The Trading Standards Institute provides advice and guidance, please choose from the list below:
Miscellaneous trading standards advice
- Knives, other bladed items and corrosive substances 2024-07-01
- Video recordings and games for sale and hire 2024-06-28
- Sunbeds 2024-06-28
- Crossbows, air weapons and imitation firearms 2024-06-28
- Alcohol: age restrictions 2024-06-28
- Aerosol spray paints 2024-06-28
- Tobacco and vapes 2024-06-28
- Botox and cosmetic fillers 2024-06-28
- Company and business names 2024-06-21
- Herbal medicine and health food shops 2024-06-19
- Single-use plastics 2024-06-18
- Trading Standards: powers, enforcement and penalties 2024-06-13
- Cigarette lighter refills 2024-06-13
- The storage and supply of fireworks 2024-06-11
- Environmental ('green') claims 2024-06-11
- Goods in rented accommodation 2024-06-11
- Credit and other financial matters 2024-06-11
- Tobacco, vapes, etc: packaging, labelling and advertising 2024-06-11
- Hallmarking 2024-06-11
- Membership logos and claims of approval 2024-06-11
- Intellectual property 2024-06-11
- Retail sale of pet food 2024-06-11
- Business scams 2024-06-11
- Car boot sales 2024-04-25
- Novel foods (including CBD and hemp) 2024-01-16
- Consumer protection from unfair trading 2023-12-13
- Energy efficiency of rented property: non-domestic 2023-10-19
- Energy efficiency of rented property: domestic 2023-10-19
- Energy Performance Certificates 2023-10-04
- Composition and use of packaging 2023-05-03
- Primary Authority 2023-03-09
- Payment surcharges 2023-01-27
- Energy rating information 2022-12-21
- One-day and occasional sales 2022-08-11
- Single-use carrier bags 2022-08-03