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Posted: 13 October 2022
UPDATES: A persistent rogue builder has been jailed after repeatedly targeting consumers with substandard work, leaving victims to pay thousands more to rectify dangerous and defective repairs.
Posted: 28 September 2022
UPDATES: Coordinated action against illegal tobacco sales has seen Newport businesses sanctioned as Trading Standards and partner agencies intensify efforts to disrupt organised criminal supply.
Posted: 11 September 2022
UPDATES: A tribute to Eifion Huws reflects on his long service in Gwynedd and Anglesey Trading Standards, his expertise in weights and measures, and the warmth, mentoring and professionalism remembered by colleagues.
Posted: 08 May 2022
UPDATES: A husband and wife have been prosecuted after trading standards officers uncovered counterfeit tobacco, dangerous goods and other offences, demonstrating the continued focus on disrupting the illicit tobacco trade.
Posted: 04 November 2021
UPDATES: Wales has launched a five-year animal welfare plan setting out priorities to improve standards across companion animals, livestock and wildlife, with education, enforcement and partnership working central to its delivery.
Posted: 27 September 2021
UPDATES: A major enforcement operation in Wales has uncovered alleged illegal puppy farming, with hundreds of dogs rescued or seized as investigators target organised criminality fuelled by soaring pandemic demand for pets.
Posted: 16 January 2020
UPDATES: Ask Italian has been fined £40,000 after Swansea Trading Standards found its premium lobster and king prawn dish contained only a small amount of lobster alongside white fish and filler.
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: 18 June 2019
UPDATES: A Welsh fraudster has been jailed after using a bogus PPI claims business to deceive hundreds of victims out of almost £200,000, bringing another successful trading standards prosecution against a persistent offender.
Posted: 07 June 2019
UPDATES: Colleagues pay tribute to Andrew William Mackay, whose long career in Welsh trading standards, commitment to food standards and dedication to mentoring earned widespread respect across the profession and left a lasting legacy.
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