East of England Trading Standards Authorities (EETSA) is a partnership representing the liaison arrangements between the ten trading standards authorities in the East of England.

The EETSA partnership consists of the unitary authorities of:
Luton; Peterborough; Southend on Sea; Thurrock;
And the County Councils of:
Bedfordshire; Cambridgeshire; Essex; Hertfordshire; Norfolk & Suffolk.

The work of the Trading Standards Service covers a wide diversity of areas and is extremely varied. The service has responsibility for over 80 Acts of Parliament and over 1000 sets of Regulations and Orders, and as such, is the major regulatory service of local government. Trading Standards' activities include investigation of complaints, sampling of goods, inspections and visits to give advice to trade and industry as well as offering civil advice and consumer education. In many cases the service deals with issues that go beyond it's own local authority boundaries to regional, national and international levels. Accordingly, joint working and the strategic partnership approach developed by EETSA have great benefits to all involved.

For further information about the partnership, please contact

Emma Head, EETSA Regional Policy Co-ordinator
c/o Suffolk Trading Standards, St. Edmund House, Rope Walk, Ipswich, IP4 1LZ
Tel: 01953 857 528
Fax: 01953 423281
emma.head@tradstan.suffolkcc.gov.uk