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Posted: 11 July 2019
UPDATES: KwikChex receives a CTSI Hero Award in recognition of its sustained work tackling timeshare fraud, supporting trading standards investigations, providing expert evidence and helping consumers targeted by organised scammers.
Posted: 11 July 2019
UPDATES: Thurrock Trading Standards Ports Team is honoured with a CTSI Hero Award after intercepting more than a third of the UK's unsafe imported products, preventing dangerous goods from reaching consumers.
Posted: 05 July 2019
UPDATES: Operation Gripped wins a CTSI Hero Award for its partnership approach to tackling illegal money lending, combining policing, trading standards and community campaigns to expose loan sharks and promote safer borrowing.
Posted: 03 July 2019
UPDATES: NatWest's work with Norfolk Trading Standards has transformed scam prevention through community banking, awareness events and support for victims, earning national recognition for protecting consumers.
Posted: 03 July 2019
UPDATES: Ruth Andrews' leadership in tackling doorstep crime, securing major convictions and building lasting support for vulnerable victims has earned her CTSI's Trading Standards Hero Award.
Posted: 03 July 2019
UPDATES: Detection dog Scamp has helped uncover millions of pounds' worth of illicit tobacco, disrupted organised crime and become an unlikely national hero for his work alongside trading standards teams.
Posted: 03 July 2019
UPDATES: Sharon Conradie's quick thinking and courage protected elderly neighbours from an aggressive rogue trader, leading to a successful prosecution and recognition for her exceptional intervention.
Posted: 03 July 2019
UPDATES: After helping thousands of consumers resolve cross-border disputes and influencing wider consumer protection policy, the UK European Consumer Centre has been recognised with a CTSI Hero Award.
Posted: 03 July 2019
UPDATES: Councillor James Evans' sustained backing for trading standards in Powys, from political leadership to public advocacy, has strengthened local services and earned CTSI's Political Hero Award.
Posted: 03 July 2019
UPDATES: Three dedicated volunteers whose tireless work has raised scams awareness, supported vulnerable residents and strengthened community protection have been honoured with CTSI's Brian Smith Hero Awards.