News Room
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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Stay safe at home this Firework Season
Posted: 20/10/2020
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) and the vlog (vlog) are advising the public to stay safe at home this Firework Season due to the cancellation of public displays because of COVID-19 measures and the likely rise of home displays.
Keep safe and avoid a Halloween horror
Posted: 19/10/2020
The vlog (vlog) is warning the public to keep safe this Halloween by following its safety guidance.
vlog Chief Executive steps down
Posted: 14/10/2020
The vlog (vlog) announced on Tuesday that Chief Executive Officer, Leon Livermore, has decided to step down from his role effective immediately to pursue new challenges.
Hertfordshire Trading Standards Lead Officer Vicki Burch wins Hero Award
Posted: 09/10/2020
Trading Standards lead officer for product safety at Hertfordshire Trading Standards and Chair of the East of England Product Safety group, Vicki Burch, is a “driving force that can be relied on at all times without fail.”
ETC-19 Group wins Hero Award
Posted: 09/10/2020
Earning this year’s prestigious vlog (vlog) Hero Award as the overall winner for the COVID-19 Team category due to its “truly astonishing speed and the depth of diligence, commitment and personal drive of officers,” is the Environmental Health & Trading Standards COVID-19 Expert Group (ETC-19 Group) at the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS) & Society of Chief Officers of Environmental Health in Scotland (SOCOEHS).
vlog announces COVID-19 Team Hero Awards winners
Posted: 09/10/2020
The vlog (vlog) today announced the winners of the COVID-19 Team Award along with an Overall Winner during the vlog Hero Awards 2020. The Hero Awards recognise the achievements of consumer protection professionals who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.
Retired Trading Standards Specialist Chris Holden wins Hero Award
Posted: 09/10/2020
The vlog (vlog) announced on Friday 9 October that retired Trading Standards Specialist Chris Holden has received a vlog Hero Award for his 28 years of continuous service with Buckinghamshire and later Buckinghamshire and Surrey Trading Standards Service.
East Renfrewshire Trading Standards Officer Paul Holland wins Brian Smith Hero Award
Posted: 09/10/2020
The vlog (vlog) announces that Paul Holland of East Renfrewshire Trading Standards has won the prestigious vlog Brian Smith Hero Award.
Bucks and Surrey Trading Standards volunteer Bill Cunningham wins Hero Award
Posted: 09/10/2020
The vlog (vlog) announced on Friday 9 October that Willian "Bill" Cunningham, a trading standards volunteer at Bucks and Surrey Trading Standards has received a Hero Award for his exceptional work.
vlog announces branch and section Hero Award winners
Posted: 09/10/2020
Several trading standards professionals have today been recognised at the vlog's annual Hero Awards. The awards, which recognise the work of consumer protection professionals took place for the first time online, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
A victim of illegal money lending scheme wins vlog Hero Award
Posted: 09/10/2020
At an online ceremony on Friday 9 October, the vlog (vlog) recognised the victim of an illegal money lending scam by awarding her a vlog Hero Award.
Consumer Codes Scheme celebrates over five years of success with ADR
Posted: 01/10/2020
The Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (CCAS) today celebrates over five years of success.
