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#scambassador campaign urges scam victims to take action
Posted: 26/05/2016
Trading standards experts are urging people to report scams and attempted scams to the authorities in response to figures that suggest 95 per cent of such crimes go unreported.
Leading UK bank to sponsor consumer affairs conference
Posted: 19/05/2016
One of the UK’s leading retail and business banks is set to play a key role in one of the biggest events on the trading standards and consumer protection calendar.
National crack down against rogue traders
Posted: 15/04/2016
Rogue traders and forceful doorstep sellers across the UK were targeted in a national day of action on Wednesday 13 April 2016 as part of a week-long crime prevention initiative.
Concerns over doorstep selling
Posted: 29/03/2016
Trading standards experts are concerned that proposed changes around the household energy sector could see unscrupulous and potentially illegal sales tactics reintroduced once again.
Landmark trading standards trial sends a warning to dodgy salesmen
Posted: 10/03/2016
A training guide detailing manipulative sales techniques believed to be prolific in the direct sales industry has been criticised by a judge - following the UK’s longest ever trading standards trial.
Trading standards experts respond to Gov 'cutting red tape' review
Posted: 09/03/2016
Responding to the ‘cutting red tape’ review of local authority-enforced regulation, announced by the government today, Leon Livermore, Chartered Trading Standards Institute chief executive, said:
New Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform launched
Posted: 15/02/2016
New consumer protection laws have come into force aimed at making it easier for shoppers to resolve disputes with online retailers.
New Year quitters undermined by illegal tobacco trade
Posted: 04/01/2016
Smokers themselves are calling for action against the widespread availability of illegal tobacco in a report, published today (Jan 4), that shows attitudes to illegal sales continue to change.
Warning about dangerous counterfeit toys
Posted: 17/12/2015
Parents are being warned to be on their guard against counterfeit toys this Christmas after tests revealed some contained harmful levels of chemicals.
Thousands of unsafe 'hoverboards' detained over past seven weeks
Posted: 03/12/2015
More than 17,000 self-balancing scooters – or ‘hoverboards’– have been examined at national entry points since 15 October due to safety concerns*. Of these, over 15,000 (or 88%) have been assessed as unsafe and have been detained at the border.
Tobacco Control Survey published today
Posted: 30/11/2015
Virtually all illicit cigarettes failed fire safety tests conducted by trading standards officers in the first national study to consider the potentially deadly issue.
Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015
Posted: 26/11/2015
Responding to the Spending Review Melissa Dring, director of policy at the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, said it reaffirmed the need to restructure local services.
