Advertising Standards Authority
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What the Advertising Standards Authority Does
- The Advertising Standards Authority regulates the content of advertisements, sales promotions and direct marketing in the UK.
- We make sure standards are kept high by applying the advertising standards codes.
- We can stop misleading, harmful or offensive advertising. We can ensure sales promotions are run fairly. We can help reduce unwanted commercial mail - either sent through the post, by e-mail or by text message - and we can resolve problems with mail order purchases. [1]
Council members
- Chris Smith - ASA Chairman (former)
- James Best - Chairman of BMP DDB, which is an advertisement company.
- Sally Cartwright - Worked as the publishing director of Hello! Magazine.
- Baroness Jean Coussins - Used to be chief-executive of The Portman Group an industry-funded body which promoted sensible drinking by consumers and responsible marketing by producers.
- Elizabeth Fagan - Managing director of Boots Opticians.
- Christine Farnish - Public Policy Director at Barclays.
- Sunil Gadhia - Chief Executive Officer of the City law firm Stephenson Harwood, which is a law firm has contacts in the Asian Banking Networks.
- Alison Goodman - Major Donor Development Executive at the charity Terrence Higgins Trust.
- David Harker - chief executive of Citizens Advice, the national body that leads and supports Citizens Advice Bureaux.
- Gareth Jones - Chair of Christian Theology at Canterbury Christ Church University.
- Susan Murray - Non-Executive Director of Enterprise Inns plc, SSL International plc and Imperial Tobacco Group plc.
- Colin Philpott - Director of the National Media Museum. He previously worked for the BBC where in his last post before leaving he was the BBC was Head of BBC Yorkshire.
- Donald Trelford - Editor of The Observer from 1975 to 1993 and is now a regular columnist and broadcaster.
- Nigel Walmsley - Chairman of the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board.
- Neil Watts - Secondary School Headteacher since 1988. He gained an MA in economics at Magdalene College, Cambridge University.
- Diana Whitworth - co-director of Grandparents Plus, a charity concerned with promoting the role of grandparents and extended family members in caring for children. [2]
Contact
Address: Mid City Place, 71, High Holborn, London WC1V 6QT Telephone: +44 20 7492 2222 Fax: +44 020 7242 3696 E-mail: enquiries@asa.org.uk Website: http://www.asa.org.uk
Notes
- ↑ Advertising Standards Authority Website, Advertising Standards Authority accessed 11/03/08
- ↑ Members courtesy of Advertising Standards Authority Website, Advertising Standards Authority accessed 11/03/08.
