Free, Impartial Legal Guidance for Businesses
Business Companion is a government-backed website, delivered in partnership with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), providing free, reliable, and easy-to-understand legal guidance for small and medium sized businesses across the UK.
Whether you’re a start-up, an established business, or an individual needing to understand Trading Standards and consumer protection law, navigating your legal responsibilities can feel overwhelming. Business Companion makes it simple with clear, impartial guidance designed to help you stay compliant and protect your business.
How can Business Companion help?
Guidance is organised into a series of Quick Guides that relate to where and how a business sells their products or services. More detailed guidance on specific subjects or sectors can be found in the In-depth Guides. The site also includes a series of ‘Business in Focus’ guides’, providing tailored advice for industry sectors and business types. These resources include written guides, short videos, infographics, and listen-anywhere audio versions.
Stay up-to-date
Whether it’s creating a contract, understanding the rights of customers, or making sure products are safe for the marketplace, Business Companion can help.
CTSI reviews and refreshes key guidance on Business Companion each week, reflecting changes in legislation and regulatory expectations. Create a personalised library of the guidance that is important to your businesses and receive alerts whenever the legislation is updated – ensuring you stay up to date and compliant with the latest legal requirements.
Sign up for the Monthly Business Bulletin and receive information on our ‘Legislation Update’ webinars and ‘Ask the Experts’ sessions – free to UK businesses.
CTSI is a not-for-profit organisation, who also campaign on a broad range of Consumer Protection issues and help businesses comply with the 300+ UK Trading Standards and Consumer Protection Laws.
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