Business and compliance advice

Information available by subject area

Most advice material can now be found on the business companion website. We recommend you consult this very comprehensive source of free regulatory advice.

In addition, the following links provide supplementary guidance on some areas of local concern in Southwark.

Selling age restricted products

• Age verification policy ^{(PDF, 247kb)}
• Best practice guide (age restricted sales) ^{(PDF, 49kb)}
• Proof of age cards ^{(PDF, 431kb)}
• Saying no (avoiding conflict) ^{(PDF, 102kb)}
• Imitation guns ^{(PDF, 52kb)}
• Knives and blades ^{(PDF, 78kb)}
• Fireworks (safety and age restricted sales) ^{(PDF, 216kb)}
• Fireworks (licensing and storage) ^{(PDF, 284kb)}
• Challenge 25 Poster general LBS 2022 ^{(PDF, 1.9mb)}
• Acidic and Corrosive substances ^{(PDF, 181kb)}
• Southwark Refusals Register 2023 ^{(PDF, 148kb)}

Tobacco and e-cigarettes

• e-cigarettes, vaping devices and refills ^{(PDF, 350kb)}
• Shisha (compliance guide) ^{(PDF, 254kb)}

Notices and displays of information

• Business names and ownership ^{(PDF, 234kb)}
• Refund notices and consumer rights ^{(PDF, 347kb)}

Anti-counterfeiting

• Counterfeit goods ^{(PDF, 69kb)}

Property and lettings

• Estate agents (fly boarding) ^{(PDF, 42kb)}
• Letting agents display of fees ^{(PDF, 385kb)}

Product safety

• Warning re unsafe chargers ^{(PDF, 415kb)}
• Nail cosmetic products compliance flow chart ^{(PDF, 573kb)}
• Novelty lighters ^{(PDF, 46kb)}
• Illegal mothball products ^{(PDF, 378kb)}
• Warning re illegal pesticides ^{(PDF, 406kb)}
• Sunbeds and UV limits ^{(PDF, 42kb)}
• Cosmetic products - brief guidance with compliance flow chart for producers/importers ^{(PDF, 401kb)}

Prices and price indications

• no extra charges for card payments ^{(PDF, 46kb)}
• price indications for goods ^{(PDF, 48kb)}

Weights and measures

• fresh fruit and vegetables (weighing and pricing) ^{(PDF, 41kb)}
• meat, fish and poultry (weighing and pricing) ^{(PDF, 53kb)}

   

Page last updated: 16 November 2023