An advert for a bed company has been banned for causing offence over coronavirus
The watchdog noted that the reference to"British build" and the image of the Union Flag showed the advertiser's intention was to draw attention to the fact that its beds were made in the UK.
But it added:"However, we also considered that the phrase 'No Nasty Imports', in combination with the image of the surgical mask, was likely to be taken as a reference to the coronavirus outbreak. "We considered that in combination with the image, the reference to 'nasty imports' was likely to be read as a negative reference to immigration or race, and in particular as associating immigrants with disease."
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