Cardiff Council’s Trading Standards is warning businesses to be on their guard following reports of a bogus official operating in the area.
The warning comes after a complaint received by Cardiff Council from a trader after his premise was visited by a man claiming to represent the Council’s Health and Safety team and insisting that the trader required a licence to sell cigarettes.
Cardiff Council’s head of Regulatory & Supporting Services, Dave Holland, said: “Businesses should always remain vigilant when people enter their premises claiming to be council officials. If they are genuinely from Cardiff Council, they will be wearing official identification and will be more than happy to show their ID to prove who they are.”
Businesses can always contact the Council for confirmation of visits through Connect 2 Cardiff (C2C) on: 029 2087 2087.
If businesses don’t believe officials are genuine, or have any concerns about doorstep crime, they should contact Consumer Direct Wales on: 08454 04 05 06 (English) or 0845 04 05 05 (Welsh).
