Business - Trader Register for Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin

Shropshire County Council Trading Standards Service has joined forces with Telford and Wrekin Trading Standards to introduce a Register for Home Improvement businesses. It is a website designed to help consumers locate businesses who have committed themselves to fair and honest trading practices.

Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned that when they contact a trader to carry out any building or repair work on their homes they are at risk. Programmes such as Rogue Traders and House of Horrors cause consumers to worry about overcharging and substandard work. The trader Register gives local traders an opportunity to set themselves apart from so called "cowboys". The trader signs up to a code of practice which includes offering a commitment to fair and honest trading practices. The Register is not an approval scheme, but aims to reassure consumers that Traders who have signed up for the scheme, will work closely with Trading Standards.

The Register covers all trades within the home improvement sector, including external building works and driveways, to name a few.

The Trader Register Team offer advice to businesses and assist them to negotiate with consumers if a problem arises.

Cllr Hurst-Knight, cabinet member for Waste, Economy and Trading Standards with Customer Service Centre staff during their training on the Trader Register.

For more information on how you can register your business visit www.traderregister.org.uk

You can also download a leaflet giving an outline of the scheme.

You can also ring our business advice line at 01743 254144.

Click here if you are a consumer and would like information on choosing a trader.

Page last reviewed November 2007

Shropshire County Council Trading Standards Service
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6ND