Trading Standards

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About Trading Standards

Information about Trading Standards including how to get advice and key areas of work.

Fair trading and pricing

Trading Standards enforces a wide range of legislation which ensures goods and services we purchase are described truthfully.

Product safety

If you import, produce or distribute goods, including second-hand, the law states they must be safe for the consumer to use.

Disposable vapes ban

The sale of single-use/disposable vapes is banned fromĀ From 1 June 2025.

Landlords, letting agents and property management companies

Information for landlords, letting agents and property management companies.

Trading Standards: privacy notice

How our Trading Standards team processes your data in accordance with legal requirements.

Auction premises registration

How to register an auction premises including how we evaluate applications.