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CTSI issues warning over COVID-19 ‘home-testing’ scams
Posted: 03/20/2020
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) is warning the public not to open their doors to bogus healthcare workers claiming to be offering ‘home-testing’ for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
New fake COVID-19 coronavirus update app
Posted: 03/18/2020
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has issued a further scam warning related to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
CTSI issues warning over new COVID-19-related scams
Posted: 03/17/2020
In the wake of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has issued a warning to the public about a series of new scams related to the virus.
Fuel retailer pleads guilty and fined £60,000 for selling petrol in a drinks bottle
Posted: 03/09/2020
Petrogas UK Ltd, operator of the Applegreen Petrol Station on Woodbridge Road in Ipswich, has been successfully prosecuted by Suffolk County Council’s Trading Standards.
Crackdown on illegal trade
Posted: 03/06/2020
Shops in Salford are being warned to steer clear of illegal cigarettes and alcohol by Salford City Council’s trading standards officers.