Tag: Trading Standards
‘Lapland event’ refunds tickets
People who paid £25 each to get into a cancelled Lapland-style attraction have been given their money back. Lapland West Midlands, near Essington, Staffordshire, was called off following safety concerns from Trading Standards officials. A few days previously, a similar event in the New Forest was shut down after criticisms from visitors. The organisers of [...]
Festival organisers drop Disney advert.
Organisers behind an 18-day Christmas festival in a village near Wolverhampton have been forced to remove a section of their promotional website, following an investigation by trading standards officers. Marquees have gone up in a field off Bognop Road, Essington, in preparation for its transformation into a mini-Lapland at the weekend. But a promotional claim [...]
New Forest Lapland attracts over 1,000 complaints from angry families
ORGANISERS of the Lapland New Forest Christmas theme park were today under investigation after more than 1,300 people complained about the controversial attraction. The surge of anger from visitors who feel they were ripped off has been described as unprecedented by trading standards officers who have visited the site near Ringwood and are studying promotional [...]
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