An investigation by a consumer watchdog has revealed inadequate staffing levels for trading standards in many areas of the United Kingdom. As part of a Freedom of Information request into capacity and ...

Trading standards teams across the UK are increasingly deprioritizing investigations into scams, counterfeit goods and other crimes due to limited resources, according to new research by Which? The ...

The haul included more than 10,000 unsafe and non-compliant products, including 800-plus fake Labubu dolls from a local market. Officers also removed 16,455 illegal disposable vapes, along with almost ...

A rogue roofer who scammed older residents out of thousands of pounds has been jailed, following a Trading Standards probe ...

The department of trade and industry is to award trading standards officers more authority and a GBP 5 million Government grant in a bid to boost the campaign against videogame piracy. The department ...

An Oxford city centre bar has landed itself in hot water with the authorities.

As many as three-quarters of UK garages are failing to service customers’ cars properly, with standards officers describing the situation as “dreadful”, Reuters reported. A damning survey reportedly ...