Nottingham City Council Community Protection Trading Standards Service is warning householders to be on their guard against rogue builders. Householders may be making last minute improvements to their homes before winter sets in – and employing a builder can be a daunting experience no matter how big or small the project. As Nottingham Trading Standards […]
New legal powers are to be used by the City Council to crack down on rogue landlords and agents. Changes made to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 allow the Council to issue Civil Penalty notices up to a maximum fine of £30,000, which will take away the ill-gotten revenue obtained by landlords knowingly renting […]
People in Nottingham are being warned to keep an eye out for scammers, following a number of cases in the city. Designed to con consumers out of their money, scams are conducted via post, the internet, and by telephone to name but a few methods. In Nottingham City alone, there have been a number of […]
The City Council is contacting local Muslim community leaders to offer reassurance that tough action will be taken against all hate crimes following reports of an incident at a mosque in Edwards Lane, Sherwood this week. Notts Police have launched a hate crime investigation into the Sherwood incident leading to the arrest of two men […]
On Thursday 1st June 2017 Nottingham City Council Trading Standards Service conducted an underage test purchase operation. The purpose of underage test purchases is to reduce the level of sales of goods that can only be sold to those above a minimum age. This operation was run to test the systems of those traders Nottingham […]
Students in Nottingham are putting their hearing at risk by playing music on personal stereos too loudly, according to City Council Environmental Health Officers. The warning comes after officers surveyed students at the University of Nottingham on Wednesday 24 May as part of National Noise Awareness Week. They measured the decibel levels produced by the […]
Rogue traders and forceful doorstep sellers across the UK have been targeted in a UK wide week of action from Monday 8th to Friday 12th May. This is the 12th year that organisations as part of a multi-agency campaign have targeted rogue traders and highlight the dangers that consenting to have work carried out by […]
A persistent beggar has been banned from begging anywhere in Nottingham for the next three years following numerous complaints about his abusive and threatening behaviour. Nathan Jackson, aged 27, of no fixed abode, has been a regular sight on the streets of the city centre since 2015, approaching passers-by for cash. These incidents have happened […]
A phone repair shop boss has been fined over £1,300 after admitting his firm failed to make proper arrangements to dispose of commercial waste that was found dumped on an allotment. Community Protection Officers found fly-tipped items on land in Bobbersmill which included marked packaging, flyers, mail and customer till receipts that could be traced […]
Blocking a pavement with dumped household items including a sofa, mattresses and rugs before showing prospective tenants around a flat has resulted in a fine of over £2,200 for a Nottingham landlord. Mr Afzal Azad, of Bakersfield pleaded guilty at Nottingham Magistrates court on Wednesday 26 April to one offence of fly-tipping in August last […]