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.
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Help on its way for consumers complaining about traders in West Yorkshire
Posted: 05/06/19
West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service is now authorised to help consumers in a bid to resolve their complaints with traders in the county. The service covers Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
Institute of Professional Willwriters becomes approved ADR provider
Posted: 05/06/19
We all know that having a will drawn up isn’t an experience that most people look forward to, not least because it means facing up to your own mortality. At what could be a stressful time, the last thing anyone wants is for there to be a problem and for the customer to have cause to complain.
UK European Consumer Centre proves its worth against continued backdrop of Brexit uncertainty
Posted: 28/05/19
UK consumers have continued to use the UK European Consumer Centre (UK ECC) in their thousands, against a backdrop of continued uncertainty created by Brexit.
Business in Focus – all you need to know about ADR
Posted: 01/05/19
From disagreements between landlords and tenants to missing or damaged items, resolving disputes between business and customers can be a costly and time-consuming process, with court cases adding undue stress to an already unpleasant situation.
CTSI Symposium speakers announced
Posted: 24/04/19
A Government minister, a leading economist author, and a Labour Peer to join CTSI Symposium in Brighton on 10-12 June 2019.