Newcastle City Council

Trading Standards is the name given to local authority Departments formerly known as "Weights and Measures". They were so called as their primary function was to maintain the integrity of commercial weighing and measuring by routine testing of equipment and goods.

Advice to help you comply with Trading Standards legislation - From selling a used vehicle to how to make up and weigh your bags of potatoes, we have advice leaflets to cover all types of commonly asked questions.

Weights and Measures - Do you have weights or measuring scales which require testing or calibration?  Need to organise equipment verification? The Trading Standards Service can help!

Registration and Licensing - Information on applications for Licences for supplying and keeping a range of products including, poisons. Also, information and advice on obtaining a credit licence.

New Business? - If you have just started, or are about to start a Newcastle based business, we can offer free expert practical advice on complying with trading law.

Age Restricted Products - Do you sell age restricted products including alcohol. tobacco products, solvents, lottery and scratch cards?  We can help you and your staff avoid making illegal sales.

New measures to combat loan sharks and debt advice

Intellectual Property - Concerned about illegal sales of counterfeit items in your business or place of work? We can help with information and advice.

Want to speak to us about a consumer or trading law related problem?

Our staff can offer advice on a variety of legal issues to help local businesses. We are able to advise you about a range of consumer law and trading law issues for no more than the price of a phone call.  If you have a query about Trading Standards law you can give us a call on 0191 2116121 or email: tradingstandards@newcastle.gov.u k. For simple queries we might be able to advise you over the phone, or for more in depth enquiries and requests for guidance we can arrange to visit you and go through our advice in detail.