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The relaxation of the broadcasting code is starting to boost the coffers of UK radio, with revenues for sponsorship and promotions up 8.1% in 2012, according to new figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB).
The Health Lottery, part of Northern & Shell, has had a press ad banned for implying that buying a lottery ticket could be a solution to financial concerns or a way to achieve financial security.
ISBA, the advertisers' trade body, has said a "behavioural merger remedy might be appropriate" in the merger of Global Radio and GMG Radio, in its submission to the Competition Commission.
October 2012 marked the 25th anniversary of the Great Storm, which hit the south of England causing widespread damage and disruption. Although a storm was forecast, its strength and track were not well advised to the public, with comms from the Met Office rated as poor.
Drinks company Maxxium has been reprimanded by the advertising watchdog for breaching regulations in its marketing of its Sourz shot brand.
The Mail, Express and Guardian fought against the ebbing newspaper market in November, but the Financial Times lost 3.9% of its circulation, according to the latest newspaper ABCs.
Npower has been fined by Ofcom for abandoning telemarketing calls to the public and playing messages containing marketing content during abandoned calls.
SodaStream is again hitting out at Clearcast's final decision to ban its "SodaStream effect" television ad, with a print campaign brandishing the word "censored".
The England and Wales Cricket Board is searching for an agency to capitalise on next year's bumper summer of cricket.
Royal Mail has begun a review of its financial PR requirements in advance of a widely anticipated multi-billion-pound sell-off in 2013.
