Set Your Business Apart● Be able to use the Buy With

Confidence logo and say you’re ‘Trading Standards Approved’

● Set yourself apart from competitors

● Reassure customers that you’re trustworthy & provide good customer service

● Public website directory listing

● Trading Standards checkup before admission

● Access to advice direct from local authority employed Trading Standards professionals

● Get information about changes to the law that could affect your business

● All-in-one Price – all of the benefits of Buy With Confidence are included in your annual fee

● Help protect your community from rogue traders and illegitimate businesses

We Only Take The Best If you think your business has got what it takes and wants to let the world know it’s good enough to meet the Buy With Confidence - Trading Standards Approved standard, get in touch to find out more.

Set your Business Apart

If you are interested in joining the schemeVisit buywithconfidence.gov.uk for more information call: 01208 893 133email: bwc@cornwall.gov.uk

What You Get:

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British businesses lose out on billions of pounds a year due to consumers’ fears that they will get ripped off by rogue traders.

Buy With Confidence has been supporting honest, trustworthy businesses for almost 20 years. We offer Trading Standards backed business accreditation that helps raise consumer confidence, and gives public recognition to firms that take customer service seriously.

Has your business got what it takes to be Buy With Confidence - Trading Standards Approved?

Buy With Confidence is... • The largest local authority run approved

business scheme in the UK

• Supported by 50+ local authority Trading Standards Services nationwide

• Independently run by Trading Standards, not by third parties

• Not for profit, so it’s purely run for the benefit of customers and the scheme’s members

• Open to nearly all business sectors

The Buy With Confidence StandardBefore admission, businesses get a full Trading Standards checkup to ensure they follow the law. If minor problems are found, advice is given to help the applicant do the right thing.

Previous business history is checked for CCJs and customer complaints. Background checks are also run for solvency and more.

Criminal records certificates are checked for anyone who works in or around someone’s home.

Customer feedback/references are monitored before and after approval to ensure ongoing good service.

The rigorous standards mean anyone using the Buy With Confidence logo has proven they are amongst the best.

“Buy With Confidence is the best marketing

scheme there is now for any trader. And it is run by Trading Standards, which gives it more credibility than other schemes.” Mike Taylor, Scheme Member