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Many local authorities operate approved trader schemes - Buy with Confidence is ours.

It is the largest national approved trader scheme in the UK and aims to give consumers a reliable way of finding trustworthy local businesses which are subject to rigorous background checks and audits before they can be signed up.

You can find out more about the scheme by watching our Buy With Confidence, South Lanarkshire film on YouTube and also the launch of the scheme.

Buy with Confidence is run through the co-operation of a number of Trading Standards services. It is endorsed and approved by the Office of Fair Trading and is considered to be a 'best practice' scheme.