24 May 2012
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The advertising industry has urged MPs to reject growing demands for a ban on alcohol ads. In a...The committee, which has launched an inquiry into the Government's alcohol strategy ...
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Although a minimum unit price for alcohol was the Government's main proposal, the ad industry is worried by a hint that it might have to tighten its code of practice to rule out alcohol ads of "high appeal ...
27 Apr 2012
| by Gemma Charles
Hardly a week goes by without the alcohol industry unveiling a corporate social responsibility ...
Showering, Brothers Cider
Alcohol marketing regulation has included clampdowns on everything from sports ...
, the prospect of plain packaging for alcohol products has reared its head.
The news coincides with the major ...
11 Apr 2012
| by John Reynolds
A radio ad for Budweiser has been banned after the advertising watchdog ruled it linked alcohol...Authority (ASA), challenging whether the ad, which was heard in December last year, linked alcohol to sexual ...
of its products.
In its defence InBev said, crucially, there were only two references to alcohol ...
of the messages delivered in the coach's speech and neither reference directly linked alcohol consumption ...
29 Mar 2012
| by Parliamentary correspondent
The Government has warned that it will consider a ban on alcohol advertising unless more action...alcohol ads and France had outlawed TV commercials. "There is known to be a link between advertising ...
the harmful effects of alcohol advertising."
Ministers are worried that, while the code of practice says young people should not be targeted, large numbers of under-18s still see alcohol ads.
A Government ...
26 Mar 2012
| by Gemma Charles
Advertisers have warned that the Government's new alcohol strategy, which sets out a plan to ensure...on alcohol advertising.
On the current regulations, the strategy noted: "While these rules restrict the targeting of young people, they still allow potentially large numbers of under-18s to see alcohol advertising.
"We will work with the ASA and Ofcom to examine ways to ensure that adverts promoting alcohol ...
23 Feb 2012
in England the 'scandal' of the nation, stating that it and alcohol abuse costs the NHS £2.7bn a year....About the strategy
The Government is to publish its alcohol strategy for England later this year. It is expected to include a ban on the sale of alcohol at below cost price, less than the tax ...
, even those who do not cause problems or suffer from alcohol addiction. Cameron stated that something ...
23 Feb 2012
| by Danny Rogers
are also drinking much more than they used to, with alcoholic liver disease now split evenly between ...
of diseased livers.
A candid Campbell talked about his own alcoholism and even admitted that his Labour ...
parallel with France, whose restrictions on the promotion of alcohol are much stricter than our own ...
13 Feb 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
responsible marketing practices for alcoholic drinks....-regulatory guidelines for advertising alcohol on social media sites.
EFRD has now launched an online training tool ...
aged under 18 from accessing official alcohol brand pages, and committing to remove inappropriate user ...
is currently running for the advertising community about how to market alcohol responsibly.
In the UK ...
23 Jan 2012
| by John Owens
A charity striving for improvements in alcohol policy and treatment has refocused its top comms job...Alcohol Concern has created the position of director of fundraising and campaigns, bringing ...
-profile issues such as the Government s alcohol strategy, which is expected to be published next month.
She joins Alcohol Concern from the Local Government Association , where she was head of public affairs ...
30 Nov 2011
| by John Reynolds
it was judged to be irresponsible as it could encourage combining drinking alcohol and swimming..... One person complained the ad was irresponsible as it linked alcohol with activities where drinking alcohol would be unsafe or unwise. In its defence, Wells Young's said the ad had been approved ...
that the characters had been drinking alcohol before going swimming at night. It ruled that the ad should be banned ...