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Posted 16 May 2018 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Inside Trading Standards|National
UPDATES: National evidence has highlighted the pressures facing trading standards, but demonstrating local economic value, consumer protection outcomes and community impact is becoming equally important in securing future investment.
Much of CTSI’s work over the last few years has focused on providing evidence of how cutbacks have impacted on trading standards. Each of our Workforce Surveys has re-enforced the picture that the majority of services in the UK have seen staff numbers fall, which has led increasingly to a postcode lottery of service provision between authorities.
This research has been well recognised - a...
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