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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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