trading standards

26 Jun 2025

Going undercover to tackle underage sales

Teenagers have been helping to put the borough’s shopkeepers to the test, by seeing if they would illegally sell age-restricted items to them. Selling …

23 Apr 2025

Businesses urged to prepare for disposable vape ban

Retailers in the borough could face court action if they do not comply with a national ban on disposable vapes coming into force soon. …

16 Apr 2025

Fake designer goods land company in real trouble

The director of a Southall company has been handed a suspended prison sentence after being caught with 18 tonnes of fake luxury goods worth …

1 May 2024

Southall business prosecuted for health and safety breaches

A court has handed out fines totalling more than £30,000 after inspectors found staff were working in dangerous conditions at a local ‘cash and …

21 Dec 2023

Have yourself a fake-free Christmas

If you’re doing a spot of Christmas shopping, make sure you’re not buying counterfeit goods. That’s the warning from Ealing Council’s trading standards team, …

21 Jul 2023

Operation Cece: tackling illicit trade

On July 18, a multi-agency operation named Operation Cece took place in Ealing, led by the council’s trading standards team, to crack down on …

2 Jun 2023

Ice cream – smoothie criminal

Street traders have been warned to make sure they get the correct licences after the owner of an ice cream van was ordered by …

4 May 2023

Council cracks down on illegal sale of vapes to children

Three local retailers have been caught illegally selling highly addictive vapes to children, as part of a test purchasing exercise by Ealing Council’s trading …

16 Nov 2022

Undercover operation checks if knives sold illegally

Ealing Council’s trading standards team has been carrying out undercover visits to businesses to make sure they are not selling knives to children. Encouragingly, …

26 Sep 2022

Travel agent given prison sentence

A businesswoman who scammed holiday makers out of thousands of pounds has received a three-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. The travel agent …

7 Jul 2022

Southall business fined for stocking unlicensed erectile pills

A Southall business has been fined £8,000 after pleading guilty for intending to supply thousands of unlicensed erectile tablets and counterfeit goods, following a …

30 Jun 2022

Praise for Ealing’s trading standards in anti-counterfeit fight

Ealing Council’s trading standards team have received national recognition for its efforts in preventing unsafe and counterfeit consumer products from entering the retail market. …

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trading standards

Going undercover to tackle underage sales

Businesses urged to prepare for disposable vape ban

Fake designer goods land company in real trouble

Southall business prosecuted for health and safety breaches

Have yourself a fake-free Christmas

Operation Cece: tackling illicit trade

Ice cream – smoothie criminal

Council cracks down on illegal sale of vapes to children

Undercover operation checks if knives sold illegally

Travel agent given prison sentence

Southall business fined for stocking unlicensed erectile pills

Praise for Ealing’s trading standards in anti-counterfeit fight

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