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To mark Black History Month, we spoke with three Trading Standards leaders about implementing positive change

Richard Young

Posted 12 October 2023 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Analysis|Inside Trading Standards|National


ANALYSIS: CTSI Chair Tendy Lindsay reflects on a career spanning nearly three decades, discussing the experiences that shaped her commitment to social justice, leadership and a more inclusive future for the Trading Standards profession.

After almost 30 years in Trading Standards – during which she has worked for several UK local authorities at TSO and Manager level, and as an independent Trading Standards practitioner seconded to regulators and enforcers in the Caribbean – Tendy Lindsay was appointed Chair of CTSI in October 2022. As she explains, she has a lifelong passion for social justice and fair play, something which beg...

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