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Touchstone 2019 open for entries


The important and prestigious Touchstone Award is now open for 2019 entries

Paul Evans

Posted 04 January 2019 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Sponsored|Inside Trading Standards|National


SPONSORED: The 2019 Touchstone Award is open for entries, inviting recognition for work that demonstrates the value, impact and public benefit of trading standards in practice.

<em>This article was sponsored by the Assay Office Birmingham</em>

Alongside many new challenges connected to abuse of the internet, unsafe counterfeit alcohol, dangerous appliances and other 21st Century hazards, trading standards are still charged with enforcing the oldest form of consumer protection, the hallmarking of precious metals. Although this may not be an overtly pr...

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