Warrington Trading Standards

15/06/2026

Warrington Environmental Health would like to congratulate Tomlins Bakehouse on achieving a 5⭐ food hygiene rating! This excellent result reflects their dedication to maintaining the highest standards of food safety and hygiene. Food Hygiene ratings help give customers confidence when choosing where to eat—well done on this fantastic achievement and keep up the great work! 👏⭐

15/06/2026

Prepare for Va**ng Products Duty — What you need to know

From 1 April 2026, businesses must apply for approval for Va**ng Products Duty and the Va**ng Duty Stamps Scheme before they come into force on 1 October 2026.

What you need to know:
- Va**ng Products Duty is a flat rate of £2.20 per 10ml of va**ng liquid.
- The Va**ng Duty Stamps Scheme will require stamps on va**ng products.

You’ll need to take action if you:
- manufacture va**ng products
- store duty-suspended va**ng products
- act as a UK representative to buy duty stamps for an overseas manufacturer
- apply early to make sure you’re approved in time for the changes.

Read the full guidance on https://orlo.uk/CBzbi: https://orlo.uk/BxdVv

14/06/2026

If you keep bird please register them.

Why register your birds?
• You will receive text or email alerts if there is a disease outbreak in Great Britain (GB).
• You will receive text or email alerts if you fall within a Disease Protection or Surveillance Zone. These are 3km and 10km zones around the infected premises where additional biosecurity is needed.

By knowing what the disease situation is, you can take action to protect your birds.

Help to protect your birds by registering.

Visit: https://orlo.uk/gnwkD for England and Wales, https://orlo.uk/e8gOl for Scotland.

13/06/2026

🚂 Don’t let a delayed train signal failure for your UK holiday. Take a look at what your options are for travel or compensation:
https://orlo.uk/VdvV8

13/06/2026

Super sniffers! 🐾

https://www.warrington.gov.uk/news/detection-dogs-help-sniff-out-over-250000-illegal-cigarettes

12/06/2026

The Trading Standards North West Youth survey reports an impressive 94% of 14-17-year-olds in our area report that they have never smoked a cigarette.

While this is encouraging news, we must acknowledge that there are still numerous retailers who are selling age-restricted products to minors. If you witness such activities in Warrington, please report it here https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/get-more-help/if-you-need-more-help-about-a-consumer-issue/.

12/06/2026

National Licensing Week🙂

Day 5 – Business and licensing
Licensing essentially exists to regulate business activity in order to protect people. From small independent businesses such as taxi drivers and home boarding establishments to large multinational businesses such as those affected by primary authority partnerships, there is a golden thread of licensing regulation intertwined in all of it. In fact, there are very few business sectors where licensing regulation is not a relevant factor.

11/06/2026

If you’re thinking about booking your summer holiday, and consider booking a packing holiday. You’re more protected if something goes wrong or if you need to cancel.

What's classed as a package holiday? 🤔

Whether you planned on staying in the UK or going abroad, it’s probably a package holiday if you’ve booked 2 or more travel services from a travel organiser for the same holiday at the same time.

Check what you may be entitled to based on your reasons for cancelling: https://orlo.uk/xPzKQ

11/06/2026

National Licensing Week🙂

Day 4 – Night time
The UK’s night time economy has played an important role in the cultural life of most people in the UK and continues to do so both in local communities and on the national stage. Almost every aspect of the UK’s night time economy touches on licensing to some degree, whether it be alcohol, entertainment, levies, EMROs, regulating the distribution of promotional material, closure powers or sexual entertainment.

11/06/2026

Rogue traders continue to target residents across the whole UK, moving from Borough to Borough. Frequently organised they can target any of us … you might not report them, you might put it down to a poor decision, but the next person might not be as able to cope with the financial loss, emotional pressure ….

🚪 Doorstep crime isn't opportunistic. It's organised.

This afternoon at , the Alloway Suite hosted one of the most important conversations of the week: how do we actually disrupt the rogue trader networks causing real harm to some of the most vulnerable people in our communities?

Katherine Hart, CTSI's Lead Officer for Doorstep Crime, Scams and Consumer Vulnerability, joined Diane Bryson from Trading Standards Scotland and James Walker from Trusted Payments for a session that didn't pull its punches.

Resources are stretched. The threat is growing. And the people being targeted — often older, isolated, or vulnerable — deserve better than a system that's struggling to keep up.
The session tackled what meaningful disruption actually looks like: partnership working, licensing schemes, and the kind of cross-sector collaboration that rogue traders are counting on us not to do.