Press releases

Here you can find our recent news stories that relate to Trading Standards.

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January 2012

• Jailed mobility company bosses ordered to pay back criminal gains

• Investigation leads to suspended jail term for seller of fake England shirts

• Trusted Trader offer extended

December 2011

• Consumer Direct

• Trusted Trader free membership offer

• Licence suspended for under-age alcohol sales

• Investigation into fake England shirt sales leads to guilty court plea

• Second production ban for animal feed firm after court ruling

November 2011

• Warning to consumers and shopkeepers following illegal vodka seizures

• Illegal sales lead to loss of licence for Chesterfield trader

• Jail terms for mobility company bosses after aggressive sales to elderly

October 2011

• Trusted Trader free membership offer

• Voucher scam warning after rise in complaints

July 2011

• Telephone scam warning after complaints double

• Rogue mobility traders targeted after rise in complaints

• Crackdown on under-age sales in Derbyshire

June 2011

• Counterfeit goods seized at car boot sale

February 2011

• Council granted injunction against mobility company owner

• Pet cremation case - woman jailed