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Rogue trader given banning order
Posted: 26 March 2024
UPDATES: A rogue trader who left homeowners with unfinished building work and heavy financial losses has received a banning order alongside criminal penalties, preventing him from managing companies in the future.
Scottish consumers hit by unfair pricing
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.
York TS pushes back on illegal vapes
Posted: 21 March 2024
UPDATES: York Trading Standards has intensified action against illegal disposable vapes, seizing thousands of pounds' worth of products while warning retailers that unlawful sales will result in enforcement action.
Major illicit tobacco haul in Devon
Posted: 21 March 2024
UPDATES: A major enforcement operation in south Devon removed illicit tobacco and illegal vapes from circulation, highlighting the continuing partnership work and intelligence-led action being taken to disrupt the illegal market and protect consumers.
Anglesey TS secures food bank donation
Posted: 21 March 2024
UPDATES: An Anglesey trader who illegally charged customers for card payments has been prosecuted, with an innovative outcome that saw a £6,000 donation made to the local food bank where individual customers could not be identified.
TS welcomes new tobacco Bill
Posted: 20 March 2024
UPDATES: Trading Standards has welcomed proposed tobacco and vaping legislation that would strengthen enforcement powers, introduce fixed penalties and tighten controls designed to reduce youth access to tobacco and vaping products.
Islington TS fines shopkeeper
Posted: 19 March 2024
UPDATES: Persistent sales of illicit cigarettes, non-compliant vapes and a vape to a child have left an Islington retailer facing more than £32,000 in penalties following repeated Trading Standards interventions.
CTSI launches new manifesto
Posted: 14 March 2024
UPDATES: CTSI's 2024 manifesto sets out the Institute's priorities for strengthening consumer protection, supporting legitimate businesses and securing greater recognition and resources for the Trading Standards profession.
Ticket touts guilty in landmark NTS case
Posted: 13 March 2024
UPDATES: A landmark National Trading Standards prosecution has seen ticket touts convicted after using a company to acquire and resell hundreds of high-profile concert tickets, reinforcing action against industrial-scale ticket fraud.
NE Lincs achieves POCA ruling
Posted: 12 March 2024
UPDATES: North East Lincolnshire Trading Standards has secured a Proceeds of Crime ruling following trademark offences involving counterfeit goods, ensuring offenders face financial consequences beyond their criminal convictions.
Birmingham TS finds illicit goods
Posted: 07 March 2024
UPDATES: Joint operations between Birmingham Trading Standards and police uncovered illicit goods at business premises in Alum Rock, continuing efforts to disrupt the supply of illegal products across the city.
£300,000 of illegal products seized
Posted: 07 March 2024
UPDATES: Hampshire Trading Standards has seized around £300,000 worth of illegal products as part of an intensified crackdown on rogue traders supplying unsafe and age-restricted goods.
Counterfeit tobacco seller sentenced
Posted: 04 March 2024
UPDATES: A long-running Caerphilly Trading Standards investigation into counterfeit tobacco sales has resulted in a prison sentence, exposing the sophisticated methods used to conceal an illegal operation.
CTSI appoints new Head of Policy
Posted: 04 March 2024
UPDATES: CTSI has strengthened its policy team with the appointment of Jessica Merryfield, whose unusual combination of Trading Standards, environmental health and training experience will support manifesto delivery, partnerships and future policy development.
Shopkeeper guilty of underage vape sale
Posted: 04 March 2024
UPDATES: A Wakefield retailer and its director have been convicted after a 14-year-old volunteer was sold an oversized disposable vape without any age check, highlighting continuing enforcement against underage and illegal vape sales.
Caerphilly TS brings welfare case
Posted: 01 March 2024
UPDATES: A Caerphilly man has been fined and banned from keeping animals after Trading Standards uncovered severely overcrowded and neglected dogs, prompting a major welfare intervention and veterinary treatment for several animals.
Test-purchasing in North Lincs
Posted: 28 February 2024
UPDATES: North Lincolnshire's latest underage test-purchasing operation found three retailers willing to sell illegal vapes to a 15-year-old, as Trading Standards continues a wider crackdown on illicit products entering local communities.
Hampshire roofing fraudster jailed
Posted: 28 February 2024
UPDATES: A Hampshire rogue roofer who defrauded 29 homeowners of more than £640,000 through false claims, phantom materials and empty refund promises has been jailed and banned from operating similar businesses for a decade.
Prison for prolific rogue trader
Posted: 27 February 2024
UPDATES: A prolific rogue trader who targeted elderly homeowners with unnecessary and unfinished repair work has been jailed after a Trading Standards investigation exposed a sustained pattern of deception worth more than £35,000.
Shopkeeper fined for illegal tobacco
Posted: 26 February 2024
UPDATES: Public complaints led Trading Standards to uncover thousands of counterfeit cigarettes, illicit tobacco products and illegal vapes at a Staffordshire shop, resulting in a community order, unpaid work and substantial costs.
