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Phone repair company fined for misleading claims
Posted: 17/01/2018
A Corby phone repair shop has been fined for falsely claiming to be an approved Apple repair centre and supplying original Apple parts to mobile phone and tablet users.
Halton Borough Council Trading Standards supports 'Why I borrowed' campaign
Posted: 17/01/2018
Halton听Borough Council is supporting a new campaign designed to encourage victims to come forward and report loan sharks after the Christmas period.听
Trading standards take action to drive up private car parking standards
Posted: 11/01/2018
Scottish local authority Trading Standards services have carried out a coordinated series of checks on car parks across Scotland in response to increasing levels of complaints from the public.
Suffolk Trading Standards officer named in New Year鈥檚 Honours List
Posted: 02/01/2018
A Suffolk Trading Standards officer and 糖心vlog官网 member has been named in the Queen鈥檚 New Year鈥檚 Honours List.
Directors jailed for 拢300k plus claims scam
Posted: 02/01/2018
Two company directors have each been jailed for three years after admitting a 拢300k plus claims scam involving fake compensation claims for mis-sold solar panels.
Businesses raided in pre-Christmas operations
Posted: 22/12/2017
Pre-Christmas operations by Ealing Council and Police have seized a vast amount of counterfeit and illicit items including Chanel and Gucci goods and 95kgs of Shisha.
Government unable to protect consumer rights states House of Lords Brexit Report
Posted: 20/12/2017
The Government 鈥渃annot ensure the protection of UK consumer rights鈥� after the UK leaves the EU, according to the House of Lords EU Justice Committee report published yesterday.听
COSLA agree to trading standards future workforce proposals
Posted: 20/12/2017
Following a lengthy review designed to better protect consumers and tackle the heavily declining numbers of trading standards staff, COSLA (the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) has responded to proposals to address the future delivery of Scottish local authority trading standards services.
Suspected fake designer goods seized in Trading Standards raids
Posted: 19/12/2017
Shoppers are being encouraged to heed consumer advice this Christmas after Barnet Trading Standards officers seized hundreds of suspected counterfeit designer handbags during raids on shops in the borough.
Unwanted gifts? Faulty goods? Know your customers rights this Christmas
Posted: 18/12/2017
The Christmas holidays are fast approaching, and consumers are flocking to the shops to pick up the latest deals.
Counterfeit Christmas toys flood the market
Posted: 14/12/2017
Parents frantically trying to find that听听for their child have been warned by authorities of scammers peddling potentially dangerous counterfeit goods.
Marking 10 years of consumer complaints 鈥� a hair transplant, masturbation aid, fingers in dog food, ghost-hunting and flowers
Posted: 13/12/2017
A ghost-hunting device, flowers, hair transplant, human fingers in dog food and a masturbation aid are just a few of the more bizarre subjects for complaints received from UK consumers by the UK European Consumer Centre consumer advice line within the past year.
