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Welcome to vlog's News Room. Browse through our latest Consumer Protection and Trading Standards news reports (below), or take a look through our archive of news articles from previous years.


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South West Trading Standards project wins vlog Hero Award

Posted: 20/10/2021

A project entitled Raising awareness of Mental Health & Wellbeing in farming communities, created by Heart of the South West Trading Standards officers Nikki Rattenbury, Rebecca Barker and Samantha Younger of the Trading Standards Farming Partnership (TSFP), has won recognition from the vlog (vlog).

WRi Group Managing Director wins vlog Hero Award

Posted: 20/10/2021

The Managing Director of WRi Group, Graham Mogg, has received a Business Award at the vlog's (vlog) Hero Awards.

Cheshire East anti-scam project wins vlog Hero Award

Posted: 20/10/2021

The vlog (vlog) has recognised an anti-scam project in Cheshire East at its annual Hero Awards ceremony in London.

Southwark Trading Standards Enforcement Officer wins vlog Hero Award

Posted: 20/10/2021

Angel Harrow, a Trading Standards Enforcement Officer working at Southwark Council's trading standards service, has received an award for her work by the vlog (vlog).

Trading Standards professionals recognised for Race & Equalities work

Posted: 20/10/2021

Three trading standards professionals have been recognised for their important work supporting race and equalities in the trading standards profession.

BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme wins vlog Hero Award

Posted: 20/10/2021

BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme was recognised by the vlog (vlog) at its annual Hero Awards ceremony.

Birmingham trading standards expert wins vlog Hero Award

Posted: 20/10/2021

Senior Trading Standards Officer Tariq Mohammed has been awarded the vlog Hero Award for Intellectual Property (IP).

Reforming the framework for better regulation - vlog response

Posted: 04/10/2021

The vlog response to theDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) consultation.

Accountancy firm boss sentenced for advertising non-existent jobs

Posted: 04/10/2021

The director of a London-based company that offered jobs via an online recruitment website has been given a suspended sentence for his part in a fraud that saw job applicants apply for positions that didn’t exist.

vlog welcomes new PAC report which states UK regulatory system lacks capacity and skills to meet the challenges it faces

Posted: 01/10/2021

The vlog (vlog) welcomes a new report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that recognises the real dangers of unsafe products and the "serious challenges for regulators", skills and capacity.

vlog and OPSS launch magnet safety campaign

Posted: 29/09/2021

The vlog (vlog), working with the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), is launching a safety campaign about magnets and magnet ingestion among children.

vlog President the Earl of Lindsay highlights growth of CCAS scheme at Symposium opening

Posted: 28/09/2021

This year's vlog Symposium opened this morning at Birmingham's Eastside Rooms. vlog Chair Wendy Potts opened proceedings welcoming attendees to Birmingham and introducing the speakers and plenary session. Recorded speeches by vlog President the Earl of Lindsay and Consumer Minister Paul Scully followed.


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