Are you sitting comfortably? Good, because today I’m going to tell you a story about unfortunate influencer and reality TV star Olivia Buckland. You might remember Olivia from Love Island 2016, whe...

When it comes to affiliate marketing promotions and how they should be labelled on social media, one could be forgiven for thinking it’s something of a grey area, as in the last few months there ha...

Last week saw the publication of An Influencer’s Guide to Making Clear that Ads are Ads. Produced by CAP ain conjunction with the CMA, it’s 20 pages of clear information and advice, nicely presente...

I look forward to Wednesdays, because that’s the day the ASA publishes its latest rulings and it's a great way to learn, but sometimes the cases where a complaint isn’t upheld are even more interes...

As you may know, I have a minor obsession with reality TV star and influencer Louise Thompson and her apparent inability to disclose to her followers that she earns what I would imagine is a not in...

I was mightily cheered to see that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has just launched an investigation into influencer disclosure. As you may be aware, this has been a bugbear of mine fo...

All good things must come to an end – even Love Island – but not, apparently, the competitions promoted on the I Can Have It website. I say this, because the ASA received a complaint from someone w...

I like Louise Thompson. You know, she of Made In Chelsea (she came fourth in series 2 of The Jump as well). Yes, she’s had her issues with anxiety and binge-drinking, but then being a reality TV st...

Let me ask you a question. Who do you trust most? Your family and your friends, of course, and it’s the same when it comes to entering a prize promotion. According to the research into prize promot...