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 […]
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 […]
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 […]