Conference Making their mark! Visit CTSIs priority bookers at the 2015 Conference and Exhibition, being staged at Bournemouth International Centre from 29 June to 2 July Advertising Standards Authority The ASA is the UKs independent regulator of advertising across all media. It applies the Advertising Codes, which are written by the Committees of Advertising Practice. Its work includes acting on complaints and proactively checking the media to take action against misleading, harmful or offensive advertisements. www.asa.org.uk Electrical Safety First Having a long-standing relationship and natural afnity with CTSI, Electrical Safety First undertakes a range of partnership activities with the institute. So attending the CTSI conference is a must for the charity, ensuring it keeps up-to-date with new developments and key contacts, with its workshops attracting considerable interest. www.electricalsafetyrst.org.uk Altia Solutions National Caravan Council As a proud CTSI corporate member, the National Caravan Council (NCC) provides information on its wide-ranging initiatives to protect consumers, and promotes industry best practice and high business/ product standards. This includes the NCC Approved Consumer Codes covering holiday home, tourer and motorhome sales. The NCC says: Lets work together come meet the team. www.thencc.org.uk National Measurement Regulation Office Federation Against Copyright Theft Since 2002, Altia has been creating specialist software to manage and support investigations effectively and efciently. Its software will save time, resources and money, and is trusted by police, government authorities, forensic accountants and nancial investigators across the world. To nd out why, visit Altias stand J7 in the exhibition area. www.altiasolutions.com Beama Beama is the trade association for the UK electrotechnical industry, representing more than 200 companies in the power, electrical and building sectors. Beama works with the UK government and law enforcement agencies around the world to crack down on the manufacture and distribution of counterfeit and non-compliant electrical infrastructure products. www.beama.org.uk Bond Solon Training Bond Solon is the UKs leading legal training company for non-lawyers. It provides accredited, competencybased training to trading standards departments, covering all areas of investigative work, to ensure that those with an investigative role have the condence and ability to collect, secure, and present effective evidence in legal proceedings. www.bondsolon.com British Toy & Hobby Association The uppermost concern of the British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA) is that toys are manufactured safely, so that customers can have condence in their quality and enjoy them to the full. Members of the BTHA adhere to a strict code of practice, which includes rules about safety and the ethical promotion and production of toys. www.btha.co.uk Citizens Advice Staff at Citizens Advice will be available to talk about how the service works, the data they capture and how this can be used by their partners. Delegates can also learn how Citizens Advice works with and engages its partners across the consumer landscape and current service developments. www.citizensadvice.org.uk CPR Global Call Blocker As a manufacturer and supplier of one of the market-leading CPR Call Blocker range of products, CPR Global supplies to retail, police, trading standards, protective agencies, distributors, resellers and high-prole members of society. It is also involved at government level with a taskforce to protect people from nuisance and scam calls. Please visit the team on its stand, E6. www.cprcallblocker.com Credit Services Association As the only national association in the UK for companies active in the debt collection and purchase industry, the Credit Services Associations members represent 90 per cent of the industry, and employ 15,000 people. At any one time, its members hold more than 60bn for collection, returning 3bn to the UK economy per year. www.csa-uk.com As the UKs leading trade organisation, the Federation Against Copyright Theft was established to protect and represent the interests of its members intellectual property (IP). Established in 1983, FACT works closely with statutory lawenforcement agencies to combat all forms of piracy, and its members include global and UK lm distributors, television broadcasters and sport rights owners. The creative industries support 1.7 million jobs in the UK and are worth 8.8m an hour to the nations economy. FACTs work is vital to ensuring that this important engine of the economy continues to ourish. www.fact-uk.org.uk Food Standards Agency Providing advice and information to the public and government on food safety, food standards and animal feed, the Food Standards Agency oversees local authority enforcement activities for food law. It sets and monitors standards, and audits the activities of local authorities to ensure arrangements are proportionate, consistent and transparent. www.food.gov.uk General Optical Council As the regulator for the optical professions in the UK, the General Optical Councils purpose is to protect the public by promoting high standards of education, performance and conduct among opticians. It currently registers around 26,000 optometrists, dispensing opticians, student opticians and optical businesses. www.optical.org Gough Square Chambers Specialising in Consumer and Regulatory Law, Gough Square Chambers wealth of experience has enabled the law rm to maintain its position as a leading specialist set in this eld for more than 20 years. It aims to be responsive to the needs of its clients, providing a friendly, exible, cost-effective and efcient service. www.goughsq.co.uk HPI As the UKs leading provider of independent vehicle information for use by regulatory bodies, HPIs National Mileage Register Check is an essential tool for trading standards in the ght against clocking and fraud. HPI offers low-cost rates for all trading standards departments. Visit the team on stand D12. www.hpi.co.uk IDOX Software Supporting more than 400 trading standards, environmental health, private sector housing and licensing departments, across more than 200 local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales, Idox software has a solution for you. Visit the team on stand F10. www.idoxgroup.com/softwaresolutions/regulatory-services.html Imaging Consumables Coalition of EMEA (ICCE) David Horn Communications As a corporate afliate CTSI member, David Horn Communications is pleased to announce that the team will be at Bournemouth stand G1 for the annual conference and exhibition. The company has been supplying specialist audio and video surveillance equipment, together with Police and Criminal Evidence Act interview machines, for almost 30 years. www.davidhorn communications.com Dyers Chambers The ICCE, a non-prot association, has 10 members: Brother, Canon, Epson, Hewlett Packard, Kyocera, Lexmark, OKI, Ricoh, Samsung and Xerox. The counterfeit imaging supplies market is estimated to be worth 1.6bn (about 1.16bn). ICCE has a worldwide reach and is ghting back against counterfeiting through education, lobbying, surveillance and prosecution. www.icce.net Competition and Markets Authority As a group of consumer protection law-enforcement authorities, the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN) works to protect consumers across the globe. The UK holds the presidency of ICPEN from 1 July 2015. Join the team at CTSI Conference to hear how you can engage internationally, and how you can be involved in the planned events for the year. www.cma.gov.uk Enforcing several areas of legislation, the focus of the National Measurement & Regulation Ofce (NMRO) is on the environment, including: the control of harmful chemicals in electronic products; assessing the legality of certain timber products; and testing the accuracy of energy labels. The NMRO seeks to simplify technical regulations for the benet of British businesses. www.gov.uk/nmro/enforcement Planet Zero Working in partnership with several trading standards services (TSS) in the UK, Planet Zero receives counterfeit items kindly donated by these TSS. Once received, the items such as CDs, DVDs, jewellery, plastics and much more are relabelled in accordance with brand owners and TSS, and reused or resold in its charity shops. It wholeheartedly welcomes any other authority that wishes to join it in this worthwhile cause. www.planetzero.org.uk Registry Trust Registry Trust allows people to search the public registers for court judgments, orders and nes for England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and the Republic of Ireland. Registry Trust also provides a range of commercial activities, from data supply to data enhancement and analytical services. www.registry-trust.org.uk Siteon Bespoke software applications designed, built and managed by Siteon are delivered on demand via the internet. Siteon applications are secure, easy to use, continually being modied and developed, fully managed and hosted by Siteon, and require no user licences or expensive equipment. www.siteon.co.uk Tangle Teezer British-made detangling hairbrush Tangle Teezer has achieved global success after being rejected by the Dragons Den in 2007. The brand has recently suffered a surge in the availability of counterfeit products and is dedicated to supporting enforcement agencies in their efforts to cut down on this type of crime. www.tangleteezer.com The Insolvency Service The Insolvency Service conducts fact-nding investigations into serious misconduct by companies and directors of insolvent companies. It receives complaints about live companies and reports from insolvency practitioners about company directors. After investigation it can wind up companies, disqualify directors, pass information to prosecutors, and cooperate with other regulators and agencies. www.gov.uk/insolvency-service The Property Ombudsman A free, impartial and independent resolution service for disputes between consumers and property agents is provided by The Property Ombudsman (TPO). With more than 24 years of experience, and with 14,000 sales ofces and 13,000 lettings ofces following our Codes of Practice, TPO is the primary property disputeresolution service. www.tpos.co.uk trueCall Theres lots going on in the nuisance call world! Come over to see trueCall and its team will update you on the new government-funding initiative, as well as show you the latest trueCall Care system. This is now being used by more than 100 local authorities around the UK to protect vulnerable consumers. www.truecall.co.uk Wagtail UK Dyers Chambers is an established set of barristers chambers, the members of which are recognised as leaders in the elds of consumer law, fraud, conscation and general crime. With proven expertise across the full range of trading standards work, it has been involved in some of the most high-prole and complex cases of recent times. It is a friendly and approachable set of chambers, and its staff prides itself on providing a professional and comprehensive service. Delegates are invited to visit the team at its stand at the conference in Bournemouth. www.dyerschambers.com Specialist trading standards recruiters Kenyon Block Consultants does more than just provide resource; it can provide a range of management solutions to ensure that you get the most from your budget. Visit the team at stand D5 in Bournemouth. www.kenyonblock.com Credits Published You might also like Images: Sam Atkins Thursday 28 May, 2015 Heading for the coast May 2015 Kenyon Block Consultants To share this page, click on in the toolbar Specialist detection-dogs company Wagtail UK provides a range of services to organisations, including government agencies such as the UK Border Force, trading standards, HM Revenue and Customs, the police and armed forces. Wagtail UK detection dogs work alongside health authorities in the ght against illicit tobacco. The company has multiple tobacco/cash dog teams available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. www.wagtailuk.com