22 Nov 2001
| by SUZY BASHFORD
Alan Long, head of marketing at Britannia Building Society, has
called on the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to scrap the
requirement for annual percentage rates (APR) to appear in financial
advertising.
Long claimed that APR-driven ads are a 'waste of time' because consumers
do not...
08 Nov 2001
In the latest attempt to ban cigarette advertising in the UK, peers
have accused the major tobacco multinationals of dishonesty about the
impact of marketing activity.
During the second reading of Lord Clement-Jones' Private Member's
Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill in the Lords last...
31 Aug 2001
Police have condemned the appearance of two of the Kray brothers'
former gang henchmen in advertising for a new range of upmarket
shirts.
The Police Federation hit out over the decision of the shirtmaker Thomas
Pink to offer an "undisclosed fee" to the former armed robber Freddie
"The...
02 Aug 2001
| by POPPY BRECH
Brands including Boots and Renault, which advertised in and around
last week's controversial Brass Eye TV show, have hit out at Channel 4
about the lack of advance information given to them on the nature of the
show.
Their comments came after the show, which set out to satirise the
media's...