Stallholders in Kingston’s Ancient Market are signing up to a national scheme to promote fair and transparent trading.
The ‘Real Deal’ charter helps to ensure sellers operate fairly and minimises the risk of fake goods or other unfair or illegal trading practices, protecting consumers and helping traders to meet their responsibilities. Continue reading
A weekly Cleethorpes car boot sale is the latest recruit to North East Lincolnshire Council Trading Standards team’s Real Deal scheme.
The scheme was launched three years ago in a bid to stamp out the illegal trade in counterfeit goods and to ensure businesses are fully compliant with the relevant laws. Continue reading
North Ayrshire Council Leader Willie Gibson, right, signs the Real Deal Charter at Saltcoats market with Lesley Maby of Spook Erection and Scott McKenzie of Trading Standards.
North Ayrshire Council has teamed up with the operators of Saltcoats Market to make sure the public get the ‘Real Deal’ when it comes to bagging a bargain.
The ‘Real Deal’ initiative is a national campaign aimed at signing up market operators to the National Markets’ Charter, an agreement which sets out safeguards and standards for stallholders and customers. Continue reading
The Real Deal charter is a UK wide initiative that encourages local authority trading standards and market operators to work closely together and share information so that local markets remain free from criminal activity and are a safe environment in which to shop and trade. Continue reading
Glasgow City Council has signed an agreement with the Forge Market to ensure shoppers can always be confident of a Real Deal.
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Aylesbury & Winslow Market have signed up to the Real Deal with Buckinghamshire Trading Standards. Watch ITV Meridian News report here…
PANNIER market traders have vowed to outlaw “knock-off” goods in a bid to secure customer confidence and shed any remnants of a past “Del Boy” image.
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Celebrating the relaunch of the market and signing of the Real Deal Charter at Aylesbury.
Aylesbury celebrated the relaunch of the town centre market with a series of fantastic events, coinciding with the national ‘Love your Local Market Fortnight’ campaign. Continue reading
Stockport Council, Stockport’s Market Traders and the Teenage Markets have shown their commitment to tackle counterfeit goods by signing up to the ‘Real Deal’.
The ‘Real Deal’ is a Charter for local markets and Council Trading Standards teams to work in partnership to ensure that counterfeit goods are not offered for sale on the market. Continue reading
The Real Deal initiative is good for Ely’s Markets and shoppers. Ely Markets have signed up to be part of the ‘Real Deal’; an initiative to keep consumers safe and offering genuine, reliable goods.
East Cambridgeshire District Council – the organisers of Ely Markets – are the first in the county to sign the Real Deal national charter on Thursday 20th March confirming their commitment to safe and fair trading. Continue reading