Tag: Advertising Standards Authority

ASOS advertisement found “misleading” by Advertising Standards Agency

News

Shannon Milmine - May 11, 2021

ONLINE fashion retailer ASOS has been found to have a misleading promo offer which was found to breach two Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct...

Influencers at the forefront of Instagram advert backlash

Entertainment

Jack Urquhart - April 14, 2021

SOCIAL media platform Instagram has generated several complaints to the advertising watchdog regarding influencers' use of the site. There has been a growing concern over...

Online detox clinic rapped by advertising watchdog over Covid claim

Coronavirus News

Peter Laing - February 10, 2021

THE advertising watchdog has rapped an online detox clinic for suggesting one of its treatments can beat Covid-19. The Detox Clinic Ltd - the-detox-clinic.com -...

Ryanair rapped for “misleading and irresponsible” ads linked to covid vaccine

Business

Peter Laing - February 3, 2021

RYANAIR has been rapped for "misleading and irresponsible" ads which encouraged customers to book flights based on the availability of covid vaccines. The budget airline...

Leading Scots academic slams “harmful” e-cig marketing tactics

Scottish News

Peter Laing - October 14, 2015

A LEADING Scots health academic has slammed “harmful” e-cigarette marketing tactics. Linda Bauld, Professor of Health Policy at Stirling University, has said there is “cause...

House builders reported for travel gaffe

Deadline News Journalist - July 10, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE AN AWARD-WINNING house-building company has been reported to the advertising watchdog for telling potential home-owners the journey from Dunfermline to Edinburgh takes...