Croydon Council is urging local firms to lease a cut-price electric van as part of a push to improve the borough’s air quality.
From October 2017 until 2020, companies in the borough can lease a 100% electric van […]
This weekend is a big one in the Croydon events calendar, not least because it sees Croydon officially announce its bid to become London’s first ever Borough of Culture.
If successful this will bring over £2million to […]
The danger of fire and personal injury caused by faulty or ill-maintained domestic electrical goods is ever-present in today’s appliance-driven homes.
Day five of London Trading Standards Week is focused on how trading standards officers can help prevent […]
Smokers in Croydon are being encouraged to sign up to Stoptober from Sunday 1 October and join the thousands across the country who are getting support to quit smoking for good.
The Public Health England campaign, now in […]
Parents, pupils and teachers at Harris Primary Academy Purley Way have been celebrating their state-of-the-art learning environment since the school started in its new permanent home this term.
Children in reception have now reached the end of their […]
The sale of age-restricted goods can be a legal minefield for the small trader.
Without access to the back-up and resources of a national organisation, the local shopkeeper can all too easily lose track of the latest legislation […]
Would you recognise the signs that someone you know is being targeted by fraudsters – and would you know how to report it?
Day three of London Trading Standards Week is focused on scams and doorstep sales, and […]
A council-run Croydon event for local businesses to hire applicants with disabilities returns in October.
The Reverse Jobs Fair, which is open to applicants with disabilities looking for everything from a permanent post to a temporary work placement, […]
A former furniture store in the Whitgift Shopping Centre is to be temporarily taken over by a consortium of local and neighbouring arts organisations.
Croydon Arts Store (CAS) will open its doors at the former site of Grange […]
Tenants and landlords in Croydon are finding that dealing with letting agents is a lot easier because trading standards officers are taking a tough line against agents that flout the law.
Day two of London Trading Standards Week […]