Trading Standards

Booking a holiday to beat the winter blues is one of the most popular New Year activities and, every January thousands of people make plans for a well-deserved break at home and abroad.

Belmont Academy pupils will represent South Ayrshire in the Scottish Finals of the UK Young Consumer of the Year competition.

With the frenetic Christmas shopping rush already upon us, many are letting the internet take the strain this year by doing our Christmas shopping online.

South Ayrshire Council has discovered that nearly 60% of tanning salon operators in South Ayrshire are allowing under 18s to access unhealthy sunbed sessions.

South Ayrshire Council is issuing a warning to householders in the local area, as they suspect a rogue building and roofing gang is operating in the area.

South Ayrshire Council is once again offering residents of South Ayrshire free electrical safety checks on their electric blankets.

South Ayrshire Council is reminding residents to follow good practice when dealing with doorstep callers, who often use the summer months to get out and about.

South Ayrshire Council has welcomed changes to tobacco legislation that gives Councils increased powers to tackle any breaches of the legislation and also introduces a new registration scheme for those selling tobacco.

Selling cigarettes to a 15-year-old customer proved to be a costly sale for an Ayr chippy, which received a £100 fine for selling products to an underage person.

Emails that promise large tax refunds, letters telling of big lottery wins and offers from fake ticketing websites are just some of the scams being targeted by South Ayrshire Council this month as part of its 'Scamnesty' campaign.

A couple from Bothwell in Lanarkshire have been fined at Ayr Sheriff Court for falsely describing jewellery for sale at Ayr's Sunday market as silver.

South Ayrshire Council is working to smoke out illegal tobacco and cigarette sellers with a new high-profile campaign in conjunction with Strathclyde Police and HM Revenues and Customs.

South Ayrshire Council has recently been working closely with trading standards services across the West of Scotland, checking local post offices to make sure the public are being charged correctly for letters and packets they post.

In the lead up to Bonfire Night this Friday, South Ayrshire Council and Strathclyde Police are working together to ensure you remember remember the fifth of November for all the right reasons.

Thanks to the efforts of trading standards officers from South Ayrshire Council, the owners of an Ayr shop were fined a total of £1,250.

South Ayrshire Council recently held its Open Days for Schools in the Trading Standards Office in River Terrace, in Ayr.

South Ayrshire Council is warning the public to be on their guard if they receive an unexpected phone call advising them they are due a refund of part of their Council tax payment.

Although summers is still officially here, South Ayrshire Council is preparing for the colder weather and encouraging people with electric blankets to get a free safety check on them.

South Ayrshire Council is issuing guidance to motorists using privately owned car parks in the wake of an unprecedented number of complaints from drivers receiving penalty charge notices.

South Ayrshire Council is warning local consumers to avoid being taken in by two of the latest telephone scams that could be costly and upsetting.

South Ayrshire Council has been recognised by the drinks industry for its educational and enforcement work in preventing cheaper and counterfeit products being passed onto customers as more expensive brands.

A second local business has pled guilty to selling age restricted products to young persons after a series of spot checks by South Ayrshire Council assisted by young volunteers.

Over 40 fake and tampered Identification cards have been retained by local pubs and clubs in the last few months after crack down on the use of fake ID to gain access to licensed premises.