On this page you will find a list of helpful business contacts. Click on the type of organisation you require for full details. For Southampton contacts, please go to our About Us page.

• Business Link Wessex
• Southampton Chamber of Commerce
• Enforcement services
• Office of Fair Trading
• Government departments
• Regulators
• Neighbouring Trading Standards departments
• Other organisations

Business Link

Southampton & Fareham Chamber of Commerce & Industry
The Independent Voice of Local Business
Bugle House, 53 Bugle Street
Southampton
SO14 2LF

Tel: 023 8022 3541  Fax: 023 8022 7426
Email: info@soton-chamber.co.uk
Web Site: www.soton-chamber.co.uk

Benefits Of Membership
Networking Events - expanding business contacts
Information & Advice - keeping you up-to-date
Training - maintaining your business potential through your people
Representation & Lobbying - the independent voice of local business
International Trade - developing your overseas markets
Specialist Desks - French & China Desks

Enforcement Services

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Market Towers
1 Nine Elms Lane
London 
SW8 5NQ
Tel: (0)20-7084 2000(weekdays 0900 -1700)
Tel:
Fax:(0)20-7084 2353
Web Site: http://mhra,gov.uk/

Government departments

Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
Fleetbank House
2-6 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JX
Telephone: (020) 7211 8000
Fax: (020) 7211 8800
Web Site: http://www.oft.gov.uk

FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY
Web Site: http://www.food.gov.uk/

Regulators

OFWAT
City Centre Tower
7 Hill Street
Birmingham
B5 4UA
Telephone: (0121) 625 1300
Web Site: http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/

OFGEM (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets)
130 Wilton Road
London SW1V 1LQ
Telephone: 0800 887777
Website: http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/

OFCOM
Riverside House
2a Southwark Bridge Road
London
SE1 9HA
Telephone: (020) 7981 3000 or 0300 123 3000
Website: http://www.ofcom.org.uk

Neighbouring Trading Standards departments

Hampshire Trading Standards Service
Regulatory Services


For further information visit http://www.hants.gov.uk/regulatory/tradingstandards/

Dorset County Council Trading Standards Service

For further information visit http://www.dorsetcc.gov.uk

Other organisations

Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services
10 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7SP
Telephone: (020) 7840 7200
Fax: (020) 7735 9977
Web Site: http://www.lacors.com/

Southampton City Council, Trading Standards Service, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY
Consumer Direct: 08454 040506 Business Advice/Buy With Confidence/Protecting the Vulnerable 032 8083 3002  Fax: (023) 8083 2656
Internet World Wide Web http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/southampton/
Electronic Mail: trading.standards@southampton.gov.uk