Product Regulation and Metrology Bill laid in new Parliament

As part of the King’s Speech on 17 July, the new UK Government proposed to present the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, a critical piece of legislation that will affect all businesses involved in manufacturing, importing and selling products in the UK, in the next Parliament. Under the new Bill, the Government intends to address ‘modern […]

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More dangerous imports stopped at port

Trading Standards teams across the UK, particularly at seaports, continue to stop, assess, and reject dangerous and unsafe ladders that are destined for use in the UK. In June and July, there were nine Product Safety Reports released by the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) which detailed unsafe imported telescopic ladders from China having been […]

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Successful collaboration targets non-compliant and unsafe ladders at seaports

More than 10,000 ladders stopped since 2019 Ongoing research has proven there is a real and serious issue with the availability and use of substandard imported ladders on the UK market. To tackle this issue, the Ladder Association has been working in partnership with Suffolk Trading Standards Imports Team (Suffolk Imports Team), East of England […]

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Another 10 unsafe ladder consignments stopped at Port!

Chinese imports destined for Amazon Last month the Ladder Association highlighted a significant number of dangerous ladders from China that had been stopped at Port and thankfully didn’t make it into the homes of unsuspecting consumers here in the UK. Since then, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has issued a further 10 Product Safety Reports (another […]

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