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This site provides advice to businesses, to help them comply with the law. and the working of the Home Authority Principle.

If your business is located outside Northamptonshire and you wish to contact your local Trading Standards Service, then go to Trading Standards Central and enter your postcode.

If you are a Northamptonshire business, we can send you leaflets including those produced by other organisations such as the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

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Visit our guidance notes and leaflets page for further information using the link below.

Guidance notes and leaflets
Customised business advice Use a 'wizard' to select relevant advice leaflets tailored to your requirements.

This search will show all pages which match any of your selected words. Searching for 'food health' will find pages which include the words 'food' or 'health' but will not find part words, for example, a page containing the word 'heal'. The search is not case sensitive.

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Do I Need A Licence

Some businesses need to obtain a registration or licence before they can trade or sell certain goods. The PDF document below contains some of the most common requirements but there are others. Fees may be chargeable and the appropriate regulator will advise you of the current costs if applicable.

List of requirements

 

Other Sources of Business Information

Northamptonshire Chamber

Provides help, support, guidance and signposting for businesses covering business development, exportation, training, financial issues, expansion, funding and business data.

For further information go to Northamptonshire Chamber or contact info@northants-chamber.co.uk

Northamptonshire Business and European Information Centre (NBEIC)

Provides information on companies, the European Union, importing and exporting, and every aspect of running a business. NBEIC acts as a central point for business information with on-line databases, CD-Rom, books and journals. Referrals to more specialist sources of information and advice are made where appropriate.

For further information contact NBEIC on 01604 462049 or nbeic@northamptonshire.gov.uk.

Northamptonshire Co-operative Development Agency (NCDA)

Provides free advice to groups wishing to start co-operatives and practical help is available with market research, raising finance, finding premises and book keeping. Includes 'Livewire' which gives help, support and encouragement to people between the ages of 16 to 25 wishing to set up a business or prepare a business plan.

For further information contact the Co-operative Development Agency on 01604 259700. For further information go to Northamptonshire Chamber or contact info@northants-chamber.co.uk

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Northamptonshire County Council Trading Standards Service
Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 0GB
Telephone: (01604) 707900

Fax: (01604) 707901
Website: http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/northants/
Email: tradestd@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Copyright © Northamptonshire County Council Trading Standards Service 1999


Copyright © Northamptonshire County Council Trading Standards Service 2003

Northamptonshire County Council Trading Standards Service
Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 0GB
Telephone: (01604) 707900
Fax: (01604) 707901
Electronic Mail: tradestd@northamptonshire.gov.uk

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