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Category Archives: Trading Standards
Safety experts issue warning over the dangers of cheap imports
Excitement is building for families across Croydon over what presents could be found under the Christmas tree this year, but behind the shiny packaging often lurks choking hazards, toxic chemicals and sharp parts that could put kids in hospital Tens … Continue reading
Trading standards ‘postcode lottery’ is hitting Croydon hard
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Research by Which? magazine has found trading standards teams at councils such as Croydon’s to be ‘stretched to the point where it’s impossible for them to effectively carry out essential work’ There’s a good reason that Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon Council, Trading Standards
Tagged Church Street, Consumer Association, counterfeit tobacco, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Trading Standards, London Borough of Croydon, Stop and Shop, tobacco, Trading Standard, Trading Standards, Vapes shop, Which?, Which? magazine
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Council took 18 months to shut down counterfeit tobacco shop
The council has closed down a shop in the town centre for illegal sales of tobacco and vapes – 18 months after a member of the public raised the alarm over counterfeit goods. Stop and Shop at 79 Church Street … Continue reading
Council’s trading standards team wins London-wide award
Croydon Council’s trading standards team has been named as London’s Team of the Year. The annual London Trading Standards awards celebrate the achievements of dedicated officers across 10 award categories. London Trading Standards praised Croydon’s team for its efforts over … Continue reading
Trading standards get prosecution after swoop on vape shops
A West Croydon retail business has been ordered to pay a total of £2,588.09 in fines and costs after a successful prosecution brought by the council’s trading standards department for selling age-restricted vapes to a youngster aged under 18. Trading … Continue reading
Watch out! Those Taylor Swift online tickets could be a scam
Trading standards has issued a warning to residents about online ticket scams for Euro 24, the Paris Olympics and stadium concerts, like this weekend’s Taylor Swift gigs at Wembley, and music festivals like Glastonbury. “Fraudulent tickets are often sold on … Continue reading
Customs’ dogs sniff out £500,000-worth of illegal tobacco
Croydon Council trading standards team and HM Revenue and Customs have used specialist sniffer dogs to track down and seize illegal tobacco worth more than £175,000. Officers recovered 270,600 illegal cigarettes and 14.8km of hand-rolling tobacco from a storage facility … Continue reading
£100,000-worth of contraband tobacco seized in Waddon raid
A trading standards raid in Waddon last week seized 175,000 illegal cigarettes estimated to be worth more than £100,000. The discovery has prompted the council to issue an urgent health warning over sales of cheap tobacco, and the threat to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Trading Standards
Tagged cigarettes, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Trading Standards, Waddon
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Trading Standards delivers 17th court win against knife crime
A court case brought by Croydon Council Trading Standards against a firm selling dangerous weapons online to children has brought a prosecution and £25,000 in fines and costs against the company. The case, brought against Daventry-based Extreme GB Ltd, was … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon Council, Knife crime, Trading Standards
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Trading Standards, Lord Toby Harris
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Axed! Retailer hit with £19,000 fines for under-age online sale
The council’s Trading Standards department has secured another prosecution against a business selling potentially a dangerous weapon to a child. The latest conviction was brought against a Manchester firm that sold an axe online to a 13-year-old. It saw Topline … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon Council, David Wood, Knife crime, Trading Standards
Tagged Croydon Council, David Wood, Trading Standards
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Croydon has too few officers to police soaring knife crime
Incidents of knife crime in Croydon have nearly doubled in the past year, with 13 murders in the borough since January 2016. But police shortages in Croydon have become so bad that there were no officers available to visit the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Norbury, Policing, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Trading Standards
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Labour, Member of parliament, Norbury, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory
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Letting agent convicted of fraud over £15,000 of deposits
A letting agent – described by a Crown Court judge as being “thoroughly dishonest” – has been jailed for 19 months after making off with thousands of pounds of clients’ holding deposits. The trial of Thirugnanaselvam Damayantharan, of Demesne Road, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon Council, Housing, Trading Standards
Tagged Croydon Crown Court, Housing
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Energy sales pressure techniques sees council call in Ofgem
Complaints from councillors over high-pressure selling techniques used by door-to-door energy salesmen in Fieldway and New Addington has led to the council to refer an energy company to Ofgem, and effectively to advise residents to use a blunter approach on … Continue reading
