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Trading Standards

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Brighton & Hove Trading Standards aim to protect the interests of Brighton & Hove's consumers and businesses. If you are looking for information on buying goods and services, or would like some business advice, you can browse our Trading Standards website.

The Brighton & Hove City Council's Buy With Confidence, Trading Standards Approved scheme has now been launched. This aims to promote and support the good reliable tradesmen and businesses of Brighton & Hove, whilst in turn increasing consumer protection by providing an approved trader list.  If you are a business and are interested in joining the scheme, you can find the information for businesses here.

Telephone consumer advice and information in Brighton & Hove is now provided by Consumer Direct South East. Consumer Direct is a telephone and online consumer advice service, which is supported by local authorities in the South East of England, and by the Department of Trade and Industry.

However, if your message concerns Business Advice or other matters, please contact Brighton & Hove City Council Trading Standards.

Please take a look at these links for the latest information:

We are responsible for over 100 Acts of Parliament and more than 600 separate regulations. Our duties are carried out through inspection, sampling, testing, investigation and prosecution. In addition to our responsibilities under criminal law, we also increasingly inform, advise, and educate traders and consumers. This not only provides a service but also allows us to detect offences and highlight unfair trading practices.

We deal with a variety of consumer issues, such as :

  • dangerous goods
  • credit matters
  • counterfeit goods
  • clocked cars
  • short measures
  • animal health
  • underage sales
  • misdescriptions of goods and services

Consumer information and advice service

Business information service


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