Unlock", which stated “We don’t write our own reviews, instead we let our customers do the talking. Our services a...
-
Southall Travel Ltd
Two results pages on www.southalltravel.co.uk for flights to Mumbai:
a. The first page, seen on 1 November, stated "Per Adult fr £443 ... Extremely Limited Subject to Availability".
b. The second page, seen on 16 December 2016, stated "Per Adult fr £346 ... Extremely Limited Subject to Ava...
-
Whitechapel Centre
A website for a charity for the homeless, www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk, seen on 5 February 2017, stated "NO SECOND NIGHT OUT ON THE STREETS. TELL US ABOUT A ROUGH SLEEPER" and featured a telephone number. Text below stated "Have you seen someone sleeping rough? Are you worried about someone who may be ...
-
After consideration by the ASA of complaints received, the following companies and organisations agreed to amend or withdraw advertising without the need for a formal investigation:
-
Argos Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Beauty products, grooming and hygiene -
Argos Ltd
Media: Television
Topic: Holidays, travel and motoring -
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Media: Magazine
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Sports, leisure and hobbies -
Boohoo.com UK Ltd
Media: Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Clothing, shoes and jewellery -
Bristol Airport Ltd
Media: Internet (search engine)
Topic: Holidays, travel and motoring -
Car Chase Heroes Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Sports, leisure and hobbies -
Car-ching Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Holidays, travel and motoring -
Compurants Ltd t/a inamo
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Food, drink and supplements -
DP Shayban Ltd
Media: Leaflet
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Food, drink and supplements -
Devon County Council
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions
-
Stafco Ltd t/a Handpresso UK
Media: Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Food, drink and supplements -
Hearst Magazines UK Ltd t/a Good Housekeeping
Media: Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Sports, leisure and hobbies -
Spar (UK) Ltd
Media: Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Nisa Retail Ltd
Media: Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Nickelodeon UK Ltd
Media: Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Sports, leisure and hobbies -
carpediememmie.co.uk
Media: Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Willow Bracelets
Media: Internet (social networking)
Topic: Clothing, shoes and jewellery -
coralisland.co.uk
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Food, drink and supplements -
Juicetou Ltd
Media: Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Food, drink and supplements -
LMnext UK Ltd
Media: Internet (social networking), Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Sports, leisure and hobbies
-
MuscleFood Ltd
-
Emailing Network Sarl t/a ClicPlan
-
Shades Window Blinds Ltd
-
Norwich Dance Wear Ltd t/a Porselli
-
Saint John Patrick Publishers Ltd t/a St John Patrick Publishers
-
Uber BV
-
Price Engines Ltd t/a Home Improvement Quotes
-
Virgin Media Ltd
-
GlaxoSmithKline UK Ltd
-
Totaljobs Group Ltd