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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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ECO4U LTD
Four paid-for Facebook 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 and didn’t make the nature of their business clear.
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Guangzhou Shimo Culture Media Co Ltd
An in-game ad was irresponsibly targeted, socially irresponsible and caused serious offense by featuring a harmful stereotype by objectifying and sexualising women.
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Ignite Sustainable Energy Ltd t/a ignitese.co.uk
Two paid-for Facebook and Instagram ads offering a home efficiency scheme grant misleadingly implied that the company was endorsed by or associated with the UK Government.
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Impact Energy Ltd
Two paid-for Meta ads offering a home efficiency scheme grant misleadingly implied that the company was endorsed by or associated with the UK Government.
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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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Metamind AI Ltd t/a AI Persona
An in-game ad was socially irresponsible, caused offense by harmfully stereotyping women as sexual objects and portrayed someone who seemed to be under-18 in a sexual way.
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Ovira Australia t/a Ovira UK
Three paid-for Meta ads made unauthorised specific health claims, referred to an amount of weight loss, implied a food could prevent, treat or cure PCOS and symptoms of the menopause and made medicinal claims for an unlicenced product.
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Pulsio Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad made misleading and unsubstantiated savings claims.
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Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd t/a Samsung
A cashback promotion on the Samsung website caused unnecessary disappointment and wasn’t administered fairly.
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Sparring Partners Ltd t/a Gymbox
An Instagram ad was socially irresponsible and caused undue distress.
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get_0ut_0f_debt Ltd
A video on the get_0ut_0f_debt TikTok account was irresponsible and caused serious offense and unjustified distress.
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ACME Vape Ltd
A cinema ad and post seen on IVG Vape’s LinkedIn page made unsubstantiated health claims and promoted unlicensed nicotine-containing vapes in unpermitted media but wasn’t directed at people under 18 through the selection of media in which it appeared.
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Bodystreet Franchise (UK) Ltd
A paid-for Instagram ad for a fitness centre made misleading claims that a 20-minute session per week was equivalent to three one-hour sessions at a regular gym.
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Churchill Retirement Living Ltd
A national newspaper ad failed to include the significant conditions of a promotion, including a closing date.
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Vita Studio Pte Ltd
An in-game ad for a mobile app game discouraged essential treatment for a condition for which medical supervision should be sought and misleadingly claimed the app could help treat sleep loss problems.
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Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd
A website promotion misleadingly described a promotional item as “free”, did not make clear promotional items would have to be purchased upfront before being redeemed via a cashback mechanism and omitted significant conditions.
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Wizz Air Hungary Ltd
A paid-for Google ad for Wizz Air gave a misleading impression of their flights’ environmental impact by not making the basis of comparative claims clear or providing verifying information.
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Aurum & Argenti Ltd t/a Bullion Club, bullionclub.co.uk
A paid-for Google ad failed to make clear that gold investment was unregulated, that the value of investments was variable and that examples of past performance weren’t necessarily a guide to the future.
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Fern Brady
A paid-for ad for the comedian Fern Brady, seen on the Sky News website, was likely to cause serious offence to some within the Christian faith.
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Toolport GmbH t/a House of Tents
Topic: Home and garden
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G.Network Communications Ltd
Media: Internet
Topic: Sports, leisure and hobbies -
Jetline Travel Ltd t/a Jetline Travel
Media: Email
Topic: Holidays, travel and motoring -
Shop Direct Home Shopping Ltd t/a Very, very.co.uk, Littlewoods, littlewoods.com
Media: Internet
Topic: Appliances, electronics and machinery -
Direct Ferries Ltd t/a Direct Ferries
Topic: Holidays, travel and motoring
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Rakhee Mediratta
Topic: Medicines, remedies and therapies
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Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd t/a Samsung
Topic: Computers, phones and telecoms
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Veblen Wines Ltd
Topic: Alcohol
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We Love Holidays Ltd t/a LoveHolidays
Topic: Holidays, travel and motoring
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Gemporia Ltd
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GoBrands Euro Intermediate Holdings SARL t/a gopuff
Media: Internet
Topic: Vaping, smoking and drugs -
House of Fraser Ltd
Media: Email
Topic: Pricing and charges -
L'Oréal (UK) Ltd
Topic: Beauty products, grooming and hygiene
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X-Clusive Competitions Ltd
Media: Internet
Topic: Gambling -
Grocery Delivery E-Services UK Ltd t/a HelloFresh
Topic: Food, drink and supplements
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Jahangir Group Ltd t/a ShopVistaa
Topic: Health conditions
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Roofoods Ltd t/a Deliveroo
Topic: Food, drink and supplements
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Sophie Church t/a sophie__church
Topic: Claims, endorsements and testimonials
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Viabl Ltd
Topic: Delivery, construction and logistics
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Whaleco UK Ltd t/a Temu
Topic: Medical devices