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Posted: 09 June 2020
UPDATES: London Trading Standards is calling for consumers' refund rights to be upheld after sharp rises in complaints about cancelled travel, events and voucher offers during the pandemic.
Posted: 01 June 2020
UPDATES: London Trading Standards teams at Heathrow have intercepted millions of sub-standard face masks and thousands of counterfeit hand sanitisers, exposing false safety claims and non-compliant pandemic supplies.
Posted: 19 May 2020
UPDATES: London borough enforcement teams found widespread compliance with Covid-19 business closure rules, but continued to issue prohibition notices where traders reopened illegally, with trading standards officers balancing advice, public health protection and firm action across the capital.
Posted: 17 February 2020
UPDATES: Tina Gibbons, Lead Officer for Trading Standards at the Royal Borough of Greenwich, has been recognised for her contribution to the fight against counterfeit goods with an Achievement Award for Excellence in Anti-Counter...
Posted: 17 October 2019
UPDATES: Four roofing fraudsters have been jailed after Brent and Harrow Trading Standards uncovered a doorstep crime operation that stripped vulnerable homeowners of hundreds of thousands of pounds and exposed an international money-laundering network.
Posted: 13 September 2019
UPDATES: Tenants are being urged to understand their rights as enforcement action highlights the continuing threat posed by rogue letting agents exploiting renters through unlawful practices and hidden charges.
Posted: 11 September 2019
UPDATES: London partners have launched a Responsible Retailer Agreement to help businesses prevent underage knife sales and strengthen responsible retailing through closer collaboration with enforcement agencies.
Posted: 09 September 2019
UPDATES: London Trading Standards Week brings coordinated campaigns across the capital to raise consumer awareness, promote safer purchasing and highlight the wide-ranging work carried out by local trading standards teams.
Posted: 20 August 2019
UPDATES: A Brent prosecution over counterfeit children's fancy dress costumes resulted in substantial fines after testing revealed serious flammability and strangulation risks, underlining the safety dangers posed by fake products.
Posted: 06 August 2019
ANALYSIS: Cold-calling restrictions on pension products were only the beginning. With investment fraud evolving into cryptocurrencies and other high-risk schemes, this special report examines why trading standards wants tougher protections across the entire investment sector.
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