Businesses in Newark and Sherwood to benefit from free trading advice
Government funding worth £1.7 million means that businesses in Newark and Sherwood can take advantage of free bespoke advice from Nottinghamshire Trading Standards to aid their recovery and growth following the covid-19 pandemic.
Nottinghamshire Trading Standards, part of Nottinghamshire County Council, is working with the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce to deliver the East Midlands Accelerator project, which aims to help create jobs, support digital adoption and accelerate low-carbon transition.
The East Midlands Accelerator Project has received a total of £5.27 million from the UK government through the UK Community Renewal Fund, with East Midlands Chamber providing £490k of match funding.
John Cottee, chairman of the county council's communities committee, said “Our trading standards officers are here to support local businesses.
"As experts in compliance and legislation they can help businesses get things right from the start by ensuring that their products and services are accurately described and marketed correctly.
"This means that businesses can be confident in any claims they make about their products and services.
"It also means that they will avoid any potentially costly corrective action that might be needed as a result of non-compliance with legislation.
"Getting things right first time also reduces the potential for customer complaints, thereby protecting the business’ reputation.”
Nottinghamshire Trading Standards has a team of specialists that can provide bespoke support to businesses to ensure they don’t get caught up in compliance red tape.
They can help with things like ensuring products are safe and suitable for their intended purpose, marketing and promoting products or services lawfully and staff training and substantiating claims that a business makes about its products or services.
Businesses can find out more and apply for the free support by completing a ‘Business Advice Request Form’ on the Nottinghamshire Trading Standards website.
