Trading standards urge people to keep it real this Christmas
Bury Council’s trading standards service has launched a crackdown on the sale of counterfeit goods in the run-up to Christmas.
Bury Council’s trading standards service has launched a crackdown on the sale of counterfeit goods in the run-up to Christmas.
Residents are being warned about phone cold-callers alleging they are from Microsoft and claiming they can fix their computer.
As part of National Consumer Week 2014 (3-7 November), residents in Bury are being urged to look out for rogue doorstep traders preying on elderly and vulnerable neighbours.
Trading standards officers are urging Bury businesses not to respond to a mail shot that could leave them with a bill of almost £2,400.
Bury Council consists of six towns, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Formed in April 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation it was one of the ten original districts that formed the County of Greater Manchester. The Borough has an area of 9,919 hectares (24,511 acres) and serves a population of 187,500.
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