LoginOpinion: Feeling puzzled?
The challenges facing trading standards make it important to look at the bigger picture
Posted 30 June 2021 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Opinion|Legal and Policy|National
OPINION: Brexit, the pandemic and shifting consumer behaviour have exposed deep structural pressures on trading standards. Solving the profession's future requires fitting together every piece of an increasingly complex policy and enforcement puzzle.
I don’t know about you, but over the past year I have tried various ways to keep entertained during the pandemic. I have cracked open books from that neglected “must read” pile and revisited old hobbies (my husband is still waiting for that pair of mittens I promised to knit him for Christmas). I was not alone in also rediscovering that rainy-day staple the jigsaw puzzle, which provides hours o...
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