Edinburgh Trusted Trader application process
You need to have a minimum of six months clean trading history to apply to become a Trusted Trader.
Applicants will be vetted by Edinburgh Trading Standards Officers. To carry out the vetting, the information you supply will only be used and shared with partners solely for this purpose. Details of all checks and partners are available here. There is an annual fee of £252 including VAT, which is fully refundable if an applicant fails the initial vetting process.
View the scheme benefits and requirements, but if you have any questions, please fill in our expression of interest form and we will get in touch with you. Otherwise you are welcome to begin the application below.
Applicants will be vetted by Edinburgh Trading Standards Officers. To carry out the vetting, the information you supply will only be used and shared with partners solely for this purpose. Details of all checks and partners are available here. There is an annual fee of £252 including VAT, which is fully refundable if an applicant fails the initial vetting process.
View the scheme benefits and requirements, but if you have any questions, please fill in our expression of interest form and we will get in touch with you. Otherwise you are welcome to begin the application below.
Start the application
You will require about 10 minutes to complete the online application. If you get called away from your computer, your application will remain open for up to two hours, allowing you to continue on your return.Declaration disclaimer
Please complete the following declaration questions. If you answer Yes to any of the questions you will be asked to provide further details.- the answers you give in this declaration will be subject to checks by Trading Standards
- failure to answer any questions honestly will result in any agreement being ended and may result in further action being taken against you
- answering Yes to any of the questions may not automatically prevent you from applying to join the scheme.