Trading Standards is responsible for the enforcement of a wide range of legislation governing the supply and marketing of goods and services at all levels in the marketplace.
We advise Hillingdon residents and businesses on aspects of criminal law and enforce the law relating to:
- age restricted sales
- product safety
- claims and descriptions
- weights and measures
- trade marks / counterfeiting
- unfair trading practices
- scams and doorstep crime
- letting agents
- illegal money lending
- tobacco sales
Our current priorities are to:
- protect vulnerable residents from rogue traders
- reduce anti-social behaviour using a range of activities and actions to control the sale of age-restricted goods
- block counterfeit goods being traded in Hillingdon in order to protect legitimate businesses
- ensure that goods sold in Hillingdon are safe
- enforce legislation governing the accuracy of commercial weighing and measuring equipment