Business advice

Chargeable business advice

What we can do for you

We support businesses by offering professional advice and guidance through our Chargeable Business Advice and Primary Authority Partnerships.

As a service we promote fair trading practices in Stoke-on-Trent and we know that regulation can sometimes feel overwhelming to any business. We now offer a personalised business advice service to provide local businesses with the help they may need. Whether you just want to clarify a specific issue or would like to find a solution to a complex regulatory problem we can help.

Chargeable Business Advice

  • We can offer face-to-face meetings to talk you through any consumer protection legislation that may affect your business
  • We can offer start-up advice for new businesses- for example advice concerning cancellation rights, distance and online selling, pricing and consumer rights, food composition and labelling, quantity marking, consumer product safety and Trade marks/Intellectual property issues.
  • We can offer information on changes to legislation which might affect your business
  • We can offer advice in relation to any printed or online marketing materials, fair contract terms and/or product labelling.

Why choose us

  • Our Trading Standards Team have extensive experience dealing with consumer protection compliance and enforcement, as they enforce a wide range of consumer protection legislation on a day to day basis.  
  • Our Trading Standards Team advise a variety of businesses ranging from start-up businesses to large international corporations and so they can understand the regulatory issues that arise and can tailor their advice to suit your needs.
  • Our professional advice and support can reduce business risk while allowing businesses to grow with confidence.
  • By obtaining our quick and easy advice this could save you time, money as we make it simpler for you to deal with the regulations that affect your business.
  • Our chargeable business advice is not for profit as we only seek to recover our costs at an hourly rate of £90 plus VAT
  • Our expertise lies in dealing with all aspects of Trading Standards legislation.

Pricing

An hourly rate for Fair Trading Business Advice is £90 plus VAT