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News Category Tags: Crime, Product Safety, Health and Safety, Counterfeit Goods, Retail, Animal Health and Welfare, Legal and Policy, Enforcement Practice, Product Recalls, Property and Housing, Automotive, Vapes, Business, CTSI Conference, CTSI Hero Awards.
Posted: 09 October 2023
UPDATES: Directors of a rogue removals company received prison sentences after dramatically inflating agreed prices and exploiting customers during house moves, following a successful prosecution by Islington Council Trading Standards.
Posted: 05 October 2023
UPDATES: CTSI has welcomed Government plans to create a smoke-free generation by progressively raising the legal age for tobacco sales, alongside proposed measures to reduce children's access to and attraction towards vapes.
Posted: 03 October 2023
UPDATES: A Falkirk rogue trader who targeted vulnerable homeowners with unnecessary and substandard driveway work has been jailed for fraud, following an investigation into deceptive doorstep selling practices.
Posted: 03 October 2023
UPDATES: Hidden compartments packed with illicit cigarettes were uncovered during coordinated enforcement action in Bedford, demonstrating how Trading Standards, police and specialist detection dogs continue to disrupt the illegal tobacco trade.
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...
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