Would your business benefit from being Buy With Confidence Trading Standards Approved?

● Reassure customers that you’re trustworthy & provide good customer service
● Directory listing on this website, used by the public to find dependable businesses
● Get a Trading Standards checkup before admission to ensure you’re legally compliant*
● Be able to use the Buy With Confidence logo and say you’re ‘Trading Standards Approved’
● Set yourself apart from competitors – only those good enough to pass our vetting get onto the scheme
● Open to most business sectors, not just home improvement and/or the motor trade
● Access to advice direct from local authority employed Trading Standards professionals
● Get information about changes to the law that could affect your business
● Not for profit – run by local authorities, so all fees go back into the running & promotion of the scheme
● All-in-one Price – all of the benefits of Buy With Confidence are included in your annual fee**
● Help protect your community from rogue traders and illegitimate businesses
● Find out more about the scheme and its benefits here

PLUS, you could save money – Solicitors and others may charge hundreds of pounds for advice on legal compliance and other Trading Standards issues, but it’s included in your Buy With Confidence membership. For many businesses we are like an insurance policy, so that they know if they have a relevant problem, we’re there to help for no extra charge.***

More than 50 local authorities (find a full list here) support the scheme, having decided that Buy With Confidence offers the customer protection and business support they think is vital. Even if your council isn’t directly part of the scheme, you can still apply to become a member and attain Buy With Confidence Trading Standards approval.

Buy With Confidence is not just a feedback scheme – it’s about proper Trading Standards administered vetting and monitoring, to help give the public the assurance that any business on our list is only there because they deserve to be. By becoming a member, you can help us steer people away from the rogues and fraudsters that give legitimate businesses a bad name, and towards good, honest, reliable traders.

Has your business got what it takes to be Buy With Confidence Trading Standards Approved? Apply Now

Please read How It Works and How to Apply if you wish to learn more about the benefits of the scheme