Trade Advice Category

• Credit and other financial matters
• Hallmarking
• Intellectual property
• Fireworks: storage and supply
• Single-use carrier bags
• Single-use plastics
• Novel foods (including CBD and hemp)
• Company and business names
• Video recordings and games for sale and hire
• Cigarette lighter refills
• Energy rating information
• Alcohol: age restrictions
• Aerosol spray paints
• Crossbows, air weapons and imitation firearms
• Knives, other bladed items and corrosive substances
• Sunbeds
• Primary Authority
• Herbal medicine and health food shops
• Business scams
• Membership logos and claims of approval
• Trading Standards: powers, enforcement and penalties
• Car boot sales
• Environmental ('green') claims
• Goods in rented accommodation
• Energy Performance Certificates
• Am I in business?
• Energy efficiency of rented property: non-domestic
• Energy efficiency of rented property: domestic
• Payment surcharges
• One-day and occasional sales
• Botox and cosmetic fillers
• Composition and use of packaging
• Tobacco and vapes
• Protection from unfair trading
• Tobacco, vapes, etc: packaging, labelling and advertising
• Retail sale of pet food
• Protection from unfair trading - from April 2025

Information provided by the Chartered Trading Standard Institute. The county council is not responsible for this information.