Trading and consumer advice

A number of leaflets are available from the Trading Standards Institute, which are designed to help businesses and consumers.

• Batteries
• Jewellery safety: metal content
• New and second-hand prams and pushchairs
• New nightwear
• Used car sales
• Toys
• Goods in rented accommodation
• Food imitations
• Refill shops
• Part-worn tyres
• Product safety: due diligence
• E-scooters
• Construction products
• Electrical equipment
• Mini motos, off-road vehicles, etc
• Second-hand electrical goods
• Second-hand gas cooking appliances
• New upholstered furniture
• Unsafe goods: liability
• Novelty, decorative and ornamental giftware
• Recreational craft (boats etc)
• General product safety: producers
• General product safety: distributors
• Leather goods
• Candles, diffusers, oil heaters, etc
• Electrically assisted pedal cycles
• Second-hand upholstered furniture
• Cosmetic products