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If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
All marketing and advertising must be: an accurate description of the…
Advertising to consumers The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading…
There are 2 advertising codes of practice that describe how businesses…
You must describe your product accurately. This means if you make a claim…
You must check if customers want to be contacted by fax, phone, post or…
Explains control of advertisement regime.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
Find out if the goods you're declaring to inward or outward processing are classed as sensitive goods.
Guidance on handling sensitive information in IT.
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
Product recall for Ecover laundry detergent presenting a serious chemical risk.
Explains requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
Appeal a decision by your local planning authority about an application for consent to display an advertisement - documents you need to provide, who can appeal, how long it takes
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against misleading advertising of a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) avoidance scheme by promoter, Fiducia Wealth and Tax.
If your company isn’t a charity you need Charity Commission permission to use the words ‘charity’, ‘charity’s’, ‘charities’ or ‘charitable’ (known as sensitive words) in its name.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Information on Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for forestry projects in England. Guidance on whether you need to submit an EIA application form to the Forestry Commission.
This action plan sets out commitments by the industry and government to address harms associated with paid-for online advertising.
Decisions made by MHRA on adverts reported to have breached the legislation on advertising medicines.
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