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The Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was established in 1974. This was the first time a government department's title made reference to consumer protection. In 2011 Consumer Minister Edward Davey announced plans within a policy document called Better Choices, Better Deals: Consumers Powering Growth to ensure that businesses would provide key information to their customers on how ...
The following is a list of regulators in the UK. Regulators exercise regulatory or supervisory authority over a variety of endeavours. In addition, local authorities in the UK provide regulatory functions in a number of areas. Professional associations also act to regulate their memberships. The UK is also bound by a number of European and ...
Pages in category "Online retailers of the United Kingdom" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
According to Forbes, 1 in 5 (20.1%) retail purchases are expected to happen online in 2024, and 34% of shoppers report buying things online at least once a week. In total, the global e-commerce ...
Earlier this year the government offered financial support to small businesses and backed a 35.4 billion pound, nationwide furlough scheme, but this latest move, by the U.K. Department of ...
On 15 March 2012, the UK Government's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced proposals for strengthening competition in the UK by merging the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission to create a new single Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). [7]
The Government of the United Kingdom is divided into departments that each have responsibility, according to the government, for putting government policy into practice. [1] There are currently 24 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments, and 422 agencies and other public bodies, for a total of 465 departments. [2]
UK high street retailers have been accused of recruiting young workers as store assistants without basic employment rights over the busy Christmas period.. Major brands – such as Urban ...