The Baby Products Association and Nottinghamshire Trading Standards have a longstanding Primary Authority Coordinated Partnership within which we work together to support you, its members.  This is a nationally recognised partnership administered by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.

Coordinated Partnerships are specifically tailored to membership organisations and associations. As such, within a coordinated partnership the information, training, and advice provided should generally benefit the whole membership body.

Within this partnership we can assist with a range of matters which include, but are not limited to:

• Design and delivery of training - including our popular course relating to the Consumer Rights Act
• Design, development and review of procedures and policies relating to a range of matters, including traceability, product recall, complaints handling.
• Issue of guidance and “Assured Advice” covering a range of topics including, product safety, fair trading, environmental claims, distance selling, consumer and business rights and responsibilities
• Website and brochure review
• Audits

Should you wish to raise a query or have suggestion of support we could offer the membership please contact the Baby Products Association.

As a Baby Products Association member if you require advice relating to a matter which is specific to your business and/or is commercially sensitive we would still be able to support you but may need to review the most appropriate channel to issue advice. If you contact the Baby Products Association, they will facilitate initial introductions and we can take it from there.

To discover more about Nottinghamshire Trading Standards  Primary Authority team, please visit: Commercial Services | Nottinghamshire County Council

Further information relating to Primary Authority can be found here Local regulation: Primary Authority - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and a link specifically to coordinated partnerships can be found here Primary Authority: a guide for businesses with a co-ordinated primary authority - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)