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CTSI can provide expert opinion on national trading standards policy and legislation. However, if you are looking for details of a specific case it is most likely a matter for the local authority trading standards team.
Underage sales put consumers and businesses at risk, warns CTSI
Posted: 27/03/18
Underage sales continue to pose an issue for trading standards services as children as young as 13 are still able to buy knives in London shops, according to London Trading Standards.
Over £1 million saved from scams and fraudsters by West Yorkshire Trading Standards
Posted: 20/03/18
Officers from West Yorkshire Trading Standards have prevented over £1 million being lost to scams and fraudsters targeting elderly and vulnerable consumers.
Vulnerable elderly consumers to receive compensation following investigation under the proceed of crime act
Posted: 14/03/18
Two rogue traders described by a judge as ‘an insult to cowboy builders’, recently jailed for over 4 years each, having been convicted of consumer protection offences, have now been ordered to pay back a total of £71,992.04 of their ill-gotten gains following a confiscation hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The confiscated sums will be used to compensate the victims in this case.
Counterfeiter and supplier of unsafe makeup prosecuted by trading standards
Posted: 13/03/18
Traders and individuals who decide to supply counterfeit and unsafe goods over the internet or through local supply chains could face legal action with substantial penalties, as well as losing all the money they have made from their criminal activities, Powys County Council has warned.
Decimation of Trading Standards services leaving older people wide open to risk of fraud
Posted: 09/03/18
Dramatic cuts in Trading Standards budgets since 2010 are leaving millions of older people at greater risk of becoming victims of fraud, according to a new policy report by Age UK
