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Home builders Code review published


The Consumer Code for Home Builders has welcomed a new independent review

Richard Young

Posted 25 May 2023 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Inside Trading Standards|National


UPDATES: An independent review of the Consumer Code for Home Builders has been published, with recommendations aimed at strengthening complaint handling, improving consumer protection and building on the Code's existing dispute resolution framework.

Recommendations contained in an independent review by John Bridgeman CBE, former Director General of the Office for Fair Trading (OFT), will be used to bolster the Consumer Code for Home Builders and provide more comprehensive protection for buyers of new-build homes.

Implementing the report’s recommendations will result in significant enhancements to the Consumer Code for Home Builders, ...

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