CAU Mid-Year Statistical Report – 2018
The Consumer Affairs Unit (CAU) of the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) continues to execute its mandate, that is, protecting consumers from being unfairly treated by businesses and also providing a legal framework by which businesses can use to...
CCAC conducts city business inspection exercise
many stores said to be in compliant with the Act certain aspects of the Act still to be followed by some suppliers consumers encouraged to become au fait with their buying rights DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, September 12, 2018 The Competition...
Congrats to Winners of CCAC World Consumer Day Essay Competition
The essay writing skills of 3 students from the School of the Nations gained them prizes in the CCAC’s Essay writing competition held earlier this year in observance of World Consumer Day 2018. The essay competition was open to schools...
Consumer Affairs body kicks off countrywide compliance inspection
As part of its function to administer and enforce the provisions of the Consumer Affairs and Competition and Fair-Trading Act, a team of officers of the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) on Thursday last kicked off its first leg...
Visit from Silver City Secondary School
Students from Silver City Secondary School, Wismar visited the CCAC to learn about the work of the Commission as part of their preparation for the Consumerism aspect of the CXC Social Studies curriculum.
Car dealers benefit from used-vehicles consultation
Stakeholders in the automotive industry today participated in a consultation on used vehicles pre-shipment inspection hosted by the Competition and Consumers Affairs Commission (CCAC), in collaboration with the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GBNS). The event held at the Regency...
CCAC recovers $8M in exchanges, refunds for customers
THE Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) has recovered more than $8M in exchanges, refunds and repairs on behalf of consumers for the period January to June 2018, Director Dawn Holder-Cush has said. The CCAC was established to administer and...
Complaints about used car dealers on the rise -auto industry seminar hears
The auto industry is booming, but so are complaints about dealers, especially those specialising in second-hand vehicles, who have been told to expect penalties if found guilty of breaking the laws. This was the message delivered to industry representatives, including...