Sodbury Chamber of Commerce today announced it would be holding its annual Christmas Market on Saturday 10th December. Local farmers and producers are joining the town’s shopkeepers to offer shoppers a relaxing day out to help them prepare for Christmas. An extended Farmers Market will run alongside gift and craft stalls offering visitors to the town an opportunity to look
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Market trader must forfeit proceeds of crime
A market trader from Wolverhampton has been ordered to pay nearly £12,000 following a confiscation order being made against him. This follows a sentence of 120 hours of unpaid work which was handed to him last November after he pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit Nike trainers at a market in Filton. Surinder Singh, 40, originally appeared at Bristol Crown Court
Continue readingCounterfeit clothes seized in joint operation
Three men were arrested at a market in Filton on Saturday (5 December) following a joint operation by South Gloucestershire Council trading standards and Avon and Somerset Police. Alleged sellers of counterfeit clothing and footwear were targeted as the market was being set up at Filton Recreation Centre. Trading standards and police officers were accompanied by trade mark representatives from
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