New Career Skills Misleading advertising says ASA

The Advertising Standards Agency has blasted New Career Skills for "Misleading advertising" and also "not to make misleading impressions about the potential for employment that might follow from the courses they offered."

The ASA reviewed the web site of New Career Skills and upheld five complaints regarding key claims on the site, one being "homeowners are no longer able to do their own electrical work, without it being signed off by a Part P registered electrician".

The ASA concluded: "We told New Career Skills not to make claims unless they held relevant documentary evidence to substantiate them. We also told them not to make misleading impressions about the potential for employment that might follow from the courses they offered."

Am I like everyone else in thinking that if a company can make so many mistakes it brings into question the entire business?
Right now training is needed by so many as they change careers, the very least people like New Career Skills can and should do is tell the truth. "Misleading advertising", as the ASA puts it is nothing short of a down right LIE.

The horrific judgement on New Career Skills by the ASA can be seen here:
http://www.asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adjudications/2011/9/New-Career-Skills-Ltd/SHP_ADJ_159455.aspx

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

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