More than £42 million in consumer harm was prevented as trading standards services are praised in a comprehensive report. Released today, the report highlights the ‘exceptional work delivered’ by trading standards teams across England and Wales – which also stopped 20 million illegal products from reaching customers. Compiled by the… Read More
Trading Standards
Fake shoe seller foots £95,000 fine
A counterfeit footwear seller has settled a £95,000 confiscation order – 10 years after the original conviction. Martyn Davis, 38, of Canters Leaze, Wickwar, appeared at Bristol Crown Court on Monday 13 May in connection with action taken under the Proceeds of Crime Act to recover money he generated from… Read More
Working together to stub out illegal tobacco
Illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth almost £13,000 in Gloucester are off the streets thanks to the efforts of officers from three different teams. Officers from Gloucestershire County Council’s Trading Standards, HM Revenue & Customs and Gloucestershire Police worked together following reports received from the local community about the sale of… Read More
Trading Standards warns against fakes this Christmas
Gloucestershire Trading Standards Service has been carrying out enforcement activity following reports of counterfeit clothing being sold at markets and through social media sites in Gloucester. Officers seized counterfeit items of clothing, including Burberry and Adidas children’s clothing, from a Gloucester car boot sale this week. The counterfeits had an… Read More
Gloucestershire man guilty of animal cruelty
A car wash owner from Lydney has been convicted under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 with causing unnecessary suffering to a ram. At Cheltenham Magistrates Court on Monday 19 November Farhad Khalil Ahmed was sentenced to a 12 month community order after pleading guilty to one offence relating to the… Read More
Plymouth joins the fight against criminal scammers
Councillor Sally Haydon, Cabinet Member for Customer Focus and Community Safety and Dr Ruth Harrell, Director for Public Health at Plymouth City Council have joined the Friends Against Scams campaign, an initiative that aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams by empowering communities to ‘Take a… Read More