Ashfield District Council: Trading Standards

Trading Standards

Nottinghamshire County Council are the responsible trading standards authority which covers Ashfield. They cover over 60 acts of Parliament and over 1000 UK and European Regulations covering many areas of business including:

Age Restricted Sales
Animal Health and Welfare
Consumer Credit
Consumer Safety
Estate Agency and Property Misdescriptions
Fair Trading
Food (Composition & Labelling)
Hallmarking
Petroleum and Explosives
Pricing
Road Traffic
Trade Descriptions
Trade Marks
Weights and Measures

Trading standards officers undertake regular inspections, investigations, test purchases, surveys, verifications and sampling to ensure compliance with trading standards legislation. Where necessary, serious contraventions are reported, which can result in legal action being taken by the service against the trader/individual.

For more information please contact Nottinghamshire County Council Trading Standards team on 01623 452005. You can also obtain further information by visiting the following websites:

Nottinghamshire County Council Trading Standards
Specialist business advice and help complying with trading standards legislation.

Trading Standards Central
Resource for consumer protection information in the UK.