guidance for businesses

Please click on the titles below to see our leaflet summaries.

You can enter your postcode in the field at the bottom of this page to see if your local trading standards has the full leaflet versions available on their website.

A guide for business on textile labelling
(for all nations)

A guide for retailers on footwear labelling
(for all nations)

A guide to the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008
(for all nations)

A guide to the trading standards law applying to licensed premises
(for all nations)

Advice to Chinese herbal medicine shops
(for England, Wales and Northern Ireland)   

Advice to Chinese herbal medicine shops
(for Scotland) 

Advice to restaurant owners and managers
(for England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Advice to restaurant owners and managers
(for Scotland)

Advice to takeaway businesses
(for England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Advice to takeaway businesses
(for Scotland)

Business names
(for all nations)

Displaying prices in hotels and guest houses
(for all nations)

Doorstep selling – guidance for traders
(for England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Information for estate agents - property descriptions
(for England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Information for estate agents - property descriptions
(for Scotland) 

Membership and approval logos, and claims of approval
(for all nations)

Mileage of used vehicles
(for all nations)

Price marking of goods for retail sale
(for all nations) 

The composition and use of packaging
(for all nations)