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Advice to business on trading standards laws

We can give expert advice and guidance to Dorset businesses on a wide range of trading standards matters.

    • Guidance notes
    • Trading Standards advice guides for businesses in Dorset including consumer rights, fair trading, food safety, weights and measures and animal health & welfare. Below are a series of general guidance notes for businesses that cover many of the popular areas of trading standards law.
    • Tailor made advice
    • Use our trading standards tailored advice service. Answer a few simple questions to get specific help and guidance for your business.
    • Web links
    • A collection of external websites providing guidance on legislation and best practice to traders.
    • Business advisor
    • Free advice available to businesses based in Dorset. If you are outside the county please contact the trading standards service where you are based.
    • Business newsletter
    • Below are a range of business newsletters and advice booklets that cover some of the more current trading standards issues and activities.
    • Home authority
    • We follow the Home Authority principle for Dorset businesses that operate regionally or nationally by promoting legal compliance through advice from a single point of contact.
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