Business Advice

Are you looking for business advice? One of our leaflets may help you.

• Changes to UK hallmarking law
• Civil Law relating to the sale and supply of goods and services
• Consumer Protection Regulation guidance for businesses

• Descriptions and the sale of motor vehicles
• Distance selling regulations
• Doorstep selling guidance for businesses

• Garage services
• Guarantees & warranties for vehicles

• Labelling requirements for feeding stuffs
• Labelling requirements for textile products

• Mileages of used vehicles
• Model terms for internet retailers

• Notices for display on retail premises

• Price indications
• Pricing practices guide
• Prohibited sales of tobacco and related products

• Quantity requirements for alcoholic drinks

• Retail scanning

• Safety of goods in rented or let accommodation
• Selling safe second hand furniture
• Selling safe second hand electrical goods
• Selling safe second hand goods

• Unit pricing

• Weights & Measures guidance for cheese
• Weight requirements for jam, marmalade and honey
• Weights & Measures law on the sale of fish
• Weights & Measures guidance for greengrocery
• Weights & Measures guidance for meat & poultry
• Weight requirements for pre-packed potatoes

The Ask CEdRIC website has lots of useful information, tips, contacts and resources.
Click on the door marked Business Centre.

The Office of Fair Trading's website also has advice for businesses, including A quick guide to competition and consumer protection laws that affect your business, which you can download here or order from them.

The Financial Ombudsman Service offers advice to businesses which hold a consumer credit licence (click on the consumer credit >> link in the find quick information section on the right hand side of their homepage).