News Room
Welcome to ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø'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.
MEDIA ENQUIRIES :Ìý We can provide expert opinion, comments and spokespeople on a wide range of Trading Standards, consumer protection and regulatory issues - or point you in the right direction. Please call our press office on 01268 582 240 or 07496 254 934, or email us: [email protected]
South West Trading Standards project wins ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 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 ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø).Ìý
WRi Group Managing Director wins ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Hero Award
Posted: 20/10/2021
The Managing Director of WRi Group, Graham Mogg, has received a Business Award at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø's (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) Hero Awards.Ìý
Cheshire East anti-scam project wins ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Hero Award
Posted: 20/10/2021
The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) has recognised an anti-scam project in Cheshire East at its annual Hero Awards ceremony in London.
Southwark Trading Standards Enforcement Officer wins ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 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 ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø).
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.Ìý
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme wins ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Hero Award
Posted: 20/10/2021
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme was recognised by the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) at its annual Hero Awards ceremony.Ìý
Birmingham trading standards expert wins ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Hero Award
Posted: 20/10/2021
Senior Trading Standards Officer Tariq Mohammed has been awarded the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Hero Award for Intellectual Property (IP).
Reforming the framework for better regulation - ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø response
Posted: 04/10/2021
The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø response to theÌýDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) consultation.
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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.
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø welcomes new PAC report which states UK regulatory system lacks capacity and skills to meet the challenges it faces
Posted: 01/10/2021
The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) 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.
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø and OPSS launch magnet safety campaign
Posted: 29/09/2021
The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø), working with the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), is launching a safety campaign about magnets and magnet ingestion among children.
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø President the Earl of Lindsay highlights growth of CCAS scheme at Symposium opening
Posted: 28/09/2021
This year's ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Symposium opened this morning at Birmingham's Eastside Rooms. ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Chair Wendy Potts opened proceedings welcoming attendees to Birmingham and introducing the speakers and plenary session. Recorded speeches by ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø President the Earl of Lindsay and Consumer Minister Paul Scully followed.