An investigation by a consumer watchdog has revealed inadequate staffing levels for trading standards in many areas of the United Kingdom. As part of a Freedom of Information request into capacity and ...

Trading standards teams across the UK are increasingly deprioritizing investigations into scams, counterfeit goods and other crimes due to limited resources, according to new research by Which? The ...

Around 58,000 counterfeit vapes and tobacco products were seized from stores in Hampshire throughout 2025. Richard Strawson's ...

Unsafe levels of the banned chemical mercury have been found in two imported facial creams after Trading Standards officers ...

The haul included more than 10,000 unsafe and non-compliant products, including 800-plus fake Labubu dolls from a local market. Officers also removed 16,455 illegal disposable vapes, along with almost ...

Shoppers are being warned of fake goods following a rise in local listings advertising counterfeit products. Cornwall Council's Trading Standards team said it had noticed an increase in local sellers ...

An Oxford city centre bar has landed itself in hot water with the authorities.

A rogue roofer who scammed older residents out of thousands of pounds has been jailed, following a Trading Standards probe ...

The department of trade and industry is to award trading standards officers more authority and a GBP 5 million Government grant in a bid to boost the campaign against videogame piracy. The department ...