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General enquiries
If you have a general question about the work of the OFT or any of the regulations we enforce, please contact us as follows:
Enquiries
The Office of Fair Trading
Fleetbank House
2-6 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JX
08457 224499
enquiries@oft.gsi.gov.uk
Cartels
If you suspect one of your competitors, suppliers or customers is part of a cartel, contact our cartel hotline - 020 7211 8888
or email enquiries@oft.gsi.gov.uk.
To admit to being part of a cartel and apply for leniency, telephone the Director or Deputy Director of Cartel Investigations on 020 7211 8117.
Consumer credit licences
To ask about consumer credit licences see the Consumer Credit Register
Consumer Credit Licensing
PO Box 62691
London
EC4P 4UW
08457 22 44 99
enquiries@oft.gsi.gov.uk
Applications to apply for, renew or vary a licence can now be made online - see credit licensing.
The OFT's enforcement role is changing
From 2 April 2013, under changes to the consumer protection regime introduced by Government, there will be a greater role for the local authority Trading Standards Services in the enforcement of consumer protection law at national level. The OFT will retain all of its current consumer enforcement powers but will tend to use them where breaches of consumer protection law point to systemic failures in a market. This means cases will more often be taken against a number of firms in a market, rather than cases against individual firms, unless changing the behaviour of one firm would set a precedent or have other market-wide implications.
The OFT will also retain the lead role for the enforcement of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 although the Trading Standards Services will have equal enforcement powers.
In the first instance consumers are encouraged to contact Citizens Advice regarding any problems they may have in buying goods or services.
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