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Traders' advice

Buy with confidence

Information and advice for local traders to help you ensure your business provides a fair and consistent service to consumers.

Buy with confidence

This scheme helps businesses comply with the law improving consumer protection. It brings together a list of gardeners, plumbers, builders and many other types of business, all of which have been individually checked for trustworthiness and compliance with consumer protection laws. 
Visit our buy with confidence pages.

Licences

Apply and pay for a licence.

Sales of fireworks

An annual licence enables sales year-round (subject to legal constraints).

Registration enables supply and sales during the following periods:

  • 15th Oct - 10th Nov
  • 26th Dec - 31st Dec
  • Chinese New Year and three days preceding
  • Diwali, and three days preceding
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Training hub for retailers

The Office of Fair Trading has provided a comprehensive and up to date guidance on the Sale of Goods Act (SOGA) for retailers and business support organisations. The hub is a training tool for retailers to provide information to their staff around the issues that they deal with on a day to day basis. It is really useful for independent traders.
Sale of Goods Act hub  

More information

Request for more information form.

Please telephone to make an appointment for verification work.

For more information call 0845 3708090 or email tsd@buckscc.gov.uk

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