On the left is Cllr Beric Read, Portfolio Holder for Community Engagement and Localism at St Albans City and District Council, on the right is Guy Pratt, Head of Hertfordshire Trading Standards
Hertfordshire Trading Standards has helped St Albans Market become the third market in the county to sign up to a national pledge to help fight counterfeiting and promote fair trade.
Cllr Barbara Dring and Mick Taylor.
In the run up to Christmas, Birmingham Trading Standards is teaming up with the council’s markets division, West Midlands Police and the Real Deal Campaign for Fake-Free Markets to ensure that illicit traders don’t sell fake goods to shoppers.
Pictured signing the Real Deal charter at Ashton-under-Lyne outdoor market are (left to right) Sharon Smith, Head of Environmental Services Tameside Council, Nicola Martin, Market Business Development Manager and Councillor Catherine Piddington.
On 8th October, Tameside Council signed the Real Deal charter for its five markets at Ashton-under-Lyne, Hyde and Stalybridge. It was a double celebration as Ashton Market has also become the 200th market to join the Real Deal scheme. Continue reading
At the NABMA Annual Conference on 18 September 2012, a presentation focused on how the Real Deal charter is applicable to all types of markets. Continue reading
Pictured left to right at the charter signing on 17 August 2012 are:
Paul Evans (Trading Standards), Gerry Shears (Market Manager), Dave Gibbs (Regional Manager, Town & Country Markets), Cllr Paul Gittings, Pollen Exeter (Consumer Protection Manager) & Matthew Golledge (Trading Standards Manager).
Shoppers in Reading will get the ‘real deal’ when they purchase items at the Reading Market as it has signed up to the Real Deal national markets charter.
At the Northern Ireland launch of the Real Deal, at St George’s Market, Belfast. Left to right : Pat Dyer, Chairman of the Belfast branch of the National Traders Federation; May Campbell, High Sheriff of Belfast; Eddy Leviten, Head of Communications FACT; ACC Harris, PSNI; Patricia Lennon, Real Deal Campaign Director.
Traders at St George’s Market have become the first in Northern Ireland to sign up to the national ‘Real Deal’ charter. The charter is awarded to well-run markets, which have procedures in place to prevent the sale of counterfeit and other illict goods in order to ensure that shoppers get real bargains and that the livlihoods of genuine market traders are protected. Continue reading
Legal and General are First Independent Market Operators to Sign the Real Deal Charter in Wiltshire Tuesday 29 May 2012
Shoppers in Trowbridge will get the ‘real deal’ when they purchase items at the Castle Place Indoor Market as it has signed up to the Real Deal national markets charter.
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.
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.
Picture caption: (L-R) Rebecca Whittaker, trader; Darren Rigby, Lancashire County Council Trading Standards, Jennifer Richmond, market trader; Martin Fahy, property services manager South Ribble Borough Council; Paula Halliwell, market manager; David Scott, Lancashire County Council Trading Standards, and County Councillor Mike France.
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.
The Real Deal initiative is seeing market traders, Lancashire County Council Trading Standards service and South Ribble Borough Council unite to crack down on counterfeits which damage legitimate businesses and see criminals profit from the proceeds.
The Northcote Street market is the latest in Lancashire to display the Real Deal brand – which tells consumers that traders have signed up to a code of practice to ‘self-police’ the market and take action if they spot anything suspicious.
Mike France the county councillor for Leyland Central said: “Leyland market is a great place to visit and I’m keen on anything that can protect residents from fake goods and can help to keep our local traders’ tills ringing and Real Deal does just that by showing people that they can spend with confidence when they visit the market.
“More visitors to the market will bring more visitors to Leyland and that helps the local economy.
“The traders themselves are best placed to know what’s going on in their own market – any business caught selling fakes damages the reputation and success of the whole market and it’s in everyone’s interest to be vigilant.”
Councillor Phil Smith, South Ribble Borough Council’s cabinet member for regeneration, leisure and healthy communities, said: “Leyland Market is really thriving – it’s fully occupied and we have traders on a waiting list for stalls.
“The market provides an environment for legitimate local businesses to trade successfully, and the Real Deal campaign will make sure it stays that way.
“Visitors can be assured that they will get a ‘real deal’ when they buy from our traders.”