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CTSI response to appointment of new consumer minister
Posted: 08/01/2016
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: 07/25/2016
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: 07/06/2016
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: 07/01/2016
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: 06/30/2016
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.
