Local Trading Standards Authority

[streetlighter]

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Hi martin
I was told not to use it in yellow pages because if I dont behave myself they want the option to remove me from there list, and they cant remove the add in the yellow pages for a year.
But weekly paper and monthly adds they stop.
Trusting lot

Paul

[Martin]

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streetlighter wrote:I was told not to use it in yellow pages because if I dont behave myself they want the option to remove me from there list, and they cant remove the add in the yellow pages for a year

Having spoken today with Helen Woods (Business Support Officer, Hampshire Trading Standards) she concurred that Bedfordshire Trading Standards did take a more ‘hard line’ approach within their scheme regarding the use of their logo in advertising.

Hampshire did discuss this issue and concluded NOT to follow suit. Instead they do point out to traders that should they ever be excluded from their scheme, to inform their customers and advertisers of their exclusion. Furthermore Hampshire will monitor the activities of those excluded to ensure compliance.

So, as long as I remain in their scheme I can add their logo to my advert in future editions of Yellow Pages or wherever. Helen felt sure that Bedfordshire T.S will conform in a similar way to ‘fall in line’ with many other counties looking to implement similar schemes.

The good news in that regard is that since I first posted this topic a good few more have done just that, so at the last count we have the following list of those in it so far, followed by those already in the final stages of starting* : –

Bedfordshire
Devon
Surrey
East Sussex
Southampton City Council
*Durham
*Outer Hebrides(yes, even that far!!)
*Medway

When I get more information back in the next few weeks (from my insider contact 😉 ) I will publish it here. Meanwhile anyone interested but finding their local T S do not run a scheme as yet, can I suggest contacting them and simply asking when will they be joining in? You will find they enjoy such contact and are anxious to encourage cooperation with businesses/tradespeople and welcome any comments. The likelyhood is that now the majority of the South East of England Trading Standards Authorities is/has or will have started shortly, the rest of the UK will follow in the not too distant 😀

Martin

[Martin]

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Surrey County Council -Trading Standards now fully implementing the “Buy with confidence” scheme and are inviting applicants :-

http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/s … endocument

Martin

[Martin]

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Van stickers even! 😯

(Our new members in Hampshire may be interested in this thread?)

[ChrisR]

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Hi all.

When I went on to Trading Standards list of contractors,I was told that I could not put their logo in my advertising and that they did not exactley approve my company ie the council would not accept responsibility for any cock ups I made.

Fair enough,I did`nt expect them to.

I`m surprised some of you guys can use the ST logo,perhaps its a local thing?.

I`m on Age Concerns contractors list to and they catergorically say no advertising using there logo`s and insist on public liability cover.
They to say they do not approve of the contractor but build up a record of reports from pensioners who have used you.

Chris.

[Martin]

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All you guys over in Kent may be interested that Kent Tradings Standards are now taking applicants : –

http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/kent/Business.htm#bwg

[Martin]

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The scheme has increased now covering London boroughs, Bath, Milton Keynes and Nottinghampshire. 🙂

http://www.buywithconfidence.info/coverage/

[kladave]

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Martin wrote:The scheme has increased now covering London boroughs, Bath, Milton Keynes and Nottinghampshire. 🙂

http://www.buywithconfidence.info/coverage/

blimmey,have not heard of that county 😉

[Martin]

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Traders in Buckinghamshire and Essex can now join the scheme 🙂

[bagman]

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Martin wrote:The scheme has increased now covering London boroughs, Bath, Milton Keynes and Nottinghampshire. 🙂

http://www.buywithconfidence.info/coverage/

I’ve had the documentation on my desk for the last couple of weeks, I keep intending to get around to it.

I used to be on the ‘Age Concern’ recommended list of contractors and bloody hell they were a hard bunch to please! I never got much work from them but I did have the satisfaction that I was only one of a very few appliance repairers in Nottingham that made thier grade. 🙂

[admin]

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i joined this right at the start, 2 or more years ago get lots of work from it
so if you have not joined your missing out , because it gives peace of mind to the Customers , and work to the good guys 😆

canufixit

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