Published on Monday 15 December 2025 at 2:39 pm
Five premises were raided last week for illegal products by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council’s Trading Standards team.
Filed under: Blackburn | Citizens Advice | council | Councillor Jim Smith | illegal | trading standards
Published on Tuesday 11 November 2025 at 5:01 pm
A shop raided in Blackburn town centre as part of a national operation was found to have a considerable number of illicit products.
Filed under: Blackburn | Councillor Jim Smith | Crime | environment | National Crime Agency | NCA | Operation Machinize | public protection | trading standards
Published on Friday 22 August 2025 at 10:28 am
A Blackburn businessman has been sentenced following a major operation that uncovered almost 40,000 illegal vapes and thousands of counterfeit products.
Filed under: Adams Global Ltd | Ayub Adam | Blackburn | council | Councillor Jim Smith | Counterfeit goods | Glenfield Business Park | Illegal vapes | Illicit | Police | trading standards | vapes
Published on Thursday 17 July 2025 at 10:57 am
After warnings about the safety of some Labubu dolls from Trading Standards teams across the country, an investigation conducted in Blackburn with Darwen has raised similar concerns.
Published on Friday 20 June 2025 at 3:58 pm
A Trading Standards operation targeting specific businesses and residential homes took place last week, leading to a significant seizure of illegal products.
Filed under: cigarettes | council | Councillor Jim Smith | illegal | Illicit | Investigation | Operation | Raid | tobacco | trading standards | vapes
Published on Wednesday 11 June 2025 at 10:31 am
In an operation conducted by the council’s Trading Standards team last week with support from the police, a large number of illegal goods were found.
Filed under: Blackburn | cigarettes | Citizens Advice | Councillor | Councillor Jim Smith | HMRC | illegal | Operation | Police | tobacco | trading standards | vapes
Published on Wednesday 12 February 2025 at 3:25 pm
Trading Standards raided two premises in a joint operation with Blackburn and Darwen Police recently, in a bid to tackle the sale of any illicit vapes in the borough.
Filed under: Councillor Jim Smith | illegal | Illicit | Jim Smith | Police | public protection | trading standards | vapes | video | youtube
Published on Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 9:35 am
Blackburn with Darwen borough council Trading Standards team have been busy putting put premises to the test when it comes to vapes, by undertaking two separate operations to tackle the sale of underage and illegal vapes.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | health | public health | trading standards | vapes | Vaping
Published on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 10:53 am
Over 40,000 illegal vapes with a street value of £420,000 have been seized by the Council’s trading standards officers, supported by police.
Filed under: Blackburn | illegal | trading standards | vapes | Whitebirk
Published on Friday 11 November 2022 at 2:19 pm
The Government has now brought in new England-wide measures following a rise in avian flu cases – and people are being warned not to touch or pick up birds.
Filed under: Adbul Razaq | Avian Flu | birds | Government | poultry | public health | trading standards
Published on Tuesday 24 March 2020 at 12:17 pm
People are being warned about a series of scams related to the coronavirus.
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has issued the warnings after reports that scammers are targeted people both in person and through technology and through price rises in shops.
Filed under: coronavirus | Councillor | Jim Smith | Mohammed Khan | scams | trading standards
Published on Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 10:44 am
A crackdown on illegal tobacco has taken place across the borough.
Four shops were targeted following investigations carried out by Trading Standards staff working within Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Public Protection and Environmental Health teams and were in response to complaints from members of the public.
Filed under: Councillor | Illegal tobacco | Jim Smith | public protection | trading standards
Published on Friday 3 August 2018 at 2:57 pm
Following reports of cold callers operating in the area, the Council is asking residents to be careful when dealing with businesses selling goods or services on the doorstep.
Filed under: Cold callers | Councillor | Jim Smith | trading standards
Published on Friday 1 September 2017 at 12:19 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Public Protection Service has joined forces with National Trading Standards’ National Scams Team to protect vulnerable consumers in the borough.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen | Scam | trading standards
Published on Monday 20 March 2017 at 10:43 am
More than a thousand cigarettes and 60 packs of tobacco were confiscated in a raid by Trading Standards.
Filed under: Councillor | Illegal tobacco | Jim Smith | trading standards
Published on Monday 31 October 2016 at 1:04 pm
Fake letters telling people they have won a prize of £355,000 in the “People’s Postcode Lottery” have been reported in Blackburn and Darwen.
Filed under: Councillor | Jim Smith | lottery scam | trading standards
Published on Wednesday 27 July 2016 at 3:37 pm
Action to tackle illegal tobacco and shisha pipes has seen massive amounts of contraband seized by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.
Filed under: Councillor | Illegal tobacco | Jim Smith | public protection | trading standards
Published on Wednesday 10 February 2016 at 2:27 pm
A group of Blackburn with Darwen shops have been caught selling e-cigarettes to children.
A total of five stores across the borough failed the checks in a test purchasing operation.
Filed under: Councillor | e-cigarettes | trading standards | Yusuf Jan-Virmani
Published on Wednesday 13 January 2016 at 1:15 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Trading Standards is set to check that people are following the law on e-cigs.
Filed under: e-cigarettes | trading standards | Yusuf Jan-Virmani
Published on Thursday 19 March 2015 at 1:49 pm
A builder who committed fraud and left people without their life savings has been jailed for more than two years.
Filed under: Councillor | trading standards | Yusuf Jan-Virmani
Published on Wednesday 10 December 2014 at 10:19 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Trading Standards team took part in an operation this month targeting premises selling illicit or counterfeit tobacco in the Bank Top area.
Published on Tuesday 19 August 2014 at 1:06 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Trading Standards Officers are teaming up with a national task force to tackle illegal Hajj tour operators.
Filed under: Councillor | Hajj | Neighbourhoods | trading standards | Yusuf Jan-Virmani
Published on Monday 12 May 2014 at 10:26 am
Blackburn with Darwen’s Trading Standards is warning people not to hand over money to a company offering Council Tax rebates.
Filed under: Citizen's Advice Bureau | consumer | trading standards
