East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s trading standards service is set to feature on the new series of BBC One’s Defenders UK programme which broadcasts on weekday mornings.
Episode four will air at 10:00 on 30 September 2021 and will feature the council’s trading standards team, led by service manager Colin Briggs.
A director of a second-hand car business who misled consumers over the cars they bought, including failing to tell buyers their vehicles had previously been written off, and has been sentenced at Hull Magistrates Court.
Todor Neychev, 37, of West Hull admitted three offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations and one under the Road Traffic Act between April and May 2017.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Trading Standards Service is set to launch a major new initiative aimed at raising standards in the motor trade
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s streetscene enforcement and trading standards teams, working alongside partner agencies, including Humberside Police, HM Revenue & Customs
Last Friday Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, chaired a meeting organised by local residents of Lakeminster Park to hear their concerns about the threat of eviction from their holiday homes and the losses they had suffered as a result of alleged mis-selling by the developer. Many residents of Lakeminster Park claim to have been told by the developer that they would be able to live in the homes…
With the present buying season approaching, East Riding of Yorkshire Council is alerting companies and consumers to its powers to crack down on the over-packaging of goods. Authorities across the UK are taking action to stop over-packaging under The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003. Colin Briggs, trading standards manager, said: “Many companies have reduced their packaging, such as on cereal boxes, washing detergents, with many more now concentrates, or have…
A man from Beverley will be sentenced at Hull Crown Court next month after admitting defrauding the public of at least £300,000 in a period from October 2009 to January 2011. Appearing at Beverley Magistrates Court on 10 August 2011, Lee Dennis Noble of Wray Close, Beverley, who operated a quad bike and vehicle repair business in Cottingham, pleaded guilty to seven offences brought by East Riding of Yorkshire Council…
Residents facing crippling fuel bills to heat their homes and provide them with hot water can have confidence that they are getting the correct measurements of fuel that they have paid for as East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Trading Standards Service launches its new fuel initiative. Over the past year the cost of nearly all forms of energy having risen by an average of 15 per cent and in a…
An event held in Beverley saw drivers given advice as their vehicles were checked to make sure they are safe, road-legal, insured, and properly taxed. Stop-checks were made on cars at Norwood in Beverley on Wednesday, 29 September, to help keep everyone on the East Riding’s roads as safe as possible. Councillor Matthew Grove, portfolio holder for highways and emergency planning, said: “Reducing the number of people killed and seriously…
Drivers in Beverley have been given safety advice and had their vehicles checked to make sure they are safe, road-legal and properly taxed. Stop-checks were made on cars at Norwood in Beverley on Wednesday, 1 September, to help keep everyone on the East Riding’s roads as safe as possible. Councillor Matthew Grove, portfolio holder for highways and emergency planning, said: “Reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured on…