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“I pay absolutely no attention to anything the ASA says”, Ryanair’s Head of Communications Peter Sherrard was quoted as saying in a Media Guardian piece, triggering a sharp not to…

Increasingly powerful acronyms ASA, CAP and BCAP recently published their ‘Annual Statement 2005/2006.’ This heightens fears of an ASA annexation of the BACC and RACC broadcast advertising vetting bodies and…

The Advertising Standards Authority’s 2004 report reveals more than a perhaps surprising reduction in complaints in respect of email marketing. In particular, a loss of £764,187 looks pretty eye-watering compared…

At a packed October launch event, the 1 November 2004 launch date for the new ‘one stop shop’ Advertising Standards Authority was confirmed. We report, explain the alphabet soup of…

For reasons unknown, Halloween is often the top day of the year for new marketing controls, but this year, Sunday 31 October looks like being the busiest ghoulfest on record…

With L’Oreal recently required to revise its advertising for its new ‘PerfectSlim’ anti-cellulite cream, we focus on the issues and what the CAP Code and a CAP Help Note have…

Following no less than three new EU Directives in the area of cosmetics and animal testing of ingredients, the UK is limbering up to implement them in one fell swoop…