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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.
In conversation: Yvonne Fovargue
Posted: 05 July 2023
ANALYSIS: Yvonne Fovargue began her career as a Housing Officer in the Moss Side area of Manchester in the early 1980s and went on to work at the then-Citizens Advice Bureau in St Helens before entering...
Car clocking duo sentenced
Posted: 05 July 2023
UPDATES: Two brothers who illegally doctored the mileage of cars before selling them online to unsuspecting buyers have been sentenced and ordered to pay costs after a four-year investigation by Staffordshire Trading Standards. N...
Energy fraudster jailed for 13 years
Posted: 05 July 2023
UPDATES: A man who set up sham energy companies to rip off small businesses has been handed a 13-year jail sentence following a complex and lengthy investigation by the National Trading Standards Regional Investigation Team (Nort...
Salford TS seizes £400,000 of vapes
Posted: 04 July 2023
UPDATES: Salford Trading Standards has seized a massive haul of illicit disposable vapes and e-liquids from a local company as part of ongoing efforts to rid the streets of dangerous and illegal products. With the support...
Farmer banned from keeping animals
Posted: 04 July 2023
UPDATES: Warwickshire Trading Standards has successfully prosecuted a farmer who caused unnecessary suffering to livestock and failed to provide adequate living conditions or suitable feed and water for the animals in his care. Trading Standards Animal...
The problem with skin lightening
Posted: 04 July 2023
ANALYSIS: Back in the mid-80s there was a band that went by the name Color Me Badd. Whilst I thought it was an unusual name for a pop group, the name stuck with me as I...
Prosecutions and pitfalls
Posted: 04 July 2023
ANALYSIS: Lawyers will always find new and inventive ways to argue their clients’ causes. Sometimes they will win. That said, for a prosecution to fail because of an unforced error on the part of the prosecutor...
CPPD Module 24: EDI
Posted: 04 July 2023
DEVELOPMENT: It is generally understood and accepted that a diverse and inclusive culture can bring a wider range of perspectives and experiences to the decision-making table, which can lead to better decision-making, creativity and innovation within...
An attack of the vapours
Posted: 04 July 2023
OPINION: CTSI’s policy work on vaping has pushed underage sales, illicit products and enforcement pressures up the national agenda, securing media attention and stronger government engagement on a growing frontline concern.
Promising the earth
Posted: 04 July 2023
OPINION: My old Saab estate, Dominic, is looking sad enough to warrant his own country song. His rubber shark fin aerial cover has perished and fallen off. His badges have gone from bright blue to dull...
Tower Hamlets shops fined
Posted: 03 July 2023
UPDATES: Tower Hamlets Trading Standards has been clamping down on law-breaking businesses in the London borough, with recent successful prosecutions of a shop which sold alcohol to a minor and another business which sold dangerous cosmetics....
Taking a stand against counterfeits
Posted: 28 June 2023
ANALYSIS: Something is happening in Manchester’s Cheetham Hill. Known as Britain’s ‘counterfeit capital’, a handful of streets have been home to dozens of organised crime gangs for as long as most Mancunians can remember. The UK...
Monmouthshire TS jails cowboy builder
Posted: 26 June 2023
UPDATES: A rogue trader who stole tens of thousands of pounds from vulnerable people has been jailed following an investigation by Monmouthshire County Council Trading Standards. Martin Evans (48), trading under his own name and as...
CTSI Conference 2023: Day 3
Posted: 23 June 2023
UPDATES: The third and final day of CTSI’s 2023 Conference began with delegates looking surprisingly sprightly after an evening of celebration and bhangra music at the previous evening’s Awards Dinner. That event saw Trading Standards leaders...
CTSI Conference 2023: Day 2
Posted: 21 June 2023
UPDATES: Highlights from the second day of CTSI Conference 2023 include political debate, consumer protection priorities, illicit vape enforcement, expert presentations and a packed programme of professional development ahead of the conference finale.
CTSI Conference 2023: Day 1
Posted: 20 June 2023
UPDATES: Day one of CTSI Conference 2023 combined keynote speeches, discussions on online marketplaces, professional recognition and equality, setting the tone for a conference focused on the future of Trading Standards and consumer protection.
Rogue agent banned from directorship
Posted: 16 June 2023
UPDATES: A rogue Suffolk letting agent who defrauded landlords and tenants has been banned from acting as a company director following a Trading Standards investigation that exposed widespread misuse of tenancy deposits and rental payments.
Online trader jailed for ‘car-clocking’
Posted: 16 June 2023
UPDATES: An online vehicle trader has been jailed after falsifying mileages and service histories on dozens of cars, following a Trading Standards investigation that protected buyers and highlighted the value of multi-agency fraud enforcement.
Bumper illegal tobacco haul
Posted: 15 June 2023
UPDATES: One of the largest illegal tobacco seizures in Bolton's history uncovered raw tobacco destined for illicit manufacture, removing dangerous products from circulation through a coordinated operation involving Trading Standards and police.
Lancs TS 'wages war' on illicit tobacco
Posted: 15 June 2023
UPDATES: Lancashire Trading Standards has intensified its crackdown on illicit tobacco and underage sales, uncovering concealed stashes, prosecuting offending retailers and reinforcing efforts to protect young people from illegal products.
