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Read on for four easy tactics to resist advertising that promotes hyperconsumerism in the run up to Black Friday. As we enter November, Black Friday and the tidal wave of accompanying advertising for MORE. THINGS. is getting ever closer. Climate crisis? Who cares. Cost of living crisis? Who cares. Not advertising, the mouthpiece and pollution-spewing…Continue reading All aboard the anti-advertising wave for Black Friday
Have you noticed that fences, temporary hoardings, the cycle path and even shop walls in Bristol have developed a kind of corporate rash? Ads for Netflix, make-up brands and other global corps have been springing up in all sorts of places – but many of the smaller ads around town have absolutely no legal right…Continue reading DEACTIVATED: Why we’re painting over illegal ads in Bristol
We’ve spotted an application for a new digital billboard overlooking St Philips Causeway (planning ref: 23/00854/A). The single sided digital ad display would be 6 x 3.5 metres, showing up to 6 ads each minute to drivers on the busy causeway. The screen’s typical electricity consumption rate is 4752 watts, meaning that one year of…Continue reading New giant billboard for Bristol – get yer objections in
Advertising company Clear Channel has applied to install 3 new digital advertising units at bus stops across Bristol, removing paper adverts in favour of digital screens….Continue reading Three new ad screens in Bristol: object here
Bristol City Council are reviewing their Local Plan – the local level set of policies that are used to decide planning applications and guide developments in the city. They sought initial input back in 2019, and now they are seeking views on their revised policies and proposals. Adblock Bristol responded in 2019, and have been engaging with Councillors,…Continue reading Bristol policy on advertising: Have your say
Once again BT have hit Bristol City Council with proposals for several new ‘BT Street Hubs’, across the city including central Bristol, Stokes Croft, Old Market and Gloucester Road. We are now focusing on applications with LESS THAN 10 objections: 22/04747/A, 22/04499/A, 22/04842/A, 22/04840/A, 22/04668/A, 22/05026/A, 22/05028/A, 22/05035/A, 22/05037/A, 22/05039/A. Type one reference at a…Continue reading BT threatens Bristol with 27 new advertising monoliths