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Retailer Poundworld has been fined £63,000 for selling vests that were misleadingly described as hi-viz.

At St Albans Crown Court on Friday 20 November, Poundworld Retail Limited were fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £42,395.10 in an agreed confiscation order as well as £6,123.16 prosecution costs. This follows an investigation by Hertfordshire County Council’s Trading Standards.

On 28 March 2014, Trading Standards purchased an Edwards Tools and Accessories Hi-Viz Safety Vest for £1 from Poundworld in Watford. The vest was subsequently tested to measure its visibility in low-light conditions and the results were described as ‘amongst the worst results ever recorded’ by the testing company.

Following this, Poundworld agreed to withdraw the product from sale on 5 June 2014 but stated that they had never received any complaints about the vests and therefore believed the test f...