Published:
3:11 PM March 10, 2021
Canvassing and door-to-door sales have resumed but trading standards is still advising against it
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Companies have started door-to-door selling again after the government announced its roadmap out of lockdown.
In January, some readers complained about double glazing firm, First Home Improvements, carrying our door to door selling in Norwich during lockdown. The company said it stopped the day its trade body, the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF), told members to.
But the GGF said last week that after discussions with Trading Standards, companies were legally allowed to start canvassing again.
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Published:
5:30 AM January 9, 2021
First Home Improvements said it was only told on Thursday it should stop door to door sales
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A double glazing business said on Friday it was stopping door-to-door sales, following complaints about its staff going out during lockdown.
Residents complained to this newspaper, on social media and to First Home Improvements about it continuing to send out salesmen to call on homes in Norwich, despite the lockdown starting on Tuesday.
The company, based in Lenwade, defended the move by saying it was following guidance from its trade body, the Glass & Glazing Federation (GGF).