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Trading Standards news from South West Wales: rogue traders, doorstep scams, illegal vapes and counterfeit tobacco, plus advice on protecting yourself. More Money news.
ST HELEN’S ROAD: Asia Vape shut for a second time in a year as three more Swansea vape shops are closed
Magistrates have closed Vape City and Asia Vape on St Helen’s Road and Vape Zone on Dilwyn Street, the council…
PAYING A BUILDER: Check one date on Companies House before you hand over a deposit
Overdue accounts turned out to be the tell. Local firms that had them were four times more likely to be…
TRADING STANDARDS: Garden clearance pair admit fraud and pressuring customers into paying up
Customers who hired two Merlins Bridge men for garden and ground clearance work were given false claims about how much…
ST HELEN’S ROAD: Two jailed over the £184,000 illegal tobacco trade run through a shop called Swansea Market
A first-floor flat on the street held more than 9,000 packets of cigarettes feeding the shop below, a Swansea Council…
CLOSED: Three more Swansea vape shops shut by magistrates after counterfeit tobacco and drugs seized
VH Vape Hub, Kalar Market and Midtown Vape Shop, all on Mansel Street, must stay shut for three months after…
TAKE BACK CONTROL: Swansea demands power to block new vape shops after Mansel Street raids
Councillors backed a call for England-style planning powers over vape shops as a cabinet member revealed six arrests in raids…
SWANSEA: Councillors want the power to say no to more vape shops, barbers and nail bars
A barber, a vape shop or a nail bar can open on any Swansea street without asking, and the council…
SWANSEA: Warning over garden furniture cold callers working rural communities
Trading Standards says one resident pulled out of a sale after spotting the invoice didn't match the van, and the…
ROGUE TRADERS: Crackdown targets the gutter-clean con that fleeced valley pensioners
The scam the UK Government wants to kill off is one Swansea Bay courtrooms know well. New protections will hold…
SWANSEA: £470k of illegal vapes seized since disposable ban, the most of any UK council
Swansea Council seized more illegal vaping products by estimated value than any other council in the UK in the year…
HIGH STREETS: What Andy Burnham’s vape and betting shop crackdown means in Wales
Downing Street's high street shake-up gives Welsh councils a stronger hand on betting shops and doubles closure powers, but the…