Latest News
ASA publishes Cosmetics Advertising Survey (08 May 2008)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published the findings of its Cosmetics Advertising Survey 2007. It reveals that cosmetics advertisements achieved an encouraging rate of compliance with the Advertising Codes of 93%.
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ASA Annual Report 2007: violence, race and sex dominate advertising complaints (29 April 2008)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Annual Report 2007, published today, reveals that a record number of advertisements (2,458) were changed or withdrawn last year. The number of advertisements complained about reached an all-time high of 14,080 - an increase of 9.6% on the year before. The total number of complaints received was 24,192 - an increase of 7.9% on 2006.
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ASA refers Ryanair to Office of Fair Trading (09 April 2008)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has asked the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to consider taking action against the budget airline Ryanair under the Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988 (as amended). The ASA referral follows a catalogue of breaches of the Advertising Codes by Ryanair and their unwillingness to comply with ASA rulings.
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New ASA Council Members Appointed (01 April 2008)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Chairman, Lord (Chris) Smith has made two new appointments to the ASA Council. Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of London, and Louisa Bolch, former Editor for science programming at Channel 4.
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ASA welcomes Byron Review recommendations (28 March 2008)
The Advertising Standards Authority has welcomed the publication of the Byron Review. The Review by Dr Tanya Byron, Safer Children in a Digital World, looked at the risks to children from exposure to potentially harmful or inappropriate material on the internet and in video games.
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Upcoming/Recent Events
International Advertising Law Symposium (22 April 2008)
The International Advertising Law Symposium 2008. Organised by the Instanbul University Faculty of Law.
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International Direct Marketing Fair 2008 (22 February 2008)
Come and visit the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) at this year's International Direct Marketing Fair at Earls Court 2.
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ASA violence in advertising seminar (18 October 2007)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Chairman, Lord (Chris) Smith hosted a seminar in Nottingham on Wednesday 21 November that focussed on the issue of violent imagery in advertising. The timely event followed a significant increase in complaints to the ASA in this area during the past year.
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ASA Graduate Training Seminars (25 September 2007)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) held their annual training sessions for new staff, from marketing communications agencies, on 23, 24 & 26 October 2007. The seminars took place at the ASA's offices in Holborn.
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Insider's Guide to the ASA (21 February 2007)
ASA coming to Scotland: Get the inside story on how the Advertising Standards Authority works.
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