With thousands of advertisements being placed every year in local 'freebie' newspapers and telephone directories the office of the CAI is kept busy in ensuring wherever possible that the CAI Logo has not been misused and placed in the advertisement of a non-member.
The CAI takes a very serious view of the misuse of the CAI Logo and reports every occurrence to Trading Standards without exception.
More often than not the abuser when caught will say 'I put the logo in my advert because I intended to join the CAI'.
Application for membership, which can take up to two months from the office receiving a completed application form, does not automatically entitle the applicant to use the CAI logo.
A process has been put in place to check and ensure that all applicants are able to conform to the Rules and Regulations set down by the CAI for its membership, this will include a pre-membership inspection by the CAI's Inspector.
Not every applicant is able to demonstrate that they can comply with the membership criteria and therefore their application is rejected.
The CAI Logo is:
The Registered ® Trademark of the Confederation of Aerial Industries Ltd
The CAI logo is protected under the Trade Marks Act (1994) and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations Act (2008). More info here.
Non-members using or that have used the CAI logo without permission can be found on our CAI Rogue Traders page.