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Illegal cigarettes and alcohol worth nearly £4,500 were seized by trading standards officers in a series of planned raids on seven retail premises across Birmingham yesterday (19 November 2015). Teams of officers targeted shops and off licences in east Birmingham using two sniffer dogs, as part of a continued crackdown on the sale of illicit […]
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Two men who ran a Birmingham-based mobility firm have been jailed for a total of nine-and-a-half years for fraud at Birmingham Crown Court today (5 November 2015). Birmingham City Council’s Trading Standards team and West Midlands Police launched an investigation into Frank Walters and Mark Murphy, the owner and sales manager respectively, of a firm […]
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Birmingham residents are being urged to attend a series of roadshows next month (2 to 6 November 2015) promoting new consumer rights which came into effect with new legislation on 1 October 2015. As part of National Consumer Week, Birmingham City Council’s Trading Standards officers will be visiting community venues across the city to provide […]
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Jacqui Kennedy, Acting Strategic Director of Place, urges people to stay safe as the nights get darker and people prepare for Halloween and Bonfire Night parties. This weekend ghosts and ghouls will be ‘trick or treating’ in scary disguises, so here’s some tips from Birmingham Trading Standards to help you avoid any horror stories. Fancy […]
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A Birmingham trader who was found to be selling illicit tobacco has been given an eight-month suspended jail sentence at Birmingham Crown Court today (20 October). Pritpal Singh Khurana, 36, of M&S News, 62-64 Herrick Road, Saltley, pleaded guilty to 10 offences under the Consumer Protection Act 1987, Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, […]
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A Birmingham man was jailed for five years and six months years for conspiring to ‘clock’ more than 4 million miles off cars, at Birmingham Crown Court today (9 October 2015). Rashid Mahmood, 42, of Heather Road, Small Heath, was found guilty of conspiring to commit fraud by selling or trying to sell cars with […]
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Illegal cigarettes worth about £25,000 were seized by Trading Standards officers in a series of planned raids on 12 retail premises across Birmingham on Wednesday (7 October 2015). Teams of officers targeted shops , off licences and a hairdresser’s in east and north Birmingham using three sniffer dogs, as part of a continued crackdown on the […]
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Birmingham Trading Standards officers have stepped up their campaign against rogue traders by visiting places where members of the public can withdraw money to encourage them to look out for and report possible victims. As part of a national day of action, officers visited 29 banks, building societies and post offices, to ask staff to […]
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Jacqui Kennedy, Acting Strategic Director of Place, explains why city retailers must heed new law on sale of e-cigarettes which comes into force next month. Since their introduction to the UK market as an alternative to smoking tobacco almost 10 years ago there have been calls for e-cigarettes to be better regulated. More recently there […]
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A Birmingham store was ordered to pay a total of £6,171 after pleading guilty to nine offences under the Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (4 September 2015). Maaz Supermarket Ltd, based at 229-233 Witton Road, Aston, was fined £2,450 and ordered to pay costs of £3,686.55p and a £35 victim […]
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