Media Releases

Dudley Council has signed up to Guide Dogs’ new national pilot scheme to tackle the refusal of entry to businesses for people with assistance dogs. 

A business owner has been sentenced following serious breaches of environmental legislation linked to the operation of an alloy wheel refurbishment business in Dudley.

People who live and work in Dudley borough will be invited to have their say on a new local plan, which is being developed, following national changes in planning legislation.

Landlords are being invited to temporarily extend their opening hours as part of the World Cup celebrations.

Residents may have seen media coverage relating to illegal vapes and activities on High Streets across the country, including Dudley borough.

Rogue trader Anthony Millward was handed a 32-month prison sentence and has been ordered to pay £16,000 following sentencing at Wolverhampton Crown Court earlier this month (April 10).

The director and a manager of Top UKs Fried Chicken Halal Ltd were ordered to pay a combined sum of more than £7,000, following a hearing at Dudley Magistrates Court last week.

A married couple have been jailed for three years each for their involvement in the execution of a fraudulent £175,000 will for a pensioner in their care.

A crown court judge hailed Dudley Council trading standards officers after they exposed a £175,000 fraud that led to a former borough care home manager being put behind bars.

Dudley Council’s trading standards team has won a national award for its record-breaking work in shutting down shops linked to organised crime.

A butcher in Lye was temporarily shut down after environmental health officers discovered evidence rats were in the shop, a court was told.

A council chief has hailed the authority’s “superb” trading standards team after its latest high-profile court victory.