National advice - Business

We offer free advice to businesses based in South Lanarkshire. Our team can help you understand consumer protection laws and other regulations enforced by Trading Standards. This advice explains how the law applies to your business and what you need to do to meet your legal responsibilities.

The information available from this page is comprehensive and will assist you to become and remain a responsible business.

There is give guidance on:

• consumer rights and fair trading
• product safety requirements
• age‑restricted sales
• weights and measures
• pricing, descriptions and advertising
• contracts and terms and conditions

Understanding your responsibilities means you can:

• trade confidently
• avoid costly mistakes
• deal effectively with customer complaints
• build trust with your customers
• meet legal requirements before issues arise

Good advice can help you avoid problems, protect your customers and stay compliant.

You can construct your own business advice pack from the following pages or contact our Consumer and Trading Standards Office.