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Posted: 03 February 2025
UPDATES: Supermarket giants Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have come to the attention of Trading Standards for potential breaches of the law after it emerged that tobacco-heating devices are being advertised.
Posted: 08 January 2025
UPDATES: A Bradford shop sold cigarettes to a 13-year-old volunteer during a West Yorkshire Trading Standards test purchase, despite prior warnings about underage sales. The case underlines the continuing need for age checks, public reporting and enforcement against retailers that put children at risk.
Posted: 03 December 2024
UPDATES: Lancashire test-purchase operations have exposed widespread illegal knife sales to under-18s, with young volunteers able to buy bladed items from more than a third of shops visited during Operation Sceptre.
Posted: 30 August 2024
UPDATES: Businesses across Workington, Silloth and Maryport have been praised after repeated test purchasing exercises showed staff consistently challenged young volunteers for proof of age before selling age-restricted products.
Posted: 10 June 2024
UPDATES: Derby Trading Standards inspected more than 5,000 household essentials across 47 grocery shops as part of a cost-of-living retail project, finding misleading offers, incorrect prices and hundreds of products with non-compliant price displays.
Posted: 27 March 2024
UPDATES: ASOS, Boohoo and George at Asda have agreed legally binding undertakings following a CMA investigation into greenwashing, committing to clearer environmental claims and tougher standards for marketing sustainable fashion ranges.
Posted: 25 March 2024
UPDATES: A nationwide Scottish Trading Standards project found widespread pricing inaccuracies and missing unit prices, revealing how misleading shelf labels and checkout errors continue to cost consumers millions.
Posted: 21 February 2024
UPDATES: Tesco will introduce unit pricing alongside Clubcard offers after criticism that shoppers could not easily compare value, following pressure from Which? and concerns over compliance with consumer protection law.
Posted: 16 September 2023
UPDATES: An investigation by consumer organisation Which? has found that supermarket chains Tesco and Sainsbury’s may be misleading customers into...
Posted: 24 August 2023
UPDATES: Lincolnshire County Council is ramping up its efforts to stub out illicit cigarettes in the county, securing closure orders against...
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