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Posted: 02 October 2023
UPDATES: Nottinghamshire Trading Standards is reminding businesses that as of 1 October, the supply and sale of certain single-use plastic items is...
Posted: 28 September 2023
UPDATES: North Tyneside Trading Standards is urging consumers to avoid buying potentially dangerous novelty items this Halloween after discovering...
Posted: 25 September 2023
UPDATES: The British Standards Institution (BSI) has announced a new partnership with the UK Government designed to use international standards as a...
Posted: 25 September 2023
UPDATES: This year’s London Trading Standards (LTS) Week has kicked off with the launch of a new project designed to protect London's 2.7 million...
Posted: 21 September 2023
UPDATES: An Essex Trading Standards investigation of a rogue builder who defrauded his victims into paying up front for work that wasn’t completed...
Posted: 21 September 2023
UPDATES: An illegal money lender who preyed on vulnerable people in Liverpool has been ordered to pay back £40,000 following a Proceeds of Crime Act...
Posted: 20 September 2023
UPDATES: The Motor Ombudsman is calling on motorists to reward good practice in the automotive sector by nominating businesses and individuals for...
Posted: 19 September 2023
UPDATES: A pet food manufacturer which failed to ensure that its products were safe and free of bacteria including salmonella has been successfully...
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: 13 September 2023
UPDATES: The Property Ombudsman has appointed Louise Baxter, CTSI Lead Officer for Consumer Advice and Education, as a non-executive director of its...
Posted: 12 September 2023
UPDATES: Following a series of deadly fires caused by lithium batteries in e-bikes and e-scooters, the Office for Product Safety and...
Posted: 07 September 2023
UPDATES: The Government has launched a consultation designed to help improve transparency, fairness and clarity for shoppers following the publication of...
Posted: 06 September 2023
UPDATES: Two care workers in Suffolk who stepped in to protect a 101-year-old woman who had fallen prey to a clairvoyance...
Posted: 04 September 2023
UPDATES: A shopkeeper in Evesham, Worcestershire, has pleaded guilty to selling illegal cigarettes and tobacco following a prosecution by Worcestershire County...
Posted: 04 September 2023
UPDATES: Nominations are closing for the CTSI Hero Awards, which recognise trading standards officers, scam victims, charities, businesses and others who have made an outstanding contribution to consumer protection.
Posted: 31 August 2023
OPINION: The one thing we can all be certain of is change. Whether it’s a change in regulations, customer needs, availability...
Posted: 30 August 2023
UPDATES: A rogue trader who targeted vulnerable pensioners, charging tens of thousands of pounds for poor quality and unnecessary work while...
Posted: 29 August 2023
UPDATES: A rogue plumber who repeatedly scammed an elderly couple has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay £8,000...
Posted: 25 August 2023
UPDATES: Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards is urging people to be on their guard against rogue traders and cowboy builders, having...
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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