Trading Standards service plan and activities 2008

3.7. Service Aims

  • The Trading Standards Service has updated its service aims in line with corporate priorities.
  • Our priority outcomes for each of these are detailed in section 4 of the plan. Where the
  • activities are corporate priorities too, they are supported by an activity plan in Section 5.

1. Keep Suffolk a safe place to life, work and visit. We will respond effectively to the complaints and intelligence we receive from consumers and businesses of Suffolk. We will design and deliver targeted campaigns to address issues that are affecting Suffolk people’s lives, work and play.

2. Drive Economic Development: we will deliver services that meet business needs, from advice on regulations to laboratory services.

3. Maximise well-being and choice. We will promote and support the Consumer Direct service to ensure that people know how to access advice when they need it. We will educate businesses and consumers to help prevent them falling victim to rogues and scams.

In addition, we will retain the trading standards service aim of:

4. Efficient, effective and continuously improving Trading Standards Service. We will continue to use lean systems theory to measure and improve the service that we deliver.

In line with the Regulator's compliance code, we have a published enforcement policy that clearly sets out the formal legal action we can take, and the factors we take account of when making enforcement decisions.

Please click on the enforcement policy for more information.