The sale of age-restricted goods can be a legal minefield for the small trader.
Without access to the back-up and resources of a national organisation, the local shopkeeper can all too easily lose track of the latest legislation […]
A Norbury-based trader has become the borough’s first store owner to be handed a prison sentence for selling knives to underage customers.
Shakeb Hakime, of Norbury Discount Store, London Road, was sentenced to 10 weeks’ jail, suspended for […]
The sale of a large craft knife to two teenagers cost a Thornton Heath trader more than £5,000 in fine and costs when he admitted the illegal transaction to Croydon magistrates.
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The profit made on a single bottle of Becks beer was wiped out, many times over, for a Thornton Heath shopkeeper when he was fined for selling alcohol to two under-age customers.
Pleading guilty at Croydon Magistrates’ Court […]
The laws surrounding the sale of age-restricted goods are outlined in a course being offered, free of charge, to local businesses by Croydon’s trading standards department.
The “Fair Trading Award do you Pass?” accredited training course informs traders […]
Following a recent change to legislation that will see criminals facing substantial jail terms if convicted of a second knife offence, the success of Croydon’s trading standards team in preventing the sale of blades to youngsters has […]
Shopkeepers could face fines of thousands of pounds, under new laws to be introduced this autumn, if they sell e-cigarettes to anybody aged under 18.
Croydon’s trading standards team, however, is reminding traders that its free Do you […]
The dos and don’ts of selling age-restricted goods are outlined in a course being offered to local businesses by Croydon’s trading standards department, free of charge.
The “Fair Trading Award do you Pass?” accredited training course informs traders […]