Scuppering the scammers
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 […]
September 2017
Recruitment fair returns for jobseekers with disabilities
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, […]
Croydon’s first arts store to open in the heart of town centre
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 […]
No welcome mat for rogue letting agents
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 […]
Keeping knives off the street
Testing traders’ knowledge of, and adherence to, the law where the sale of knives is concerned is a key tool of Croydon Council’s trading standards team in combating the capital-wide problem of knife crime.
Figures published by London […]
FREE Warhol lectures from US pop-art expert, Henry Koelsch
Anyone with an interest in pop-art should book a place on two unmissable free lectures lined up this weekend as part of Warhol Croydon month.
Renowned art dealer and Warhol expert, Henry Koelsch, is visiting Croydon from […]
Have your say on the Good Evening Croydon finalists
Five exciting and diverse proposals that each aim to bring a unique offering to Croydon’s nightlife have been shortlisted in the council’s Good Evening Croydon project.
Earlier this year, local organisations were asked to submit their creative concepts […]
Keeping the rogues in check
With an established reputation across the capital for its effective work in combating issues including under-age knife sales, doorstep trading scams and rogue letting agents, Croydon’s trading standards department is supporting the first London Trading Standards Week.
London […]
Small Business Commission presents recommendations to boost growth for Croydon SMEs
Croydon’s Small Business Commission yesterday presented the findings of their investigation and recommended actions to boost the growth and success of local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
More than 100 businesses attended the event at the council’s Braithwaite […]
Business and director ordered to pay over £9,000 for fly-tipped waste
A landlord and its company director whose South Norwood property was used as an illegal rubbish dump have become the 171st prosecution under the council’s Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride campaign.
At Croydon Magistrates’ Court on […]