Advice to traders
## NEWS RELEASE - November 2011 ##
Advertising and Trading within the Olympics Venues Zone – Earls Court
The London 2012 website now includes information explaining the special rules on advertising and outdoor trading that are likely to exist around the Olympics venue of Earls Court arena.
If you intend to trade in the designated zone surrounding Earls Court arena during the 2012 Olympic Games you will need to make an application before 29 Feb 2012. Hard copy application forms can be downloaded from the London 2012 website.
The application process and criteria (for authorisation for trading and advertising) including a detailed guide have been made available and examples are given as to practices that do not require authorisation, or can only be carried out if authorisation has been obtained.
If you require any other information or guidance about the Olympics, please contact the Duty Trading Standards officer on 0208 753 3992 or email: tradingstandards@lbhf.gov.uk
For further information on the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham’s preparations for the 2012 Olympics go to the below webpage:
http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/News/London_Olympics_2012.asp
ERWIN (Everything Regulation, Whenever It’s Needed), the national one-stop web site for all your Trading Standards business related information. Guidance on all aspects of Trading Standards issues can be found here and with links to a number of relevant resources on the web. ERWIN ensures that you can find all the information you need. The site provides interpreted, simplified and prioritised information, which covers all major Trading Standards legislation and is accessed by clicking on the logo below (takes you to an external site).
Please find relevant guidance on our other web-pages to help you understand the specific laws. Alternatively you can obtain more guidance from the following websites through their business links:
Trading Standards Institute: http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/
Ask Cedric: http://www.askcedric.org.uk/.
Please note that these external websites are not controlled by us and may not contain up-to-date information.
Training Opportunities for business
We have teamed up with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to help your business or organisation stay on the right side of the law.
## Breaking News ##
An e-learning portfolio of courses should go live in May or June to include Level 2 Food Safety, Level 2 Health and Safety, National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders, COSHH, DDA, and Food allergy and intolerance.
Training courses leading to qualifications awarded by Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance (www.highfieldabc.co.uk or the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (www.cieh.org) are on offer. Subject to demand there are plans to introduce new courses in 2011:
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Level 3 Award in Effective Auditing and Inspection Skills
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Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety in Catering as a two day course with some self study
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Level 2 Award in Infection Control
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Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering (Refresher) – self study, plus one hour revision followed by an exam.
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Level 1 and 2 in Fire Awareness
Training is delivered near Earls Court. Please discuss with us if you would like training at your premises by contacting the Public Health Training Service on 020 7361 3002 or email publichealth.training@rbkc.gov.uk or visit www.rbkc.gov.uk/publichealthtraining
Buy With Confidence Scheme
The Buy with Confidence scheme brings together a list of local gardeners, plumbers, builders and many other types of businesses, which have been individually checked for trustworthiness and compliance with consumer protection laws. Trading Standards Officers visit and vet every applicant and only if they pass stringent checks are they accepted onto the scheme and can they display the Buy with Confidence logo.
To get details of firms you can trust or to apply to be a member you can visit the inter\active website at www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk or call 08454 04 05 06 and remember to look out for the Buy with Confidence logo below to identify scheme members.
Further information on the Buy With Confidence Scheme (pdf)
