Business Information
We provide a wide range of business information in order to help businesses get it right first time.
We have arranged this information into the subject areas below or you may look at the alphabetical  What do you sell list? (pdf 64kb) to see what information is available for particular products or services.
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We can also provide other guidance material published by organisations such as the Office of Fair Trading and the Department of Trade and Industry.
Although the legislation we enforce is backed up by criminal penalties, in the vast majority of cases we endeavour to educate and advise businesses to achieve compliance rather than resort to prosecution.
Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (the CPRs) came into force on 26 May 2008 and implement the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (UCPD). The aim of the UCPD is to harmonise consumer protection laws across the European Union to prevent business practices that are unfair to consumers, and all member states are introducing equivalent legislation. The regulations replace a lot of consumer protection legislation including Part III of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (which dealt with misleading prices), the majority of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968, and the Control of Misleading Advertising Regulations 1988.
We are currently updating many of our business information pages to reflect the changes that these new regulations have brought about. In the meantime please see our general business guidance on the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (pdf 35kb).
Age restricted sales and tobacco control
Fair Trading
Fireworks
Motor vehicles
Product safety
Price marking
Weights and measures
Contact us
Southwark Trading Standards Service
Tel: 020 7525 2000
Fax: 020 7525 5705
tradingstandards@southwark.gov.uk
The Chaplin Centre
Thurlow Street
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