A new platform for Trading Standards

CTSI announces its plans for the future of the Journal of Trading Standards website

Obituary: Simon Keegan

Trading Standards has lost a bright, passionate and dedicated friend and colleague

Norfolk TS uncovers car safety failings

Recent inspections of used car sellers found unsafe tyres and unroadworthy vehicles

£386,000 of illicit goods seized

Manchester TS and GMP removed illicit vapes, tobacco and counterfeits from sale

Unsafe cosmetics in East Midlands

Non-compliant cosmetics were seized as part of a region-wide collaborative initiative

£258,000 illicit tobacco haul

North Northamptonshire Trading Standards found illicit products in a self storage unit

Wine investment scammers guilty

Three men who ran a complex investment scam have been convicted of fraud offences

Organised criminals hit with TS seizures

Northumberland TS has disrupted a criminal network with a large tobacco seizure

Counterfeit tobacco seller prosecuted

A shop owner in Barrow has pleaded guilty to Trade Mark and tobacco labelling offences

IPO launches new reporting tool

Trading Standards teams can report suspected IP crime on a new webform

Property rental scam hits London

LTS is warning of a new scam targeting renters in search of affordable housing

Firms fined for mis-labelled kebabs

Two businesses which sold mis-labelled meat products have been prosecuted

Belfast builder fined for incomplete work

A builder who took £20,000 for unfinished work must pay some of the money back

Tighter rules on cosmetic procedures

The Government has announced a crackdown on 'cowboy' practitioners

Lincs TS: record tobacco seizure

Huge quantities of illegal cigarettes and tobacco were seized from two shops

Illegal snus found on sale in Oxford shop

A shopkeeper has pleaded guilty to selling snus and a range of other offences