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Explains control of advertisement regime.
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…
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to ensure that content on your service is appropriate for children.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
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.
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
The Online Safety Bill is a new set of laws to protect children and adults online. It will make social media companies more responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms.
How to comply with the exemption from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that allow certain animal medicines to be sold without an authorisation.
New rules to crack down on illegal ads, influencer scams and protect children online
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.
Sets out special provisions for Crown development for dealing with security-sensitive information in planning applications.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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