Visual Reporting H1 2024 – Bespoke Copy Advice Service
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Bespoke Copy Advice is a vital service for advertisers, agencies, media owners and media service providers, who want to check how their prospective non-broadcast ads measure up against the CAP Code.

CAP's Copy Advice team can provide pre-publication advice on any non-broadcast ads or campaigns, at any stage - from concepts to imagery and/or copy, or even just an idea or a question. The aim is to help establish any potential issues early and proactively help find solutions.

Under our commitment to transparency in regulation, we wanted to share some information about the work of our Copy Advice team over the past six months.

Enquiries Received & Responded to Within 24-hours

The team responded to a total of 2,102 enquiries in H1 2024 and they responded within 24-hours on 98.9% of occasions (target 90%).

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Enquiries by Sector

In terms of the broad sector categories recorded, ‘Leisure’ remains the most represented sector, which includes products such as gambling, TV, film and music. ‘Health and beauty’, ‘Non-commercial’ and ‘Food and drink’ also represented a large chunk of the enquiries we received.

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Top Ten Enquiries by Media Type

The team continued to receive a high number of enquiries looking for a view on the acceptability of ‘Out of Home’ posters and social media ads.  ‘Own website’ ads and enquiries where no media type was identified, also made up a significant number of enquiries.

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Bespoke Copy Advice is just one facet of our advice services, and brands, agencies and media also take advantage, in great numbers, of our online guidance, training seminars etc. 

For more information on our advice and training services, see here.

  • David Elwis

    David Elwis

    Copy Advice Executive

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