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Everton shirt sponsor Stake under investigation over social media posts

The gambling company’s logo has been superimposed on disturbing images and the Advertising Standards Authority is assessing the posts

The Guardian - UK

The big menopause swizz: do hormone supplements really work?

The global market for menopause products is worth £16.93bn, the majority of that spent on dietary supplements – but is there any evidence they do anything?

The Guardian - UK

Vicky Pattison wedding advert ‘glamorised smoking’, watchdog rules

Video posted on social media by reality TV star and her husband showed wedding party with cigars

The Guardian - UK

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UK watchdog bans ‘offensive’ adverts showing banknotes in flames

ASA acts on poster campaign by Wahed, urging people to join a ‘money revolution’, after receiving 75 complaints

The Guardian - UK

Investment adverts banned for showing burning US banknotes

One advert featured former fighter Khabib Abdulmanapovich surrounded by the flaming banknotes

The Independent UK

Ads for Islamic investment platform showing burning US and euro banknotes banned

The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the burning of the US dollar and euro banknotes would have caused serious offence to some people.

The Independent UK

Tube adverts for Islamic investment platform showing burning US and euro banknotes banned by regulator

The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the burning of the US dollar and euro banknotes would have caused serious offence to some people

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‘Wild west’: experts concerned by illegal promotion of weight-loss jabs in UK

Guardian review finds many online pharmacies flouting strict advertising rules that govern prescription-only drugs

The Guardian - UK

Shrinking waistlines and growing profits: the weight-loss drug boom

Drugs such as Wegovy amd Mounjaro are an attractive prospect for online businesses and traditional pharmacies as well as the firms that make them

The Guardian - UK

‘Free and impartial’ addiction helplines paid secret commission by rehabs

Advertising regulator reprimands services that claim to offer unbiased advice but then direct people to partner facilities

The Guardian - UK

Greenwashing complaints prompt cruise company to remove adverts

Some of the cruise company’s newest ships use LNG, often touted as more ‘clean’ than other fuels

The Independent UK

Lloyds advert banned for making false environmental claims

Watchdog ruled social media post failed to provide balanced information over bank’s ongoing financing of polluting industries

The Guardian - UK

Lloyds Bank advert banned over ‘misleading’ low carbon claims

The ASA found the ad left out material information about the bank’s financing of greenhouse gas emissions and was ‘likely to mislead’ consumers.

Evening Standard

ECB in talks to extend controversial Hundred sponsorship with KP Snacks

New four-year shirt sponsorship deal in advanced negotiations despite 2022 ban on Hundred advertising campaign that targeted junk food at children

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Agency overseeing $368bn Aukus deal in morale crisis paid consultancy $9.5m for management advice

Exclusive: Australian Submarine Agency’s ten-month contract with McKinsey says it’ll deliver skills ‘currently unavailable’ within government department

The Guardian - AU

Former senior bureaucrat Dennis Richardson to lead urgent review into agency tasked with $368bn Aukus contract

Former senior defence and foreign affairs secretary will focus on governance in his probe of Australian Submarine Agency

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: troubled waters for Aukus agency; bitcoin reaches new high; and Australia’s Spotify Wrapped

Australian Submarine Agency faces a staff morale crisis and an external review

The Guardian - AU

Agency in charge of Australia’s $368bn submarine program faces staff morale crisis

Exclusive: the 17-month-old department has lost a senior leader and ranked second worst for staff wellbeing in the annual public service census

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Evening Standard

David Beckham's Christmas ad reported to authorities after fans spot 'dangerous' detail

Beckham starred in the commercial after signing a reported £1 million endorsement deal

The Independent UK

Wizz Air ad banned over claim ‘greenest choice’ claim

Wizz Air defended the advert

The Independent UK

Wizz Air ad banned over misleading ‘greenest’ claim

The advertising watchdog found that the airline had not made clear the basis of its claim that it was ‘one of the greenest choices in air travel’.

The Independent UK

Major hotel chains accused of misleading consumers with sales adverts

Advertising at unrealistically low prices is a ‘cynical pricing practice’, said Which?

Evening Standard

Some hotel chains using ‘bait pricing’ to potentially mislead consumers – Which?

It said the ‘cynical’ practice disappoints customers but can still boost sales for hoteliers.

Cycling Weekly

London e-bike sharing scheme investigated over 'free' claims

Forest offer "10 minutes free daily", but a charge is always incurred

Evening Standard

Ads for five gold dealers banned for failing to make lack of regulation clear

Ads for Bullion Club, Gold Bank, Harrington & Byrne, Solomon Global and The Pure Gold Company were all banned.

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