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...

As you may or may not remember, I’ve been updating you on some of the additional findings of the research that was carried out for Prizeology earlier this year. I’m doing a short series of posts fo...

Earlier in the year Prizeology commissioned some research into the public’s attitudes towards a range of topics in which I have a professional interest, including prize promotions, prize draw scams...

We all know who the archetypal scam victim is, don’t we? That’s right. It’s an elderly person living alone – or is it? The National Trading Standards Scams Team (which, as you may or may not recall...

I have to admit I’m not much of a pinner. I don’t know why. Maybe I’m an impulse-buyer who’s better suited to Insta shopping, not someone who carefully pins and plans their purchases. Or maybe I’m ...