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Debate over the use of sexual imagery in marketing has been reignited by - of all people - a ham maker and the National Trust. Lucy Handley looks at what [...]

GOVERNMENTThree hubs of marketers will avoid duplication following the COI's demise. By Russell Parsons The government has unveiled the details of how it hopes to improve its coordination of marketing [...]

The Advertising Standards Authority is strengthening its expertise on child and family issues by appointing a former head teacher and the former chief executive of Barnardo's to the body that [...]

Regulatory changes and industry review findings are set to affect marketing practice and strategies This year changes to regulations are being introduced that affect the marketing community. Here we cover [...]

Watchdog says ad implied it necessary to subscribe to Sky Plus to get digital TV. By Rosie Baker Advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a TV [...]

ASA rejects 'scientifically proven' claim after reviewing academic reports. By Branwell Johnson The advertising watchdog has ruled that a television campaign for Danone's Actimel is misleading because it claims the […]

If US regulators get their way, celebrity endorsers better believe in brands or they could find themselves in legal difficulties Celebrity endorsements are now so commonplace that it seems hard […]

The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) has compiled a new report on payment-by-results (PBR) mechanisms drawing on a decade's worth of knowledge. The report has been devised to help […]

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a TV ad for Southern Comfort because it appears to glamourise drinking. The ad, created by Arnold Worldwide, features a group of friends at […]

The Advertising Association (AA) is to question the validity of the legal powers of lobby group Which?, in an attempt to probe into any possible link between its commercial and […]

Advertisers should fight for their rights, but must balance that with self-regulation, restraint and a willingness to engage on social issues The critical issue is the one we're failing to […]

Full-scale debate planned as regulator's new chairman Chris Smith launches his first major initiative The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is launching a report into the use of violence in advertising […]

A television ad that makes light of borrowing large amounts of money has been rapped by advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The ruling comes as the Government is […]

Rimmel has become the latest cosmetics brand to be censured by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for using false eyelashes in a television advertisement for its mascara. The ad, which […]

Food advertisers had been making significant attempts to modify the content and volume of food and drink advertising long before the regulators decided to intervene, according to the Advertising Association. […]

Retailer MFI has been rapped by the advertising regulator for depicting violent arguments in its advertising campaign as a normal part of domestic life. The ads, created by M&C Saatchi, […]

Children must be protected from certain types of advertising, but the CAP Code does not provide the best framework for managing marketing communications online. Its scope means that a billboard […]

The Advertising Association is planning to launch a high-profile publicity campaign to promote the "positive" role of advertising, as it reassesses its role in the wake of an increasing threat […]

The advertising watchdog has banned a TV ad for the XBox 360 console featuring a car chase, following complaints that it encouraged dangerous driving. The ad, created by McCann Erickson, […]

Michael Grade has roundly condemned government restrictions on advertising as "nonsense", and is rallying broadcasters and advertisers to fight off further restrictions together. The ITV executive chairman says: "We have […]

Sustain, the lobby group co-ordinating the campaign against "junk" food ads, has called on the Government to abolish ad industry self- regulation and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which supervises […]

Apart from New Zealand, the US is the only industrialised country to allow ads for prescription drugs - and not everyone thinks it's healthy One of the first things British […]

The European Union (EU) may place stringent restrictions on use of product placement on TV. Plans include showing logos regularly to show that placement has been paid for and a […]

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a national press ad placed by the Gay Police Association (GPA), which suggested religious beliefs were behind a massive increase in homophobic […]

When you consider our fondness in the marketing and communications business for advanced thinking techniques (for example, Dr de Bono's Lateral Thinking and Jean-Marie Dru's Disruption), we are an unbelievably […]

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has split its benefit fraud business between Cheetham Bell JWT and Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest following a pitch overseen by COI Communications. Incumbent […]

The Committee of Advertising Practice has launched its public consultation on proposals for new rules governing gambling advertising. The consultation is in response to the Gambling Act 2005, which comes […]

Tighter regulation of advertising for companies that offer compensation- claim services, a staple of daytime television in recent years, has moved a step closer, after the Compensation Bill cleared its […]

A television ad for Mattessons Fridge Raiders has been criticised by advertising regulator The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for scaring children. The ASA has upheld 61 complaints against an ad […]

As the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) readies itself for a review of the two-year probationary period of its co-regulatory contract with Ofcom, it is already signposting its achievements. In its […]

Culture secretary Tessa Jowell is being challenged by controversial online betting site ThePool.com to clarify the Government's position and the law on gambling among 16- and 17-year-olds, and consider a […]

Tourism Australia has been banned from using its 'national adjective' in a new ad campaign, but the mealy mouthed decision says more about us than them Thanks to the timely […]

Product placement in television shows has been rubber-stamped by the European Commission, which announced the decision in its updated Television Without Frontiers directive this week. The refreshed rules also cover […]

Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors Ofcom has shelved a review of the television ad sales market because it says there is no strong evidence that consumers are negatively affected […]

IPA and the Advertising Association have written separately to the Government to voice concerns over the London Olympic Bill, which is expected to detail restrictions on advertising around the 2012 […]

DTI response to European Directive suggests that 'aggressive practices' should be prosecuted The Government plans to criminalise the advertising industry's attempts to use "pester power" to snare children, at the […]

The Advertising Standards Authority has told children's charity the NSPCC that it cannot show its animated television campaign before the watershed. The ASA made the ruling after a number of […]

The ASA is celebrating its first anniversary as a one-stop shop for those wishing to complain about television, radio and non-broadcast ads, and despite being denounced as the advertising industry's […]

The ASA's Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), the body which creates the self-regulatory codes governing advertising, was supposed to discuss tightening up the rules on viral ads at its meeting […]

Nearly two-thirds of the public believe that the regulation of television advertising is biased towards commercial interests, according to research carried out on behalf of Marketing Week by TNS. Some […]

The Government's decision to get tough on junk food in schools has alarmed the ad industry, which now fears a similar clampdown on brands in the classroom. But the controversial […]

The European Union sales promotion regulation is expected to be jettisoned by the European Commission later this week, after member states failed to reach a consensus. The idea of creating […]

The Central Office of Information has launched a review of its strategic media planning roster. The incumbent agencies are Naked, PHD, Starcom and Ingram. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and […]

The public hasn't benefited from the deregulation of the directory enquiries market, according to a National Audit Office report. Most 118 companies have spent millions of pounds on their advertising […]

A television ad for Domestos Bleach Cleaning Spray, featuring an animated germ, has been banned from being shown around children's programmes after complaints that it was frightening children. The ad, […]

by Mark Choueke The Broadcast Code, published by Ofcom last week, dashed all hope of more innovative television campaigns, according to leading agencies. The code, which clarifies issues of sponsorship […]

The ASA, BBC and Ofcom have demonstrated this week that when it comes to viewer complaints about television programmes and ads, it's not a matter of what you say, but […]

A BT television campaign promoting the company's 2MB broadband services, featuring a father wanting to share digital pictures of his baby with his relatives, has been banned by advertising watchdog […]

New legislation brought in to crack down on advertising that encourages so-called "pester power" has been given a cautious welcome by the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) and the […]

ASA's strict interpretation of new Ofcom rules could mean the end for Bacardi party ads The Advertising Standards Authority is set to crack down heavily on alcohol advertisers such as […]