LETTING agents across the county are being reminded about new legislation which requires them to clearly display their fees.
East Sussex County Council’s Trading Standards team wants to ensure that all letting agents are aware of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which requires them to publicise a full list of their fees on their website and in their office. Continue reading
HUNDREDS of pounds will be returned, and advice offered, to East Sussex residents who have fallen foul of postal scams.
Trading Standards officers from the county council are planning a two day operation to return cheques to those duped into handing over money for bogus lotteries, prize draws and clairvoyant scams. Continue reading
PEOPLE in two areas of East Sussex are being urged to be on their guard for cold calling ‘cowboys’.
East Sussex Trading Standards issued the warning after receiving several complaints of rogue doorstep sellers operating in the Bexhill and Lewes areas. Continue reading
SPECIALLY-trained search dogs helped Trading Standards officers sniff out almost £25,000 worth of illegal tobacco in a series of raids in Eastbourne.
East Sussex Trading Standards enlisted the help of specialist detection dogs Phoebe and Scamp to seek out counterfeit brands and illicit foreign tobacco and cigarettes during its operation on Saturday, March 28 2015. Continue reading
