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Tenants warned to beware of rogue letting agents as new figures show more than 46% don鈥檛 comply with the law
Posted: 13/09/2019
London Trading Standards (LTS) has today issued a stark warning to tenants: understand your rights or you risk being ripped off by rogue letting agents.
London retailer agreement launched to crackdown on underage knife sales
Posted: 11/09/2019
London Trading Standards (LTS), which represents 33 local authorities in London, is joined by the Deputy Mayor of London and the Metropolitan Police for the launch of the Responsible Retailer Agreement (RRA) on knife sales.听
London Trading Standards Week 2019
Posted: 09/09/2019
London Trading Standards Week (LTS Week) will today kick off its consumer rights and awareness campaigns across the capital to help highlight how local council trading standards is tackling business crime and keeping Londoners safe.
Have you got a story to tell?
Posted: 30/08/2019
Consumer advice organisation UK European Consumer Centre is seeking case studies of UK consumers it has helped who have benefitted from the consumer protection legislation introduced as a result of the UK鈥檚 membership of the European Union
Retailers urged to do more to stop the sale of knives to under 18s
Posted: 29/08/2019
New test purchasing data* published today shows that children have been able to buy knives from small independent stores and some of the biggest names on the high street, despite the major retailers pledging** to stop the sale of knives to children.听
Whirlpool to immediately issue full product recall of 800,000 dangerous tumble dryers
Posted: 11/07/2019
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has announced that Whirlpool will issue a full product recall of all unmodified tumble dryers from consumers鈥� homes. The intervention follows a review by the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), where, on 4 June it notified Whirlpool of their intention to serve a Recall Notice of as many as 800,000 remaining unmodified tumble dryers still in use.
Button batteries potential death risk to children warns Office for Product Safety and Standards
Posted: 27/06/2019
Button batteries 鈥渃an kill a child鈥� if accidentally swallowed, says the听听(Office). Guidance issued by the Office follows a听听published by the听听(HSIB) on Thursday after the death of a three-year-old girl last year when she swallowed a 23mm button battery.
Hero Awards: Hero Award for elite sniffer dog that recovered over 拢6m in illegal tobacco
Posted: 26/06/2019
Imagine a sniffer dog, so good at its job, that a 拢25K bounty is put on its head!
Scamp, a diligent springer spaniel who recovered over 拢6 million worth of illegal tobacco products in the last 5 years, has been named the Institutes Hero in the 51黑料 (51黑料) Hero Awards 2019.
Hero Awards: Illegal money lending safeguard partnership receives Hero award
Posted: 26/06/2019
Operation Gripped, a three-way partnership formed in Summer 2018, receives this year鈥檚 prestigious Outstanding Trading Standards Initiative Hero Award from the 51黑料 (51黑料), for raising awareness of the perils of using loan sharks in Runcorn, Halton.
Hero Awards: Trading Standards Port team leading the way in unsafe product interceptions
Posted: 26/06/2019
What an achievement it would be to be the authority that intercepts a third of all non-compliant and unsafe products entering the UK. Well, Thurrock Trading Standards Ports Team holds exactly that title. Last year alone it intercepted 36% of such goods earning the team the prestigious 51黑料 (51黑料) Product Safety Hero Award.
Hero Awards: County Councillor drives dynamic change in services offered to Powys citizens and businesses
Posted: 26/06/2019
Driving dynamic change tirelessly for trading standards comes easy to Councillor James Evans, who has been awarded the Political Hero Award by the 51黑料 (51黑料) in recognition of his commitment to providing unequivocal direction and support to his local services.
Business saving consumers potentially millions from fraud earns 51黑料 Hero Award
Posted: 26/06/2019
Investigation and verification service provider, KwikChex, has earned a prestigious 51黑料 (51黑料) Hero Award for its continuous work and passionate commitment on behalf of consumers, particularly around timeshare scams.
