News Room
Welcome to ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ'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.
MEDIA ENQUIRIES :Ìý We can provide expert opinion, comments and spokespeople on a wide range of Trading Standards, consumer protection and regulatory issues - or point you in the right direction. Please call our press office on 01268 582 240 or 07496 254 934, or email us: [email protected]
MPs debate financial scamming
Posted: 13/09/2016
Tackling financial scamming is a priority for the government according to the Home Office minister responsible for vulnerability and safeguarding.
Report highlights rise in illicit tobacco trade
Posted: 13/09/2016
Illicit tobacco products worth almost £1m were seized during Operation Henry 2 (OH2) – 18 per cent higher than the first operation, carried out by trading standards in 2014.
Trading standards success in reducing the prevalence of new psychoactive substances (NPS)
Posted: 07/09/2016
New figures demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of Scotland wide enforcement activity to reduce the harm caused by NPS sales.
Trading standards experts to attend political party conferences
Posted: 22/08/2016
Trading standards experts from ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ will be taking part in three of the major party political conferences later this year.
Motor Codes urges consumers to do their homework before buying a new car
Posted: 16/08/2016
Motor Codes advises motorists to do their due diligence and read the small print when buying a new car.
Study shows four in ten retailers flout laws on nicotine inhaling products
Posted: 09/08/2016
Almost 40% of retailers illegally sold nicotine e-cigarettes and vaping liquids to children and young people in the first national test purchase operation since the practice was banned. ÌýÌý
Total GB trading standards spend falls to £1.99 per person, per year
Posted: 08/08/2016
The government is accused of failing to adequately protect consumers and honest businesses after it emerged the total trading standards spend in Great Britain has fallen to just £1.99 per person, per year.
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ response to appointment of new consumer minister
Posted: 01/08/2016
Responding to the appointment of Margot James as minister for small business, consumers, and corporate responsibility, Leon Livermore, chief executive of the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, said:
Ìý
Warning over criminals posing as officials
Posted: 25/07/2016
People are being urged to guard themselves against fake officials after an elderly couple lost £900,000 in scam - involving a bogus trading standards officer.
Winner of national toy design competition announced
Posted: 06/07/2016
A teenager has scooped the top prize in a national competition that aims to raise children's awareness of consumer issues and aspects of product safety.
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ referendum statement
Posted: 01/07/2016
Leon Livermore, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ chief executive, said: “The EU has been good for consumers and many of our consumer rights and product safety laws come from the EU.
Banking specialist saves couple from potential £1m fraud
Posted: 30/06/2016
Trading standards experts have praised a banking specialist that saved a vulnerable couple who were being repeatedly targeted by scammers and were set to lose their £1 million life savings.
