07/08/2017 Trading Standards will regulate compliance with, and enforcement of, the bans on the manufacture and sale of plastic microbeads* in cosmetics and personal care products when they come into force in England on 1 January 2018 (for manufacture) and

07/08/2017 Government proposals for a statutory Universal Service Obligation (USO) that would ‘as soon as possible’ give every home and business in the UK the right to request a high speed broadband connection has sparked an offer from BT for

20/07/2017 Consumers will no longer have to pay up to 20% extra for making purchases by debit or credit card after 13 January next year when the Payment Services Regulations 2017 come into force to consign rip-off card charges to

12/07/2017 The Law Commission is seeking views on draft clauses intended to complete a new Bill that will replace the Victorian-era statutes still used by individuals who want to pledge their own goods as security for loans or other obligations,

12/07/2017 London Trading Standards, Councils and health professionals are joining forces to stage a series of awareness-raising roadshows in locations across London this month to highlight the harm caused by the sale of illegal or cheap tobacco. The roadshows will