A round-up of the latest trading standards prosecutions, including the prosecution of two letting agents for trading fraudulently.

A round-up of the latest trading standards prosecutions, including a pub chain fined for food safety breaches following a child's severe allergic reaction.

A weekly round-up of the latest trading standards prosecutions, including a man jailed for importing and selling £3.8 million worth of counterfeit goods.

A weekly round-up of the latest trading standards prosecutions, including a man sentenced for laundering proceeds of rogue trading.

A weekly round-up of the latest trading standards prosecutions, including a Salford van trader sentenced for running a long-running vehicle fraud operation involving misleading vehicle advertisements, fake service history books and odometer tampering.

What is a trading subsidiary? A 'trading subsidiary' is a company owned and controlled by a charity, or occasionally several charities, which has been incorporated in order to carry on a trade or business which: • the charity cannot itself carry on due to constitutional restrictions or concerns about business risk and potential liabilities, and/or • the charity cannot carry on in a tax-efficient manner A trading subsidiary is usually set up to generate income for the charity or charities, as the subsidiary does not have the restrictions to its trading activities that charities have. A trading subsidiary can be used to: • carry out non-primary purposes trading beyond the limits of the small scale exemption (see the Tax treatment of the charity guidance note) • protect a charity's assets from the risks of trading If the subsidiary company gives all or part of its profits to the charity (in place of a dividend) then it will not pay tax on those profits. Trading subsidiaries are not cheap to run and generate additional bureaucracy and

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. It summarises the law and key issues affecting businesses trading with consumers under contracts entered into before 1 October 2015 (when the Consumer Rights Act 2015 came into force). For contracts entered into after 1 October 2015, see our materials listed below. This Practice Note summarises the law and key issues affecting businesses trading with consumers under contracts entered into before 1 October 2015 (when the Consumer Rights Act 2015 came into force). It considers the terms of consumer contracts and the restrictions in respect of unfair terms and the reasonableness test, distance and doorstep selling, unfair trading, guarantees, cancellation rights, price and payment and online trading. For contracts entered into on or after 1 October 2015, see Practice Notes: • Consumer Rights Act 2015—summary • Distance, doorstep and on-premises sales • The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (pre-6 April 2025) [Archived] Introduction Contracts with consumers must be viewed from the consumer’s perspective as well as the trader’s. Consumer

Where the employer takes the responsibility for design and the contractor carries out the works. 

Where the employer takes the responsibility for design and the contractor carries out the works.

This Practice Note provides a basic explanation of traditional procurement in construction. It looks at why this type of procurement is used and also considers particular issues to take into account when choosing to follow this procurement route. When an employer decides to commence a construction project, the first stage is typically for it to engage an architect to carry out a feasibility study and to prepare a very basic design. If the architect advises that the employer’s proposals are achievable within the budget that has been set, the employer will then engage the architect and, typically, a number of other consultants (engineers etc), to develop the designs for the project and provide related advice. In the early stages of a construction project, the employer, usually with guidance from its professional team, will need to make a decision on how to procure the construction. There are various procurement routes and forms of contract to choose from and the employer’s choice will be influenced by the time available for tendering and for completion of the project, the

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Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain has announced that the Traffic Commissioner for the East of England, Richard Turfitt, concluded a public inquiry into Transport Manager Louise Froggatt, resulting in a formal finding of dishonesty and an eight-year disqualification from acting as a Transport Manager. The inquiry examined Ms Froggatt's involvement in submitting a falsified Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) on behalf of Joanne Louise Hewison, with the certificate purportedly issued by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport found to be fraudulent following investigation by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. Evidence revealed Ms Froggatt facilitated the appeal of failed CPC exam papers through an unverified third party allegedly connected to her former partner Paul Marshall, paying £195 in cash for the appeal which produced a counterfeit certificate. The inquiry also found Ms Froggatt published false employment information on LinkedIn claiming to have worked as a DVSA auditor. The Commissioner concluded Ms Froggatt had lost her good repute and imposed the eight-year disqualification from relying on her CPC qualification.