Northampton Joins the Real Deal
18 May 2012 Northampton Borough Council, which operates the popular general market in the town centre, has signed the Real Deal code of practice with Northamptonshire Trading Standards, becoming the eleventh Real Deal market in the county.
18 May 2012

Salisbury shoppers get the real deal
Tuesday 27 March 2012 Wiltshire Council and Salisbury City Council have joined forces to help consumers get the ‘real deal’ when they shop at the city’s twice weekly market.
16 April 2012

Festival Market signs up to stamp out fakes
Monday, 19th December 2011 (PR11/0690) SHOPPERS at Morecambe’s Festival Market can be sure they're buying the genuine article thanks to a new campaign to stamp out sales of fake goods.
21 February 2012

Real Deal to keep Leyland Market free of fakes
Monday, 30th January 2012 (PR12/0040) SHOPPERS at Leyland Market can be sure they're buying the genuine article thanks to a new campaign to stamp out sales of fake goods.
21 February 2012

It's a Perfect 10 for Warwickshire County Council
21 December 2011 Warwickshre Trading Standards Department has whole-heartedly embraced the Real Deal concept and has now signed ten local market and car boot fair venues in the area. These include both council-run markets and privately operated car boot fairs. The first venues to join the scheme were a car boot fair and two markets operated by Nuneaton and Bedworth District Council, under the management of market operator Alan Ottey. These were followed by car boot fairs at Leamington Rugby Club and Stoneleigh Park operated by CJ's Events Ltd. Long Marston Market operated by G Matthews Markets Ltd and Atherstone Town Market, operated by Hinkley and Bosworth Borough Council, were next in line. Privately operated Bidford Car Boot Fair signed the Real Deal charter at the beginning of December. The most recent charter signings in Warwickshire were by Rugby First Ltd, which operates Rugby Famers Market and Rugby Open Market.
21 December 2011

MP COMMENDS THE REAL DEAL CAMPAIGN TO HOUSE OF COMMONS
21 December 2011 In the House of Commons adjournment debate yesterday, David Amess, conservative MP for Southend West, praised the Real Deal campaign, which encourages stronger cooperation between market operators and trading standards officers, in tackling the problem of fake goods sold at markets and car boot fairs. Mr Amess said:
21 December 2011

MPs HEAR FROM MARKET OPERATORS AND TRADING STANDARDS ON HOW TO PROTECT MARKETS FROM DANGEROUS FAKE GOODS
14 December 2011 The All-Party Parliamentary Intellectual Property Group yesterday heard from markets and trading standards representatives on how to stamp out counterfeit goods, and protect consumers and legitimate businesses in the process.
21 December 2011

OLDHAM COUNCIL SIGNS UP TO NATIONAL MARKETS CHARTER
16 December 2011 Oldham Council is the latest local authority to sign up to the Real Deal campaign, demonstrating its commitment to cracking down on counterfeiting and improving quality in the Borough’s markets. The council launched the Real Deal scheme on 1 December 2011 with a special display in its market hall providing information for shoppers and market traders.
16 December 2011

Shoppers in Wiltshire get the 'real deal'. Tuesday 24 November 2011
Tuesday 24 November 2011 Wiltshire Council is helping to make sure people get the 'real deal' when they shop at local markets. The council signed up to the Real Deal at Devizes Market on Thursday 24 November 2011, during National Consumer Week.
09 December 2011

Wigan and Leigh Markets sign up to Real Deal pledge.
29 November 2011. Considered one of the traditional cornerstones of British life, markets act as a hub for local communities and a thriving shop floor for legitimate traders. But sadly markets can also become susceptible to infiltration by unscrupulous crooks whose trade in illicit and counterfeit goods are threatening local economies, harming legitimate businesses and ripping off shoppers.
09 December 2011

National Consumer Week 2011
This year, the theme of the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) National Consumer Week is Good Sports Don’t Fake It. Between 21 and 25 November, Trading Standards Departments across the country will be highlighting the problem of fake sporting clothes and memorabilia sold at markets and car boot fairs as well as on websites, by street traders and other outlets.
24 October 2011

Northumberland signs markets real deal charter
Markets in Northumberland are the ‘real deal’ – and that’s official!
22 October 2011

St Helens Commits to Safe and Fair Markets
St Helens Council has signed up to the Real Deal charter, confirming its commitment to safe and fair market trading.
13 October 2011

Morecambe - the first Real Deal Independent Market in Lancashire
SHOPPERS at Morecambe market can be sure they're buying the genuine article thanks to a new campaign to stamp out sales of fake goods.
07 September 2011

North East Lincolnshire signs up to the Real Deal
MARKET organisers and businesses in North East Lincolnshire have signed up to the Real Deal campaign, helping to protect shoppers against fake goods.
01 August 2011

AWARD FOR REAL DEAL
6 May 2011: Recognition of the work of the Real Deal was marked in May when it received the prestigious Industry Initiative of the Year Award from the British Video Association (BVA).
01 July 2011

Real Deal sealed by Powys County Council and Royal Welsh Agricultural Society
Visitors will be getting the Real Deal at this year's Royal Welsh Show after Powys County Council and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society made a commitment to keep them free of fake goods by signing the Real Deal national markets' charter. The agreement is the first of its kind between a council and a market operator in Wales.
01 July 2011

Leicestershire Markets Use the Real Deal to promote Fake Free Zones
Markets in Hinckley, Melton Mowbray and Loughborough have all joined the Real Deal scheme, which is being promoted as part of Leicestershire County Council's 'Fake Free Zone' campaign.
12 April 2011

Bradford Bazaar Joins the Real Deal.
Bradford Bazaar has become the first privately run market in West Yorkshire to join the Real Deal scheme. Select4 Ltd, the company which runs the market on Cemetry Road, Bradford, signed the Real Deal charter with West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service following the lead established by Bradford Council, which signed the charter for all the Council-run markets last year.
14 February 2011

100th Market Joins the Real Deal Campaign for Fake Free Markets
Skirlington Market in East Yorkshire has become the 100th market to sign the Real Deal national charter, which has been designed to keep counterfeit con-men out of UK markets and car boot fairs. By signing the charter, the operators of Skirlington Market have pledged to work closely with East Riding of Yorkshire Council Trading Standards, and with copyright and trademark owners, to ensure that fake goods and other illicit items are not sold at the venue.
01 December 2010

Get the 'Real Deal' at a Cheshire East market
Cheshire East's markets are taking steps to cut-out counterfeiting ahead of the busy Christmas shopping period. Retailers at markets in Sandbach, Alsager, Middlewich, Crewe, Nantwich, Macclesfield and Knutsford have signed the Real Deal charter, announcing their refusal to buy and sell fake goods.
15 November 2010

Award winning Hitchin is a first for Hertfordshire
Following fast on its award as NABMA Market of the Year 2010, Hitchin Market has now also become the first in Hertfordshire to receive the 'Real Deal' stamp of approval.
25 October 2010

Bradford council pledges to ensure markets free of fake goods
Shoppers will be getting the Real Deal at markets across the district after Bradford Council yesterday made a commitment to keep them free of fake goods. The Council has signed up to the Real Deal national markets' charter for its markets at the Oastler Shopping Centre and Kirkgate Market in Bradford city centre, Keighley Market, Shipley Open Market and Bingley Open Market.
01 September 2010

Real Deal Scheme Goes Further in East Sussex
Following the introduction of the Real Deal national charter in spring 2010, East Sussex County Council's Trading Standards Service has continued its work with Sussex Police and Car Boot organisers to drive out people who sell fake goods at car boot sales.
27 July 2010

Darlington's markets are the real deal
Darlington Borough Council has become the first local authority in the North East to sign the national Real Deal Markets' Charter for its historic covered market in the town centre as well as the general outdoor market, craft market, farmers' market and the car boot sale held at Darlington FC football ground.
23 July 2010

It's a 'Perfect Ten' for Geraud in Liverpool
On 23 May, Williamson Square Sunday Market in Liverpool became the 10th market, run by Geraud Markets Liverpool Ltd, in the city to sign up to the Real Deal national markets charter. It is the latest in a successful collaboration, between Geraud and Liverpool City Council, to keep traders in counterfeit goods out of the city's markets.
08 June 2010

It’s the ‘Real Deal’ for Erewash markets
On 11 May 2010 Erewash Borough Council became the first local authority in the East Midlands to sign the national ‘Real Deal’ National Markets’ Charter for its historic markets in Ilkeston and Long Eaton. Erewash Borough Council has worked closely with Derbyshire County Council Trading Standards officers to introduce stringent vetting procedures to ensure that counterfeit goods are not sold at the local markets.
11 May 2010

Sealing the Real Deal
MARKET traders have signed a pledge to provide quality goods and top-notch service. Historic Lockmeadow Market in Maidstone is the latest to join the Real Deal campaign, an initiative by Kent Trading Standards to promote safe and fair trading.
21 April 2010

East Sussex gives counterfeiters the boot
People attending two car boot sale events in Polegate and Hastings will get further protection from counterfeiters thanks to an agreement between East Sussex County Council and the car boot sale organisers.
06 April 2010

Calderdale council launches west yorkshire into the real deal
On Friday 12 March 2010, Calderdale Council became the first in West Yorkshire to sign the Real Deal national markets' charter for its markets at Halifax, Elland, Brighouse, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden. The charter is gained by councils and markets that demonstrate a commitment to keeping their market as fake-free zones by barring anyone found to be trading in counterfeit and other illegal products.
06 April 2010

Conference agrees to make markets fake-free
On Friday 26th March the coalition behind the 'Real Deal Charter', the national campaign designed to banish illegal counterfeit and pirated goods from UK markets and car boot sales, came together to champion the Real Deal.
29 March 2010

Wandsworth Council and Geraud New Covent Garden Ltd say 'No!' to Counterfeit Goods
Geraud New Covent Garden Ltd and Wandsworth Council join forces to become the first private market operator and the first London Borough to sign the Real Deal national markets charter. A major development in the Real Deal national markets campaign took place on Tuesday 17 November when Wandsworth Council's Trading Standards Division signed the Real Deal charter with Geraud New Covent Garden Ltd, the operators of New Covent Garden Sunday Market.
04 December 2009

'World famous' market signs Real Deal charter
Bury Market shows its commitment to keeping counterfeiter off its pitch. One of the oldest and largest markets in the UK, Bury Market, has signed the "Real Deal" markets charter. The 200,000 square feet market was established in the 15th century and attracts 250,000 shoppers each week, visiting 370 stalls, selling over 50,000 product lines. The market is considered the 'jewel in Bury's crown' and has a reputation for excellence and consumer satisfaction, as a result it attracts local people and coach trips of shoppers keen to hunt down genuine bargains.
02 December 2009

UK's best indoor market is the Real Deal
Not only has it recently been named best indoor market in the UK, but now Warrington Market has achieved another quality standard by becoming one of the first markets in the country to sign-up to the Real Deal national markets' charter.
28 November 2009

Manchester Becomes the First Council in the UK to Sign the Real Deal Charter to Keep
Manchester City Council's Market Division was the first in the country to officially sign the recently launched Real Deal national charter on Wednesday 28 October at Manchester's Arndale Market. The charter is part of an initiative to keep dealers in counterfeit and other illicit goods from UK markets and car boot sales.
20 November 2009