Press releases
A senior member of the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) - Peter Denard, Surrey County Council’s trading standards chief for almost two decades - has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to local government and...
11 Jun 2011
A new online shopping directory has been created in a bid to help consumers avoid being ripped off online. Online counterfeiting and illegal shopping sites are a growing trend and more and more consumers are getting caught out. Fake luxury...
7 Jun 2011
The first reading has taken place in the House of Lords for The Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill. This is a hugely significant moment for the Trading Standards Institute, who has been campaigning for a change in consumer insurance...
17 May 2011
The Trading Standards Institute first highlighted misleading tactics used by utility doorstep salespeople in 2009 which drove us to then call for a ban on doorstep energy sales. Our campaigns have seen the Big Six energy companies agree to not...
11 May 2011
The UK European Consumer Centre is urging UK visitors to Europe to add an 11th key of ‘doing your homework’ to the ’10 Keys to Happier Living’ launched last month by the movement Action for Happiness.The UK ECC is telling...
10 May 2011
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