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<title>Under Age Sale Law Changes</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Trading Standards Services in Wales are urging retailers to be extra vigilant from Monday 1st October when the minimum age for purchasing both tobacco products... ]]></description>
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<title>Change in BB gun sale law</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In a recent Trading Standards survey, nearly 50 imitation firearms purchased across Wales were found to be so similar to genuine weapons that they could... ]]></description>
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<title>Knife Law Sale Change 2007</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ From 1st October 2007, the current minimum age limit for the sale of knives and other offensive weapons will increase from 16 to 18 years... ]]></description>
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<title>Tobacco Law Changes 2007</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ On 1st October 2007, changes in the law for the sale of tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, loose rolling tobacco or rolling papers will come into... ]]></description>
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<title>Ideal Business Show Wales</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ National Indoor Athletics Centre, Cyncoed, Cardiff - 3-4 September 2008&quot;Its all about Business Survival, Profit &amp; Growth. It brings together in one venue, all the... ]]></description>
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<title>Trading Standards have More Powers to Deal </title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Wales Trading Standards Service’s are advising local consumers and legitimate businesses that from 1st October 2008, cancellation rights will change when signing contracts with door-to-door... ]]></description>
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<title>Launch of New Business Support Site - ERWIN</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ ERWIN - Everything Regulation, Whenever It's Needed - is a free and unique business support website that has been developed with the help of business... ]]></description>
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<title>OFT launches new Sale of Goods Act hub</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Office of Fair Trading has  launched a new online resource to help sales staff comply with the law when customers buy or return goods. The... ]]></description>
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<title>Workplace Counterfeits Warning</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Trading Standards Services in Wales have launched a campaign to combat counterfeiting in the workplace. The campaign which is supported by the Anti-Counterfeiting Group, a... ]]></description>
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<title>Trading Standards Wales Position Statement </title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The 22 Welsh Trading Standards services have issued a Position Statement as a direct result of the Government’s Comprehensive spending review announced in Autumn 2010.... ]]></description>
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<title>Next Steps on Tobacco Control Announced</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Welsh Assembly Government News Release Thursday, 31 March, 2011 NEXT STEPS ON TOBACCO CONTROL REGULATIONS ANNOUNCED Health Minister, Edwina Hart has announced the next steps... ]]></description>
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<title>New Report Shows The Importance Of Protecting Intellectual Property</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ More people than ever before are being successfully prosecuted for committing intellectual property crime in the UK according to a new report published today.Intellectual Property... ]]></description>
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<title>OFT Launches Debt Collection Guidance</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The OFT has published its updated Debt Collection Guidance which sets out the standards expected of all businesses engaging in the recovery of consumer credit... ]]></description>
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<title>Ban on Cigarette Vending Machines-one week to go</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ There is one week to go until a new law is introduced in Wales which will ban the sale of cigarettes from vending machines (1/2/2012).... ]]></description>
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