CTSI Conference 2017 In this feature exhibitors topical issues book your place Conference calling! With CTSI Conference just around the corner, TS Today reveals the details of more exhibitors who will be joining the institute in Harrogate from 26 June British Standards Institution (BSI) is the UKs national standards body that facilitates the development of good business practice. Standards build consumer trust by helping to make products and services safer, of higher quality, sustainable and secure. Trading standards experts can shape tomorrows standards too come to the BSI stand to find out how. www.bsigroup.com/en-gB/ Checkatrade has connected consumers with local recommended, vetted and monitored tradespeople since 1998. Its partnerships with trading standards are a powerful advancement in consumer protection against rogue traders. The continued work with its primary authority Kent County Council and existing trading standards partnerships leads the fight against doorstep crime. www.checkatrade.com As a consumer protection charity, Electrical Safety First (ESF) has a long-standing relationship with CTSI and has undertaken a range of partnership activities with the organisation and its members. ESFs stand always attracts a high level of interest and its consultancy services are already proving beneficial to CTSI members and attendees. www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk Gough Square Chambers specialises in consumer and regulatory law. Its experience has enabled it to maintain its position as a leading specialist in this field for more than 20 years. It aims to be responsive to the needs of its clients, providing a friendly, flexible, cost effective and efficient service. www.goughsq.co.uk Kenyon Block Consultants is a natural partner during these uncertain times for trading standards. It understands your needs better than any other organisation and looks forward to working with you to ensure you achieve the outcomes you are looking for. Visit Kenyon Block Consultants on stand D1. www.kenyonblock.com KwikChex is an internationally renowned online investigation, verification and resolutions business. An important part of its work is cooperation with law enforcement and consumer organisations. It is able to provide evidence of breaches of consumer protection regulations and to identify those responsible. KwikChex is a corporate affiliate member of CTSI. www.kwikchex.com Marks and Clerk is a well-established intellectual property firm with more than 125 years experience, advising clients about protecting patents, trademarks, designs and copyright. In addition, it works proactively with innovative businesses to identify their IP assets and offers strategic advice to achieve full commercial value, as well as litigation where necessary. www.marks-clerk.com National Trading Standards supports trading standards services in England and Wales with leadership, influence and resources to reduce consumer and business detriment locally, regionally and nationally. It delivers crossboundary consumer protection through sound intelligence that identifies and tackles emerging threats, and ensures food chain safety through feed hygiene enforcement. www.nationaltradingstandards.uk Registry Trust allows you to search public registers for court judgments, orders and fines for England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey and the Republic of Ireland. Registry Trust also offers a range of commercial activities, ranging from data supply to data enhancement and analytical services. www.registry-trust.org.uk Siteon designs, builds and manages bespoke software applications delivered on demand via the internet. Siteon applications are secure, easy to use and are continually being modified and developed. They are managed and hosted by Siteon and require no user licences or expensive equipment. www.siteon.co.uk Stonely Trainings new v-learning sessions offer cost-effective training, delivered by experts while you stay at your desk. Stonely Training looks forward to meeting clients old and new at Conference and finding out how it can help you. www.stonelytraining.co.uk Tascomi has a highly dedicated team, forging the future in innovative mobile working solutions. It has more than 10 years experience, delivering exceptional service and creating industry-leading software solutions that help local government departments throughout the UK and Ireland. Start your journey towards mobile working with Tascomi. www.tascomi.com The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has been offering independent dispute resolution to the property industry for 26 years. TPOs codes of practice are approved by CTSI and followed by more than 11,000 agents, covering around 34,000 branches. The TPO scheme is approved by the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Ombudsman Association and CTSI. www.tpos.co.uk trueCall equipment protects older and vulnerable people from nuisance and scam phone calls. Since 2013, trueCall has worked with more than 150 trading standards teams around the country, and is now running a major project with the National Trading Standards Scams Team. Visit stand H12 for a demonstration. www.truecall.co.uk TrustMark is the only government-endorsed find a tradesperson scheme in the UK. It works with its scheme operators and registered firms to ensure consumers get quality home improvement services. Working alongside CTSI and local trading standards departments, it is developing further ways for firms to demonstrate best practice. www.trustmark.org.uk TUV Rheinland UK has developed a retail support programme that helps retailers, importers and trading standards officers to identify dangerous consumer products and stop them getting to the market. www.tuv.com Unilever is one of the largest brand owners. Its brands include Brylcreem, Comfort, Dove, Impulse, Knorr, Lipton, Lux, Lynx, Persil, PG Tips, Ponds, Radox, Signal, Simple, Sunsilk, Sure, Surf, TRESemm, Vaseline, and V05. Unilever takes counterfeiting matters very seriously and will always support the authorities to protect its brands and consumers. www.unilever.co.uk Established in 2003, Wagtail UK Ltd is one of the UKs leading specialist detection dog companies, offering services worldwide. In the UK, the company provides specialist dogs for the police, armed forces, HM Revenue and Customs, trading standards, Border Force and the private security industry. wagtailuk.com Wragg Bros has manufactured sensibly priced, easy-read, foolproof measures for 60 years. Its products are well tried and tested, have proved reliable and are liked for ease of use throughout the world. www.wraggbros.co.uk Credits Images: Sam Atkins To share this page, in the toolbar click on You might also like Heading to Harrogate? May 2017