SunblockSPF
The language and labelling of sun protection
Edition of 7 August 2026
Newsletter and sponsorship

A fortnightly wording note, with one labelled sponsor line and a published rate

What the newsletter contains, how the single sponsor line works, what it costs and the published list of what sponsorship cannot influence.

What it contains

One email a fortnight. What changed in the advertising codes or in regulator guidance, what a published ruling turned on where one is relevant, and one phrase from a pack or an advertisement examined in the same claim ruling format used on the site. Written for people who write, approve or check sun protection labels and advertising, and for anyone who wants to read the rules rather than opinions about them.

It names no products, exactly like the site.

Each issue carries at most one sponsor line. It sits after the editorial content, is separated from it, and is labelled as a paid sponsor line in those words. It is sold only to the same categories eligible for the register: testing laboratories, regulatory consultants, responsible person services, claim substantiation specialists and safety assessors. No sunscreen brand, own label supplier, retailer or distributor can buy it.

The rate

Single issue

One labelled sponsor line, one issue.

£320

Three issues

One labelled sponsor line in each of three consecutive issues.

£850

What sponsorship cannot influence

Stated plainly because the point of the publication depends on it.

  • It cannot influence any claim ruling, in the newsletter or on the site. Not the status, not the wording, not the timing, not whether one is published at all.
  • It cannot buy a mention in the editorial part of any issue.
  • It cannot buy advance sight of an issue.
  • It cannot buy a veto on any subject.
  • It cannot buy the subscriber list, which is never shared, sold or rented.
  • It cannot buy category exclusivity over what we write about.

Data

We hold the email address you give us and the country the form was submitted from, and we use them to send the newsletter. Nothing else. Unsubscribe is in the footer of every issue and takes effect immediately. More in privacy.

The wording note

One email a fortnight on sun protection claim language: what changed in the codes, what a published ruling turned on, and one phrase examined in full. Written for people who write, approve or check labels and advertising. Unsubscribe whenever you like.

Each issue carries one clearly labelled sponsor line, sold from a published rate card that cannot influence any claim ruling. We use your address for the newsletter and nothing else. See privacy.

Editorial disclosure

This page contains no commercial links. No sunscreen brand, product, laboratory, consultancy, retailer or supplier has paid for, been offered, or been promised any mention anywhere on this site, and no product is named. Every outbound link goes to a public institution or a published instrument and is marked nofollow. Published by Northbank Media.