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The TrustMark scheme

Hertfordshire Trading Standards was the first Trading Standards in the country to adopt the TrustMark good trader scheme.

For more information on how to find a Hertfordshire Trading Standards Trustmark trader and how to join if you think that you can step up to the mark, please click on the link at the right of this page called Hertfordshire TrustMark.

The traders on this general TrustMark list have been approved by a number of different scheme operators including trade associations, testing associations and commercial organisations. Traders who become members of the TrustMark scheme are fully checked for issues such as competence and quality of work, qualifications, insurances and financial probity.

Hertfordshire Trading Standards has not checked all of those traders, only the ones on the scheme who bear our Hertfordshire Trading Standards green logo.

Only traders who sign up to our good trader scheme also agree to sign up to our Code of Practice, which spells out how they should deal with consumers professionally and fairly. We also carry out checks on a trader's complaint history and continue to monitor their trading practices.