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Support for North Yorkshire businesses

Trading standards support North Yorkshire businesses by providing, comprehensive advice that enables those businesses to meet their legal obligations.

Businesses generally build up a relationship with and receive help from the local council where the business or its head office is based.

The service offers the Better Regulation Delivery Office - primary authority scheme. This gives businesses the chance to form a partnership with a single local authority, which then provides advice for other councils to take into account when carrying out inspections or dealing with non-compliance.

We also publish Trading Standards advice and guidance leaflets to advise businesses on a variety of topics.

Businesses in North Yorkshire can contact us.

Businesses may find free, impartial legal guidance from Business Companion of use, from the basics through to in depth information.


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The council provides services across North Yorkshire including Harrogate, Ripon, Scarborough, Whitby, Northallerton, Thirsk, Selby, Tadcaster, Malton, Pickering, Richmond, Skipton and more.

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