25 Feb 2009
| by Becky Wilkerson
LONDON - A TV ad for Magners cider has been banned after it suggested that the drink would boost confidence and lead to the success of a social occasion.
26 Aug 2009
| by Alex Brownsell
LONDON - The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled a press ad by a pro-Heathrow expansion...2009, claimed there will never be a dirty, noisy third runway at Heathrow', which the ASA ruled should not have been presented as an absolute fact'. The ASA also chastised Future Heathrow for its claim ...
05 Nov 2009
| by Becky Charles
Authority (ASA) over its campaign that claimed '7 out of 10 coffee lovers prefer Costa'....Rival coffee shop Starbucks complained to the ASA about the campaign, which in another execution said: Sorry Starbucks - the people have voted'. Starbucks argued that the ads are misleading. The ASA is understood to have concluded in a draft report that the campaign failed to be satisfactory on a number ...
15 Apr 2009
| by Amy Golding
Authority (ASA) following a series of complaints.
28 Oct 2009
| by Sarah Johnson
Standards Authority (ASA) that Cambridge University did not accept all but one of the Diplomas offered. The qualifications were launched in September 2008. The ASA noted Cambridge accepted only the Diploma in Engineering ...
20 May 2009
| by Alex Brownsell
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The ASA received 670 complaints against the ad, which claims ...
: No men were harmed in the making of this commercial'. However, the ASA rejected the complaints ...
19 Aug 2009
| by Ed Kemp
LONDON - The ASA has told Skype not to broadcast a television ad which viewers said exaggerated...and quality of the broadband connection which means every users experience would differ. The ASA ruled ...
30 Sep 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - An ad for Mercedes-Benz has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after...the higher end of the DfT bandings, the ASA considered that the headline claim would give the impression ...
29 Jul 2009
| by Joe Thomas
-derogatory comparison in the ads. The ASA noted that the comparisons did not always have to be like ...
-identical products on a large scale gave room for an unfair advantage. The ASA ruled that both the TV and press ...
20 May 2009
| by Becky Wilkerson
distress. However, the ASA concluded that it had enough evidence to be satisfied that the ad ...