Latest news
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Why we don't cover political ads
- ASA and CAP News
- 15 August 2019
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Back to School campaigns – Advice for marketers
- CAP News
- 09 August 2019
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Moving on up - online estate agents
- CAP News
- 31 July 2019
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Influencing your choice of influencer
- CAP News
- 31 July 2019
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Audio description and other access services
- CAP News
- 19 July 2019
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Vexed by verifiability? How to make sure your ads comply
- CAP News
- 11 July 2019
Latest rulings
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Stockmarket Insider Ltd
- Upheld
- Internet (on own site)
- 21 August 2019
Three websites for investment advisory service Stockmarket Insider, www.narendesigns.co.uk, www.stockmarket-insider.uk and www.stockmarket-insider.co.uk, seen in March 2019, featured two pages. Text on the home page of each of the three websites stated “… of the thousands of ‘investment advisory s...
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Buy It Direct Ltd
- Upheld
- Internet (on own site)
- 07 August 2019
A website for Laptops Direct, www.laptopsdirect.co.uk, seen on 18 February 2019, advertised an electriQ 35" WQHD 100Hz HDR FreeSync Curved UltraWide Gaming Monitor for £339.97. Text above the selling price stated "You save: £310.00".
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HDR Global Trading Ltd
- Upheld
- National press
- 14 August 2019
A newspaper ad for the cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX, seen on 3 January 2019. The ad showed a graph spread across two pages. The horizontal axis was divided and labelled into six month units showing dates between January 2009 and January 2019. The vertical axis was labelled “Bitcoin Price In US Dollars&r...
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Lidl Northern Ireland GmbH
- Upheld
- Regional press
- 14 August 2019
A regional press ad for Lidl, seen in the Belfast Telegraph between 15 and 19 January 2019, had a headline which stated "HEALTHY SAVINGS!" followed by text which stated "SAVE £46* VERSUS THE SAME SHOP IN TESCO". The ad showed two supermarket trolleys filled with different products. ...
