Login / RegisterNews Room
Welcome to CTSI's News Room. Browse through our latest Consumer Protection and Trading Standards news reports (below), or take a look through our archive of news articles from previous years.
MEDIA ENQUIRIES : We 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 call our press office on 01268 582 240 or 07496 254 934, or email us: [email protected]
Southwark Trading Standards Enforcement Officer wins CTSI Hero Award
Posted: 20/10/2021
Angel Harrow, a Trading Standards Enforcement Officer working at Southwark Council's trading standards service, has received an award for her work by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI).
Trading Standards professionals recognised for Race & Equalities work
Posted: 20/10/2021
Three trading standards professionals have been recognised for their important work supporting race and equalities in the trading standards profession.
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme wins CTSI Hero Award
Posted: 20/10/2021
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme was recognised by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) at its annual Hero Awards ceremony.
Birmingham trading standards expert wins CTSI Hero Award
Posted: 20/10/2021
Senior Trading Standards Officer Tariq Mohammed has been awarded the CTSI Hero Award for Intellectual Property (IP).
Reforming the framework for better regulation - CTSI response
Posted: 04/10/2021
The CTSI response to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) consultation.
Accountancy firm boss sentenced for advertising non-existent jobs
Posted: 04/10/2021
The director of a London-based company that offered jobs via an online recruitment website has been given a suspended sentence for his part in a fraud that saw job applicants apply for positions that didn’t exist.
CTSI welcomes new PAC report which states UK regulatory system lacks capacity and skills to meet the challenges it faces
Posted: 01/10/2021
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) welcomes a new report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that recognises the real dangers of unsafe products and the "serious challenges for regulators", skills and capacity.
CTSI and OPSS launch magnet safety campaign
Posted: 29/09/2021
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), working with the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), is launching a safety campaign about magnets and magnet ingestion among children.
CTSI President the Earl of Lindsay highlights growth of CCAS scheme at Symposium opening
Posted: 28/09/2021
This year's CTSI Symposium opened this morning at Birmingham's Eastside Rooms. CTSI Chair Wendy Potts opened proceedings welcoming attendees to Birmingham and introducing the speakers and plenary session. Recorded speeches by CTSI President the Earl of Lindsay and Consumer Minister Paul Scully followed.
Almost half a million 18-24-year-olds lost over £500 to scams since first COVID-19 lockdown
Posted: 28/09/2021
A recent survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) discovered that 9% (479,880)* of 18-24-year-olds lost over £500 to scams since the beginning of the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in March 2020.
CTSI Symposium 2021 opens in Birmingham
Posted: 27/09/2021
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute’s (CTSI) Symposium will open at Birmingham’s Eastside Rooms on Tuesday 28 September, and run until Thursday 30 September. The event is the largest gathering of trading standards professionals in the UK.
CTSI Letter to the Consumer Minister - Possible Re-introduction of Imperial measures
Posted: 27/09/2021
CTSI seeks assurances that any plans to reintroduce Imperial measures will be based on a full consultation and impact assessment informed by professional bodies
