Category: Industry News

CAP – Prescription for Compliance – POMs and the Code

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Prescription for Compliance – POMs and the Code.  I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Rule 12.12 of the CAP Code expressly states that prescription-only medicines (POMs) or prescription-only medical treatments may not be advertised to the public. It is also an offence under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to in any way promote the prescription, supply, sale or use of…

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CAP – Fake Endorsements In Ads Makes Everyone Sad: A Look At Influencer Reviews

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Fake Endorsements In Ads Makes Everyone Sad: A Look At Influencer Reviews. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Since the dawn of advertising, brands have relied on celebrities (sometimes in inverted commas) to hawk their products, and now that we find ourselves deep in the Social Media Age, it’s inevitable that this grand old tradition…

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CAP – Avoiding cat – astrophe in ads that feature animals!

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Avoiding cat – astrophe in ads that feature animals! I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Animals, cute or otherwise, are an effective way of drawing attention to ads and sometimes people’s feelings about them are at the heart of a campaign. Campaigns by pressure groups or charities often use shocking images to highlight their cause…

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ASA – Qualification for the nation

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Qualification for the nation.  I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Always read the small print. That’s what people say, isn’t it? And the ASA has many names for it – small print, on-screen text, footnotes, and in the CAP Code itself, qualifications. But what happens when the qualification contradicts the rest of the ad? Or if…

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CAP – Soak up our advice to stay safe in the sun

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Soak up our advice to stay safe in the sun.  I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Sun Awareness Week is a campaign in May that seeks to raise awareness of skin cancer, the dangers of tanning and sunburn, and encourages people to check for signs of skin cancer.  Follow our top sun safety tips to…

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