Hammersmith and Fulham colleagues receive FACT award

Posted on 3rd May 20233rd May 2023 by LTS Communications

Two H&F colleagues were recognised for outstanding contributions toward combatting intellectual property crime. Richard Murphy, Senior Investigation Officer, and Doug Love, Senior Trading Standards Officer, picked up a Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) Excellence Award on Wednesday 19 April 2023 in Birmingham. FACT’s Excellence Awards recognise the exceptional efforts of police and other law enforcement individuals across the UK
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Letting agents in London borough hit with £430,000 fines

Posted on 14th April 202314th April 2023 by LTS Communications

According to a report in The Negotiator the fines received by Tower Hamlets and for both illegal fees and failing to sign up to a redress scheme. The website states the London Borough has imposed fines of £431,851 on letting and managing agents in the last six years. Most of these fines, £308,101, were issued
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Edgware shopkeeper slapped with £3,300 fine for selling vapes to 14-year old

Posted on 4th April 20234th April 2023 by LTS Communications

An Edgware shopkeeper has been given a hefty fine after being caught selling a vape to a 14-year-old by Barnet Council’s Trading Standards team. Mr Sheroz Talib, owner of Fone Us Edgware, was charged with selling nicotine products to a person aged under 18 years old at Willesden Magistrates Court. Mr Talib had been observed
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£40,000 worth of illegal vapes taken off City streets set to be destroyed

Posted on 17th February 202320th February 2023 by LTS Communications

The City of London Corporation’s Trading Standard’s team has seized £40,000 worth of banned vapes from a Square Mile retailer. In November officers attended the premises as part of a wider programme of visits to shops selling the products. They confiscated a large quantity of non-compliant vapes from one shop which were in direct
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Anti-counterfeiting

Posted on 20th December 202220th December 2022 by LTS Communications

Fakes: Bad for business, bad for consumers London Trading Standards are at the frontline of anti-counterfeiting work in the capital. It’s important work – dealing in fakes is a criminal offence that not only harms legitimate businesses, but leaves consumers with sub-standard goods which are often unsafe. Every year across London we seize many thousands of
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Posted on 7th December 202223rd December 2022 by LTS Communications

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Undercover operation checks if knives sold illegally

Posted on 21st November 20227th December 2022 by LTS Communications

Ealing Council’s trading standards team has been carrying out undercover visits to businesses to make sure they are not selling knives to children. Encouragingly, almost all of the traders did not sell them. The ‘test purchasing’ exercise involved a 16-year-old visiting 10 premises in Ealing Broadway, West Ealing Broadway, Hanwell and Greenford. The operation was used
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London’s businesses and consumers protected as part of London Trading Standards Week

Posted on 26th September 20227th December 2022 by LTS Communications

Nearly £10 million pounds of illegal vaping devices have been removed from sale across London – in targeted ‘Cost of Living’ operations. Working together, all 33 London authorities have been tackling this issue and four other priority areas. Following the removal of illegal vapes from sale, the Independent British Vape Trade Association (IBVTA) wants to
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Rowdy Jack’s bar in Fulham fined £26k for breaking Covid rules

Posted on 27th July 20227th December 2022 by LTS Communications

The owner of a Fulham bar that broke Covid rules again and again, has been required to pay nearly £26,000 after a joint investigation by trading standards and licensing teams. Jack’s Café & Bar in Wandsworth Bridge Road was stripped of its licence in July 2020 after residents complained to Hammersmith & Fulham Council that the bar
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Tower Hamlets’ Hajj project returns to support pilgrims

Posted on 5th July 20227th December 2022 by LTS Communications

Tower Hamlets Council has relaunched its Hajj Project this year to provide Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia with useful health and travel advice ahead of their journey. The Hajj is an annual pilgrimage to Makkah. It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and must be carried out at least once in a Muslim’s
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