News Room
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 582240/07946 254934 or pressoffice@tsi.org.uk who would be happy to assist.
CTSI response to appointment of new consumer minister
Posted: 01/08/16
Responding to the appointment of Margot James as minister for small business, consumers, and corporate responsibility, Leon Livermore, chief executive of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, said:
Warning over criminals posing as officials
Posted: 25/07/16
People are being urged to guard themselves against fake officials after an elderly couple lost £900,000 in scam - involving a bogus trading standards officer.
Winner of national toy design competition announced
Posted: 06/07/16
A teenager has scooped the top prize in a national competition that aims to raise children's awareness of consumer issues and aspects of product safety.
CTSI referendum statement
Posted: 01/07/16
Leon Livermore, CTSI chief executive, said: “The EU has been good for consumers and many of our consumer rights and product safety laws come from the EU.
Banking specialist saves couple from potential £1m fraud
Posted: 30/06/16
Trading standards experts have praised a banking specialist that saved a vulnerable couple who were being repeatedly targeted by scammers and were set to lose their £1 million life savings.