Useful Business Contacts

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

• Business Link
• Enforcement services
• Government departments
• Regulators
• Neighbouring Trading Standards departments
• Other organisations

Business Link

The nine Business Links in London have merged to form one company, Business Link for London, to provide support for businesses like yours, across the capital.

Web Site: http://www.bl4london.com/

Enforcement services

London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA)

8 Albert Embankment
London SE1 7SD
Telephone: (020) 7582 3811
Website: www.london-fire.gov.uk
Email: info@london-fire.gov.uk

Metropolitan Police Service

Website: www.met.police.uk

Health and Safety Executive

HSE Infoline
Caerphilly Business Park
Caerphilly CF83 3GG
Telephone: 08701 545500
Fax: 02920 859260
Web Site: www.hse.gov.uk

HM Customs & Excise

National Advice Service: 0845 010 9000
Email: enquiries.lon@hmce.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.hmce.gov.uk

Information Commissioner's Office (Data Protection)

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Email: mail@ico.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Government departments

Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)

1 Victoria Street
London
SN1H 0ET
Telephone: (020) 7215 5000
Fax: (020) 7215 0357
Web Site: www.berr.gov.uk

Office for Public Sector Information (previously Her Majesty’s Stationery Office)

Web Site: www.opsi.gov.uk

Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Telephone: 08459 335577
Web Site: DEFRA Home Page

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

Regulators

National Lottery Commission

101 Wigmore Street
London
W1 Q1QU
Telephone: 020 7016 3400
Website: www.natlotcomm.gov.uk

Neighbouring Trading Standards departments

You can visit the website of another London Trading Standards Department by clicking www.lotsa.org.uk. You will be linked to LOTSA, the London Trading Standards Authorities' website.

The LOTSA website contains contact details for all London authorities plus other information relevant to London e.g. information for tourists.

Other organisations

Local Authorities Co-Ordinator of Regulatory Services

Local Government House
Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HZ
Telephone: 020 7665 3888
Fax: 020 7665 3887
Web Site: http://www.lacors.com