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Trade Advice Category

  • Credit and other financial matters
  • Intellectual property
  • Fireworks: storage and supply
  • Novel foods (including CBD and hemp)
  • Company and business names
  • Video recordings and games for sale and hire
  • Cigarette lighter refills
  • Aerosol spray paints
  • Crossbows, air weapons and imitation firearms
  • Sunbeds
  • Goods in rented accommodation
  • Energy efficiency of rented property: non-domestic
  • Energy efficiency of rented property: domestic
  • Composition and use of packaging
  • Energy rating information
  • Hallmarking
  • Car boot sales
  • Trading Standards: powers, enforcement and penalties
  • Am I in business?
  • Payment surcharges
  • Environmental ('green') claims
  • Botox and cosmetic fillers
  • Single-use carrier bags
  • Single-use plastics
  • Primary Authority
  • Protection from unfair trading (consumers' rights of redress)
  • Tobacco and vapes
  • Tobacco, vapes, etc: packaging, labelling and advertising
  • Membership logos and claims of approval
  • Alcohol: age restrictions
  • Herbal medicine and health food shops
  • Business scams
  • One-day and occasional sales
  • Protection from unfair trading (criminal law)
  • Knives, other bladed items and corrosive substances
  • Energy Performance Certificates
  • Retail sale of pet food

Information provided by the Chartered Trading Standard Institute. The county council is not responsible for this information.

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