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Gold Warehouse Ltd t/a Gold Bank
A press ad failed to make clear that gold investment was unregulated and that the value of investments was variable.
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Harrington & Byrne Ltd
A press ad failed to make clear that gold investment was unregulated, that the value of investments was variable and that examples of past performance weren’t necessarily a guide to the future.
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Stirling Health Ltd
A press ad made medicinal claims for an unauthorised product.
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Pegasus Homes Ltd t/a Pegasus Homes
A national newspaper ad for a retirement property company failed to include the significant conditions of a promotion and misleadingly omitted information regarding the price of a service charge.
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Pegasus Homes Ltd t/a Pegasus Homes
A national newspaper ad for a retirement property company failed to include the significant conditions of a promotion.
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Prime Star Shop Ltd t/a Branshaws
A press ad made medical claims for an unlicenced product which didn’t hold the relevant compliance labels.
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Sunspot Tours Ltd t/a Mercury Holidays
A national press ad for a package holiday misleadingly described a holiday as including a "free" week.
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Independent British Vape Trade Association t/a IBVTA
A newspaper advertorial indirectly promoted unlicenced e-cigarettes.
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The Sky Mining Company Ltd t/a Sky Mining
A press ad, Instagram ad and website did not make it clear that the company’s diamonds were synthetic, which was misleading.
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Nationwide Building Society t/a Nationwide
TV, radio and press ads for Nationwide were misleading as consumers were likely to understand that the building society had made a long-term decision not to close their branches and that they had not recently closed any branches when this was not the case.
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Vytaliving Ltd
A press ad for nutritional tablets claimed a food could treat, prevent or cure human disease, featured claims that were not authorised on the GB NHC Register, and made misleading claims around savings.
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Aldi Stores Ltd t/a Aldi
A wrap around national press ad made misleading comparative claims which could not be verified, as well as a misleading claim about prices compared to last year.
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6G Internet Ltd t/a 6Gi
A leaflet for a home broadband provider made misleading claims about providing full fibre broadband.
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Transport For London t/a TFL
A TV ad, radio ads and a press ad for Transport for London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) expansion contained some misleading claims about reductions in levels of nitrous oxide in central London.
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Ben's Gutters Ltd
Four leaflets, from Ben’s Gutters, presented in the form of a compliment slip: a. The first leaflet from Ben’s Gutters Ltd, was delivered to homes in Powys, Carmarthenshire, Kent and Warwickshire in July 2023. Text which appeared to be handwritten stated “Hello, We are cleaning gutters in your area...
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Equinor ASA
A national press ad for energy company Equinor, seen in June 2023, stated “Wind, oil, gas, carbon capture […]” and “IT’S ALL PART OF THE BROADER ENERGY PICTURE”. A footnote at the bottom of the ad stated “Equinor has been delivering energy solutions to the UK for 40 years, and...
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