Trading Standards Service Northern Ireland – Business Support
We want to play our part in assisting businesses based in Northern Ireland to grow and prosper.
We do this through providing expert assured advice and guidance that assists businesses understand how trading standards regulation affects them, reducing costs without compromising regulatory protections
We offer free advice and support to businesses regarding the following areas:
- Understanding rights and obligations under consumer protection legislation
- Accurate description of goods or services
- Clear price indication practices
- Ensuring pricing information is accurate and not misleading
- Use and compliance of weighing and measuring equipment
- Adherence to legal requirements for the weighing or measuring of products
- Issues related to counterfeit goods
- Compliance with package holiday regulations
- Compliance with estate agency regulations
- Rules related to holiday caravan parks
If you need advice regarding trading standards regulation, and your business is in Northern Ireland, you can speak to an advisor by calling Businessline on
0300 077 0323: Open - Monday - Thursday 0900 - 1700 and Friday 0900 - 1600
(except bank and public holidays)
- Alternatively, you can email tssbusinessline@economy-ni.gov.uk
- Or check the “Trading and the Law” written guidance published on Sales and marketing | nibusinessinfo.co.uk