10th November 2023 - Press Release - Trading Standards and Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Offer have held a successful series of Free Electric Blanket and Portable Heating Testing
As a result of successfully bidding for grant funding from the Office of Product Safety Standards (OPSS) the Public Protection Partnership was able to offer residents of Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire and Wokingham free electric blanket and portable heater testing.
8th November 2023 - Press Release - Nitrous Oxide Banned From Today
The possession of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, has become a criminal offence in the UK
24th October 2023 - Press Release – Trader previously sentenced to imprisonment for fraud has £44,132 confiscated under Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Daniel Fidler, aged 30 from Bournemouth, had a confiscation order made against him at Reading Crown Court on 19th October 2023 ordering him to pay £44,132 under the 2002 Act.
13th October 2023 - Press Release – Driver fined for breach of weight restriction - Offences under section 5 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
The Public Protection Partnership (PPP) has successfully prosecuted several drivers for weight restriction orders under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
13th October 2023 - Press release - Drivers fined for breach of weight restrictions - Offences under section 5 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
The Public Protection Partnership (PPP) enforces weight restriction orders made under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
11th October 2023 - Press Release - Thatcham resident convicted of trademark offences
R’Ellite Raiments Ltd and Rajkumar Karuppiah Rajan aged 40, both from Thatcham, entered guilty pleas to seven offences under the Trade Marks Act 1994.
6th October 2023 - Press Release - Trading Standards and Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue are offering free testing of Electric Blankets and Portable Heaters.
Press Release - Trading Standards and Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue are offering free testing of Electric Blankets and Portable Heaters. Every year in the UK over 100 people die and nearly 1000 are injured because of fires caused by heating appliances. We are once again offering, in partnership with Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue, free safety testing of electric blankets and small portable heaters in West Berkshire, Wokingham and Bracknell Forest.
4th October 2023 - Free Electric Blanket Safety Testing - Autumn 2023
Free Electric Blanket Safety Testing - Autumn 2023. When did you last replace or get your electric blanket safety checked? When did you last have your portable heater PAT tested?
27th September 2023 - How to be ready for the digital switchover and protect yourself from scams.
How to be ready for the digital switchover and protect yourself from scams. What is the digital switchover? The UK’s telephone network is changing. Between now and 2025 most telephone providers will be moving their customers from old analogue landlines over to new upgraded landline services using digital technology.
26th September 2023 - Regulatory Easements Stakeholder Home Office Update
Regulatory Easements Stakeholder Home Office Update. The Home Office have issued an update last month (14/08/23) on the policy change relating to Regulatory Easements. In its update, the Home Office confirmed that "the Government has decided to extend the alcohol licensing regulatory easements relating to off-sales, set out in the Business and Planning Act 2020 (BPA), until 31 March 2025."
