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Posted: 17 November 2022
UPDATES: Three doorstep fraudsters who targeted elderly residents have been sentenced after a Trading Standards prosecution exposed a pattern of pressure selling, unfinished work and financial exploitation.
Posted: 04 October 2022
UPDATES: A coordinated enforcement initiative across the North West has targeted rogue traders through inspections, intelligence gathering and business engagement aimed at preventing doorstep crime.
Posted: 03 October 2022
UPDATES: Salford Trading Standards has seized a record haul of illegal vaping products, demonstrating the scale of illicit sales and the growing enforcement response to non-compliant devices.
Posted: 20 September 2022
UPDATES: A Cheshire shopkeeper has been sentenced after Trading Standards officers uncovered counterfeit cigarettes, non-compliant tobacco packaging and hidden cash during repeated inspections of his Ellesmere Port store.
Posted: 16 July 2022
UPDATES: A Salford Trading Standards investigation has led to the conviction of a rogue landscaper who took payments for unfinished and substandard work. The case highlights the evidence used to secure multiple fraud and consumer protection offences, resulting in an 18-week prison sentence.
Posted: 24 May 2022
UPDATES: A Lancashire farmer has been fined after Trading Standards officers witnessed the unlawful shooting of a cow, with the case highlighting the importance of complying with animal welfare legislation during livestock slaughter.
Posted: 11 April 2022
UPDATES: A retailer has been fined £46,500 after thousands of counterfeit and unsafe products, including vaping liquids, phone accessories, toys and festive lights, were discovered during a lengthy trading standards investigation.
Posted: 21 December 2021
UPDATES: A shopkeeper who continued to sell illegal and counterfeit tobacco products after his premises were raided by trading standards has been fined. Officers from Salford City Council Trading Standards found cigarettes and...
Posted: 29 July 2021
ANALYSIS: At the time of writing the UK hospitality sector, including...
Posted: 26 May 2021
UPDATES: A Salford shopkeeper who kept selling illegal tobacco after earlier raids has been fined after officers found counterfeit cigarettes hidden on the premises and seized cash as proceeds of crime.
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