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LBRO for Business

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LBRO for Regulators

Information on how LBRO is making the local authority regulatory system work better

LBRO for Communities

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What's New

A report detailing the results of independent research commissioned from Ipsos MORI into consumer perceptions of local authority regulatory services.

Survey of consumer perceptions of local regulatory services

Council services providing vital consumer protection and regulatory advice to business are delivered amid enormous complexity, the first ever 'map' of the UK's regulatory regime reveals.

New report reveals complexity of £1.25bn local regulatory regime

The first ever 'map' of the landscape of local regulation has been published revealing the complexity that affects vital consumer protection work and advice to business.

Mapping the Local Authority Regulatory Services Landscape

Welcome to LBRO

Set up by the Government in May 2007, LBRO's role is to improve local authority enforcement of environmental health, trading standards, fire safety and licensing regulations reducing burdens on businesses that comply with the law while targeting those who flout it

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Latest News

01/10/2008
Business says burden of council regulations can be as big as tax or employment law

12/09/2008
Retail giants and councils pioneer new regulatory partnerships

04/09/2008
New home for Retail Enforcement Pilot

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