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Warning to councils over cuts to statutory services
Posted: 10/07/2016
A COUNCIL'S eleventh hour decision to conduct a more wide-ranging review of its trading standards function has served as a reminder to other authorities to think carefully about their statutory duties when making cuts - or risk being hauled before the courts.
New campaign to tackle criminal scams launched
Posted: 10/06/2016
A new campaign has launched today to raise awareness of scams and encourage people to take a stand against them.
Cheese and ham pizza please, hold the cheese and ham
Posted: 10/03/2016
TRADING standards officers investigating food fraud have caught a ‘fakeaway’ boss who was selling cheese and ham pizzas, that contained neither cheese nor ham.
New consumer crime tip-off tool launched for London
Posted: 09/22/2016
Fireworks trader fined £300,000 for unsafe storage
Posted: 09/19/2016
A national discount store has been fined £300,000 for unsafe storage of fireworks at its Tamworth premises.
