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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.
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
Your local planning authority makes decisions about displaying an…
You can make an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate online or by post. If…
No-one can comment on a planning appeal about displaying an advertisement…
The Planning Inspectorate will check your appeal to make sure it’s valid.…
You can challenge the decision in the High Court if you think the Planning…
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 CMA is investigating whether Google might have abused a dominant position through its conduct in ad tech
Call for evidence on the effective application and enforcement of advertising standards relating to content and placement online
How to get an ENG1 or ML5 medical certificate.
New rules to crack down on illegal ads, influencer scams and protect children online
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer's speech on the strength of the UK's advertising industry at the Ad Association's LEAD conference.
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
A research paper from the CMA
Guidance to help higher education providers improve the transparency and consistency of advertising at provider, course and subject level.
This guide explains, to those wanting to display an outdoor advertisement, how the system of advertisement control works in England.
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How to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
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