Traders' advice
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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
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

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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Related pages
- Food information
- Home authority principle
- Trading standards enforcement policy
- Home improvements
- Under-age sales - trader information packs
Other useful websites (these sites will open in a new window)
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