This page is for Trading Standards South West projects that assist businesses to grow but also meet their legal responsibilities through best practice. Some examples of this are the No Proof of Age No Sale programme, which is centred around the Challenge process in the sale of age restricted goods, and the Trading Standards Trader approval scheme – Buy With Confidence.

Letting Legally
What is Letting Legally? Letting Legally is a best practice guide, for landlords and letting agents. It offers advice on complying with the Tenant Fees Act. Introduced in 2019, the Act outlines payments that are permitted in respect of tenancies. The guide is produced jointly by Trading Standards South West… Read More
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No Proof of Age – No Sale
NPOANS is an interactive online toolkit aimed at all businesses and premises that sell age restricted goods or services. The toolkit is run and maintained directly by Trading Standards South West with a dedicated group of experts that ensure the toolkit is kept up to date with any current and upcoming legislation... Read More
Buy With Confidence
Buy With Confidence is a trader approval scheme that is run directly by Trading Standards. Where many other schemes are commercial, Buy With Confidence is not for profit - membership and application fees are done on a cost recovery basis and any money made is invested directly back into the... Read More
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Letting Legally
What is Letting Legally? Letting Legally is a best practice guide, for landlords and letting…Read MoreNo Proof of Age – No Sale
What is No Proof of Age - No Sale? NPOANS is an interactive online toolkit…Read MoreBuy With Confidence
What is Buy With Confidence? Buy With Confidence is a trader approval scheme that is…Read MoreTakeaways Toolkit
What is the Takeaways Toolkit? The Takeaways toolkit is designed for Businesses supplying Indian and…Read Moree-Learning for Businesses
e-Learning from Trading Standards South West Have you ever considered what e-Learning opportunities might be…Read More