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Obituary: Steve Lynch


Trading standards lost a kind and well-respected colleague on 11 December 2021

Richard Young

Posted 11 January 2022 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Inside Trading Standards|National


UPDATES: Essex trading standards colleagues remember Steve Lynch, whose 42-year career spanned weights and measures, operational leadership, international regulatory work and major enforcement roles at the Olympics and Tour de France, alongside a warmth and humour that left a lasting mark on those who worked with him.

Steve Lynch was born on 28 April 1956 in Omagh, Northern Ireland, and worked for Essex County Council for 42 years.

Steve’s father Gerry was well known to the Trading Standards team in Essex, being the local W&T Avery weighing machine engineer, which probably influenced Steve’s choice of career and initial interest in Weights and Measures.

He joined Essex County Council Trad...

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