Trading standards
Trading Standards help protect the public, and honest businesses, from rogue traders and illegal practices. It's a team that advises, persuades and when necessary, prosecutes.
Trading Standards deal with a range of people and situations covering areas such as product safety, animal health, consumer credit, food, product counterfeiting, and lots more. Trading Standards in Watford is administered by Hertfordshire County Council. Contact details are:
45 Grosvenor Road
St Albans
Herts AL1 3AW
Tel: 0845 404 0506 (Consumer Direct for consumer advice)
Fax: 01727 813877
Tel: 01727 813849 (Business and commercial advice) Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm
Please also see links below to external sites for more advice and information on Trading Standards.
Trading Standards
A one stop shop for consumer protection information in the UK. The site is supported and maintained by TSI, the Trading Standards Institute. This site provides a wealth of information for consumers and businesses, schools, advice and information centres, community organisations, local councils, business support agencies and trade associations.
Consumer Complaints
Consumer Direct provides clear, practical, consumer advice. Their regionally based advisors are specially trained to give practical advice on all kinds of consumer issues - from problems with cars to faulty household appliances.
Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
The Department leads work to create the conditions for business success through competitive and flexible markets that create value for businesses, consumers and employees. It drives regulatory reform, and works across Government and with the regions to raise levels of UK productivity.
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