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Consumer issues

  • Buying and selling goods and services

    24 Sep 2012

    The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) helps to draft and regulate many of the UK laws, regulations and guidelines on advertising, package travel and timeshare, pricing and product description that help protect consumers and businesses from unscrupulous practices.

  • Consumer credit and debt

    24 Sep 2012

  • Consumer Issues

    24 Sep 2012

    We want to ensure that UK consumers are treated fairly, know their rights and can use them effectively, and that consumer law is fair to both consumers and business.

  • Consumer Rights

    5 Nov 2012

    BIS has committed to clarifying and simplifying consumer rights as part of a comprehensive package of measures to improve consumer protection. This is a key response to the Government’s Red Tape Challenge.

  • Product safety

    26 Nov 2012

    Information on the relevant laws and regulations that apply to consumer and product safety policy issues.


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