AUGUST TRADE NEWS Blundered legislation allows DVD traders to escape prosecution Independent retailers undercut by charities Small retailers could save consumers money Credit insurance top-up scheme Games Console wholesaler closed down Trading conditions see schoolwear retailer fold 'Vibrant independent retail sector' contributing to Cardiff success Retailers could save over £1,000 in small shops campaign BCC welcomes amendment to trade credit insurance scheme Local retailers are 'not sufficiently provisioned' Clothing sector sees sales boosted by weather Retailer Grants Fund to reduce crime Energy efficient appliances should be VAT free Margate shop closures “embarrassing” For every store opened, six close in N.Wales Retail sales on the increase Men spend more online than women Retailers to benefit from new PayPoint distribution deal Wholesale "duopoly" must be addressed JJB stores aquisition by Sports Direct referred Toy wholesaler fined for selling unsafe products Retailers and wholesalers find it difficult to prepare for bad weather Shetland wholesaler expands into Orkney Dawson News customers to receive full credits for wholesale stock Pre-pack retail insolvencies are hurting wholesale suppliers Dreary weather prompts interesting retail choices 19,000 shops left vacant in England and Wales Majority think local shops need more support Wholesaler rumoured to be cutting jobs European visitors to The Wholesaler please click here   What’s New At The Wholesaler UK New Categories added recently Wholesale Umbrellas Wholesale suppliments - Dietry and Nutritional Supplements   Trade News Archive 2009  January   February   March   April   May   June July August Subscribe to our newsletter   Go to The Wholesaler UK Directory 7th August 2009 Toy wholesaler fined for selling unsafe products A toys and games wholesaler from London has been fined and ordered to pay £5,000 after pleading guilty of selling dangerous toys and electrical goods. Aladdin's Cave Wholesalers, which is situated in Edmonton, was prosecuted following a routine inspection, the Enfield Independent reports. Owner Mohammed Sakir Miah admitted to selling teddies, Yu-Gi-Oh toys and a sky travel charger all of which were deemed by unsafe by trading standards authorities. Local councillor Terry Neville was quoted by the newspaper as saying: "Enfield Council will act swiftly and strongly and vigorously to prosecute any traders selling unsafe toys to protect our children."   Mr Miah picked up a £1,000 fine for each of the three charges in addition to costs of more than £5,000. In other news, a struggling supplier of wholesale office furniture has been bought out of administration. Situated in the north-west, the Desk Centre was taken over by Vision Support Services, a global textiles distributor. (c) 2009 Comment on this news story   Trade News Archive 2008  December   November   October   September August   July   June   May   April   March   February   January