Trading Standards advises e-bike buyer caution following 150% increase in fires. ... and these may well lack the “valid UKCA or CE mark” CTSI says you should look for.

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) said there was a risk posed by non-compliant e-scooter and e-bike lithium-ion batteries. The number of fires caused by such batteries in the UK has ...

Here are some Trading Standards safety tips: Only purchase e-bikes, e-scooters, chargers and batteries from reputable retailers. Ensure that any device you use displays a valid UKCA or CE mark.

But a Trading Standards officer told us they took no action, adding: “The real problems are illegal products.” Elfbar claims BAT’s complaint came after it snubbed a takeover bid. An ELFBAR ...

More than a million illicit vapes were seized in England by trading standards in 2023-24, a 59% increase on the previous year. The products failed to meet basic UK safety standards, ...

Rocio Concha, Which? Director of Policy and Advocacy, said: “ Trading standards teams do vital work to investigate and take action against firms ripping consumers off, but as our research shows, ...

Trading Standards organisation CTSI says it would “take the biscuit” to expect “rigorous and ongoing” enforcement of new HFSS restrictions, due to the “limited funding” available for its policing.

New consumer legislation in Guernsey will be put into law on 2 October, the States has confirmed. It said the Trading Standards Fair Trading Ordinance would bring much of the bailiwick "in line ...