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Welcome to CTSI's News Room. Here, you can browse through our latest consumer protection and trading standards news reports (below), or check out our archive of news articles from previous years.

Media Enquiries:  If you are a journalist, or representative of a media organisation, CTSI can provide expert opinion, comments and spokespeople on a wide range of Trading Standards, consumer protection and regulatory issues - or point you in the right direction. Please contact our press office on 01268 582240/07811244602 or pressoffice@tsi.org.uk who would be happy to assist.


Trading Standards ensures Derby is fake rice free

Posted: 09/01/17

Derby City Council Trading Standards have been working with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on sampling projects this year to help tackle problems with food that could be damaging to consumers.

Experts call for push payments to be disabled on vulnerable people’s accounts

Posted: 16/12/16

VULNERABLE customers should be able to ‘self-declare’ their status and disable what are termed ‘faster payments’ to prevent them being scammed, experts have warned. 

CTSI responds to NAO report

Posted: 16/12/16

Leon Livermore, chief executive of CTSI, has responded to the NAO review.

New guide to help businesses understand their obligations

Posted: 16/12/16

Businesses that sell goods and services online and in people’s homes are being reminded that they can have more responsibilities than those who sell over the counter and on the high street.

RAC launches first used car code to be fully accredited by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute

Posted: 14/12/16

In a bid to boost consumers’ confidence when buying a second hand vehicle, the RAC has announced the launch of what was the UK’s first used car code accredited by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.


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