Trading Standards

Our aim is to work closely with the community ensuring that residents are protected against such crime.

Trading Standards promotes a fair trading environment for consumers and honest businesses in Cheshire West and Chester and helps to protect and support them. This is achieved through advice, education, working in partnership and law enforcement.

This area of the website contains advice and information for consumers such as advice on purchasing or returning goods and information for businesses about legislation and fair trading. There is also advice for businesses, farmers, motor trading companies and information about food and product safety.

Select the links below to find out more.

Not in Cheshire West and Chester? You can find details of your local Trading Standards office by using the postcode search at Trading Standards Central.

ERWIN

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ERWIN (Everything Regulation, Whenever It’s Needed) provides interpreted, simplified and prioritised information which covers all major Trading Standards legislation, along with links to a number of relevant resources on the web.

Shop a Shark

Trading Standards officers have joined with colleagues in Halton, Warrington and Merseyside to crack down on illegal money-lending, rooting out loan sharks and bringing them to justice.

If you have information to provide, go to the Shop a Shark page.

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