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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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UK ECC welcomes action against car hire companies in Europe
Posted: 29/03/2018
Consumer advice organisation UK European Consumer Centre (UK ECC) welcomes the news from the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) that it is launching its first direct action again car hire companies across Europe.
vlog welcomes CMA car hire enforcement action
Posted: 29/03/2018
The vlog (vlog) welcomes the news released today (29 March 2018) by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that enforcement action will be taken against car-rental websites for pricing practices that breach consumer law.
Underage sales put consumers and businesses at risk, warns vlog
Posted: 27/03/2018
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 toLondon Trading Standards.
Over £1 million saved from scams and fraudsters by West Yorkshire Trading Standards
Posted: 20/03/2018
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: 14/03/2018
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£71,992.04of 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: 13/03/2018
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: 09/03/2018
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
ASA research into consumer understanding of reference prices in ads
Posted: 08/03/2018
Price comparisons and savings are a familiar sight in ads, be it in online promotions for the latest gadgets, newspaper ads promoting discounts for the next grocery shop or TV ads offering savings on a range of household goods.It’s not a secret that everyone likes getting a bargain, and using “reference prices” (comparing the current price of a product to a higher price such as a previous selling price) is a great way to highlight good deals.
ASA clamps down on misleading pricing practices by secondary ticketing providers
Posted: 07/03/2018
Women should mark International Women’s Day by complaining more, says UK European Consumer Centre
Posted: 06/03/2018
Female UK consumers are being urged to complain more, as International Women’s Day approaches (8 March 2018).
Responsible knife sales vital to communities, says county trading standards leader
Posted: 05/03/2018
Responsible knife sales are vital for community safety, Staffordshire’s cabinet member for trading standards has said following a test purchase operation.
New slaughterhouse CCTV law will help safeguard animal welfare, say vets
Posted: 23/02/2018
Legislation to make CCTV cameras mandatory in slaughterhouses in England to safeguard animal welfare will be laid today (23 February) by Environment Secretary Michael Gove.







