About Us:

Tony is a Chartered Trading Standards Practitioner with over 25 years of experience in age restricted sales, law and practice. He is Co-Chair of the UK Government's Expert Panel on Age Restrictions and Vice-Chair of Digital Policy Alliance Internet Safety and Policy Group.He is author of the Law of Age Restricted Sales in England and Wales, now in its 2nd Edition. He is an approved trainer for Highfield Qualifications.

An experienced Investor, Chairman and NED of a portfolio of listed, private equity-backed and private organisations across the Data, Communications, Software and Financial Services sectors - helping to plan and deliver growth agendas. During the past 12 years my companies have generated exit proceeds of over £330m.Specialties: My specialty focus has been in the IT software sector over the past 25 years, having also previously held financial lead roles within the manufacturing sector.

Our Chief Operating Officer joined Age Check Certification with over 20 years’ experience scaling small businesses from grass roots up, previously working predominantly in the Building Industry and Health Care Sector overseas and in the UK. Tina has brought a wealth of operational skills and experience to the company.

Danielle has had significant experience in Administration/Customer Service roles, having starting her career as an Office Junior after leaving school in 1999, she progressed to various roles in the industry over the years and has worked in Age-Restricted Sales for over 5 years. Danielle is our company secretary and manages the day-to-day operations of the business. She is responsible for our finance and ensuring that high standards from order to delivery of all of our products are met. Danielle acts as PA for the Chief Executive and ensures a safe working environment. Committed and hard-working with a genuine devotion for her role. 

Having lived in four different countries, Obi Udanoh brings an understanding of global cultures to his role as Senior Business Development Manager. He has worked across various sectors; from clients in natural resources to companies securing contracts to deliver remanufactured and recycled products in the West African region. At ACCS, He is responsible for customer acquisition, accounts management and developing our commercial opportunities. He enjoys networking and building relationships which provide solutions that help clients improve their businesses and succeed.”

As our Senior Certification Officer, John has 22 years experience working in trading standards and has been with us for over 10 years. He now leads our team of Certification Officers and uses his extensive knowledge of age restricted sales law, enforcement, test purchasing and auditing to ensure the smooth, effective and efficient audit and certification of our clients.

Victoria worked in Trading Standards from 2006 until 2014 at Cheshire West and Chester Council and Vale of Glamorgan Council respectively. She dealt with all aspects of Trading Standards including the enforcement of underage sales legislation, with a specific remit for all tobacco related matter. She started working for ACCS in 2014 and part of her remit as a Certification Officer is to conduct audits of retail premises where she helps and supports retailers to ensure compliance with underage sales legislation.

Madeleine started working for Age Check in June 2022 as Test Purchasing Apprentice Administrator and in December 2022 she started in the new role as Operations Coordinator. The new  job role is to assist in the administering of the smooth, effective and efficient provision of our auditing, field monitoring and certification services.

Abbie joined us as an apprentice in September 2022. Prior to joining Age check, Abbie did a 2 year Business course focusing on Marketing, Law and Finance and achieved Distinction* in all 3 areas.