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Trade Advice Category

  • Online sales of age-restricted products
  • Company and business names
  • Displaying prices in hotels etc
  • Selling used vehicles
  • Protection from unfair trading (criminal law)
  • Motor vehicle servicing and repairs
  • Unfair contract terms
  • Consumer contracts: on-premises sales
  • Consumer contracts: off-premises sales
  • Consumer contracts: general
  • Protection from unfair trading (consumers' rights of redress)
  • Labelling of textiles
  • Mixed contracts
  • Landlords, letting agents and property management
  • Internet auction sites and marketplaces
  • Consumer contracts: distance sales
  • Consumer savings schemes
  • Delivery charges
  • Accurate descriptions
  • Business-to-business marketing
  • Antiques and antiquities
  • Returns policies
  • Supplying services
  • Digital content
  • Car boot sales
  • Payment surcharges
  • Selling and supplying goods
  • Environmental ('green') claims
  • Labelling of footwear
  • Membership logos and claims of approval
  • Mileage of used vehicles
  • Reviews and endorsements
  • Property descriptions: sale or let
  • Package travel and holidays
  • Sale and resale of tickets
  • Providing price information
  • Selling alcohol in licensed premises
  • One-day and occasional sales
  • Herbal medicine and health food shops

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

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