New Businesses - Get Help from here!

Firstly, Trading Standards wishes you all the very best for creating a successful and legally compliant business!

We hope you find the information below useful, please do not hesitate to Contact Us if you require any advice.

Your Obligations

Read our Business Advice Guidance Leaflets for an introduction to your obligations, whether you are running a new pub or plastering, you will find important information you should know.

Once you have had a look at the Guidance relating to your business, please Get in touch and we can answer any questions you have, and, if necessary arrange a visit to your premises to discuss your products and selling practices.

How we can help you!

We want to champion honest businesses who care about their customers and do things by the book, so once you have been trading for three months, you can Apply for our Good Trader Scheme, Buy With Confidence!

As a Buy With Confidence member you can proudly display the BWC logo, which says your business’s customer service has been approved by Devon Trading Standards - a real selling point when consumers are even more careful with where they spend their money…

And for Everything else…
There’s Business Link! Whether you are in the process of starting up your business, or you are already running it at the early stages, the Business Link Start Up Service which is funded by the government, can help you with everything from marketing to employing staff!

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