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West Yorkshire Trading Standards: "Keep safe from rogue traders"
Posted: 16/10/2017
Following last weeks鈥� Safeguarding Week West Yorkshire Trading Standards wants to remind householders to stay extra vigilant about rogue traders arriving on their doorstep offering services and a recent increase in complaints.
Catering company fined after bride suffers allergic reaction on her wedding day
Posted: 13/10/2017
A catering firm has been ordered to pay more than 拢3,000 after serving a bride with a nut allergy cake containing almonds on her wedding day.
Warning after dangerous counterfeit mobile phones seized in Staffordshire
Posted: 12/10/2017
Counterfeit mobile phones with potentially dangerous chargers have been seized in Staffordshire by county council trading standards officers.
Victims of rogue car dealers to get over 拢11,000 compensation
Posted: 12/10/2017
Victims of rogue car dealers, John Hussey and Adam Wallis of DX Motors Ltd, Bideford, will receive more than 拢11,000 in compensation.
Young consumers go head to head at City Hall
Posted: 11/10/2017
The Mayor of London鈥檚 Peer Outreach Team hosted the London Regional Final of the Young Consumer of the Year on Friday 6听October at London鈥檚 City Hall.
Rogue traders who targeted vulnerable residents appear in court
Posted: 11/10/2017
Four rogue traders have appeared in court charged with conning vulnerable and elderly residents out of thousands of pounds.
Rogue trader jailed for conning elderly residents
Posted: 10/10/2017
A roofer who tried to pressurise elderly residents into paying for unnecessary work has been jailed for ten months.
Conman builder jailed following council investigation
Posted: 06/10/2017
A cowboy builder who conned people out of tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed following a successful investigation by North Tyneside Council鈥檚 trading standards team.
Business Companion publish consumer rights video guide for used car traders
Posted: 05/10/2017
Trading standards experts have today published a new听听aimed at used car traders to ensure consumers and businesses are protected under the Consumer Rights Act.
Animal ban for 鈥榟orror鈥� farm couple
Posted: 04/10/2017
A couple who kept pigs and sheep in 鈥榟orrific鈥� conditions at their East Sussex farm have been handed suspended jail terms.
Suspended sentence for fake lipstick seller
Posted: 04/10/2017
A man who sold fake MAC lipstick which had over 300 times the legal amount of lead in it has been prosecuted by Plymouth City Council鈥檚 Trading Standards.
51黑料 calls on government to address rise in 鈥榗ar clocking鈥�
Posted: 03/10/2017
51黑料听(51黑料)听Chief听Executive, Leon Livermore,听has听issued a听letter to the Department for Transport (DfT), calling听for restrictive measures to halt the increase in car clocking听following听their response to odometer adjustment fraud.听
