Switching on to safer electrics
The danger of fire and personal injury caused by faulty or ill-maintained domestic electrical goods is ever-present in today’s appliance-driven homes. Day five of London Trading Standards Week is focused on how trading standards officers [...]
Stoptober – the 28-day quit-smoking campaign – is back
Smokers in Croydon are being encouraged to sign up to Stoptober from Sunday 1 October and join the thousands across the country who are getting support to quit smoking for good. The Public Health England [...]
School community celebrates new state-of-the-art building
Parents, pupils and teachers at Harris Primary Academy Purley Way have been celebrating their state-of-the-art learning environment since the school started in its new permanent home this term. Children in reception have now reached the [...]
Offering support to Croydon’s small businesses
The sale of age-restricted goods can be a legal minefield for the small trader. Without access to the back-up and resources of a national organisation, the local shopkeeper can all too easily lose track of [...]
Scuppering the scammers
Would you recognise the signs that someone you know is being targeted by fraudsters – and would you know how to report it? Day three of London Trading Standards Week is focused on scams and [...]
Recruitment fair returns for jobseekers with disabilities
A council-run Croydon event for local businesses to hire applicants with disabilities returns in October. The Reverse Jobs Fair, which is open to applicants with disabilities looking for everything from a permanent post to a [...]
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