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Hajj travel firm boss jailed for 14 months for fraud
Posted: 01/02/2017
The director of a Hajj travel firm was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment at Leicester Crown Court on 31 January 2017.
New report shows fewer retailers sell e-cigs to children
Posted: 21/01/2017
Retailers that failed a national test purchase operation and sold nicotine inhaling products to children and young people are now fully compliant with the law, a new report has found.
Register My Appliance Day
Posted: 19/01/2017
Today (the 19 of January), is Register My Appliance Day, the domestic appliance industry is urging the public to take a few minutes to register the millions of white goods that they rely on every day, have never registered, and completely forget they own.
Winter tyres: a requirement throughout Europe?
Posted: 17/01/2017
Are you venturing out on the road in the freezing conditions sweeping across Europe now? Then it's time to read a Winter Tyres report just published by the European Consumer Centre Network on mandatory equipment for travel this winter in Europe, plus Iceland and Norway.
London cosmetic shops fined £168,000 for selling illegal cosmetics
Posted: 12/01/2017
Figures published by London Trading Standards this week showed that 15 cosmetic businesses across the capital were fined a total of £168,579 in 2016 for dealing in unsafe cosmetic products.
Illegal cigarettes found by sniffer dogs costs East London business £13,000
Posted: 11/01/2017
London Trading Standards deployment of tobacco sniffer dogs to combat the sale of illegal tobacco yielded another success this month.
