13 Sep 1996
The ASA s performance...The ASA s performance
To last week s question, Do you think the ASA is doing a good job? ,
the response was underwhelming. We recorded a 65 per cent yes vote (35
calls) and 35 per cent no vote (19 calls).
The Campaign Phone Poll
Each week, in association with the automated telemarketing ...
29 Mar 2007
| by John Tylee
A total of 519 complaints were made to the ASA about the ads, which featured both black and white ...
us as objects to be laughed at. The ASA agreed the ads, created by JWT, were offensive ...
itself disappointed by the ASA ruling because the ads had been approved by the BACC. JWT went ...
18 Jan 2002
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld five complaints
against ads for Advanced Hair Studio, which claimed to treat thinning
hair, saying they misled customers. Last week, a former client and the
former England cricket captain, Graham Gooch, took part in a publicity
stunt to prove the...
19 Apr 2002
The Advertising Standards Authority has appointed two new members
to join the ASA Council. Donald
18 Feb 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
, has been banned by the ASA....The poster, for AMI Clinic, received more than 500 complaints from people who believed it to be offensive and unsuitable for display in public places, including areas surrounding schools and those with a high Jewish population. The ASA noted that the size and prominence of the message and the direct tone ...
10 Jan 2003
containing a throat lozenge, after a child nearly choked on it. The ASA ruled that including the lozenge
29 Aug 1997
| by KAREN YATES
executions in the campaign, which was created by
Mellors Reay s work, will appear.
The ASA has come ...
. This culminated two weeks ago in
legal action by the insurance company, Direct Line, preventing the ASA
from including a ruling against the advertiser in its latest report.
However, an ASA spokesman said the new ...
20 Jun 1997
| by MAIRI CLARK
with their
poster ads. When the ASA receives a sufficient number of complaints
against a poster ad, the advertiser ...
government legislation.
Alan Simmons, chairman of Concord, welcomed the decision. An ASA
spokesman ...
cent of poster ads comply
with the ASA code, but the ASA is keen to tighten this. Last year ...
28 Jan 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
33 per cent more wholegrain than a bowl of cereal, has been banned by the ASA.
07 Sep 2007
" the effects of its mascara by using a model wearing false eyelashes. In July, the ASA upheld a complaint