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Journal of Trading Standards, Online Edition - JoTS Online

Welcome to the Journal of Trading Standards online edition, JoTS Online. Browse through our latest Articles - including Analysis, Opinion Pieces, Features and a selection of articles from our acclaimed print journal.

Although many JoTS Online articles are open access (public), others are exclusive to CTSI Members - in which case, you'll need to login to access them. If you aren't a member of CTSI yet, you can join us here. And, if you'd like to contribute articles or suggest topics for us to cover, please email our Editorial Team.

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News Category Tags: Crime, Product Safety, Health and Safety, Counterfeit Goods, Retail, Animal Health and Welfare, Legal and Policy, Enforcement Practice, Product Recalls, Property and Housing, Automotive, Vapes, Business, CTSI Conference, CTSI Hero Awards.

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New guidance for animal inspections

Posted: 27 July 2018

UPDATES: Newly published inspection guidance aims to improve consistency and evidence-based assessment of animal establishments, offering regulators detailed welfare and husbandry standards covering species from invertebrates to companion animals.
 

Sharp rise in number helped by CCAS

Posted: 04 July 2018

UPDATES: The Consumer Codes Approval Scheme reports sharply rising consumer engagement, growing coverage across UK markets and millions of pounds in recovered compensation, underlining its expanding role in strengthening consumer confidence.
 

Worried consumers still need the UK ECC

Posted: 29 June 2018

ANALYSIS: As Brexit raised questions over future cross-border redress, the UK European Consumer Centre’s casework showed why European cooperation still mattered for consumers. From complex disputes with overseas traders to small claims, recalls and package travel, the Centre’s 16,000 cases a year underlined the risks of leaving shoppers without a practical route to help.
 

CTSI Hero Award winners 2018

Posted: 24 June 2018

UPDATES: CTSI’s 2018 Hero Awards honoured consumer champions, enforcement partners, scam victims and frontline professionals whose work had protected communities from fraud, nuisance calls, unsafe goods and wider detriment. From Martin Lewis and trueCall to Maev Dunmore, Sigrid Hambly and National Trading Standards, the ceremony showed the breadth of courage behind modern consumer protection.
 

MEPs vote to wind back clocking

Posted: 18 June 2018

UPDATES: European proposals to tackle car clocking called for cross-border mileage registers, stronger odometer safeguards and action from manufacturers, as UK figures showed tampering rising sharply. CTSI’s call for a specific offence reflected mounting concern that legal loopholes, slow progress and weak safeguards were leaving used-car buyers exposed to fraud and safety risks.
 

New measures to beat nuisance calls

Posted: 11 June 2018

UPDATES: New government proposals would allow the Information Commissioner’s Office to fine company directors personally for nuisance marketing, closing a loophole used by firms that liquidate and restart under new names. The measures sit alongside tougher direct marketing rules, better data sharing with Ofcom and funding for call blockers to protect vulnerable consumers.
 

Crime networks forge ahead in fakes

Posted: 06 June 2018

UPDATES: A EUIPO synthesis report warned that organised crime groups were becoming more sophisticated in counterfeiting and piracy, using complex supply chains, online platforms and social media to profit from intellectual property crime. With fake goods damaging economies, funding wider criminality and posing health and safety risks, enforcement bodies called for stronger intelligence-led responses.
 

Celebrating consumer heroes

Posted: 05 June 2018

UPDATES: The CTSI Hero Award 2018 set out to recognise people and groups whose actions had protected consumers, exposed rogue traders or raised awareness of trading standards issues. With MPs joining the ceremony at One Great George Street, the event promised to put bravery, public service and practical consumer protection in the spotlight.
 

Obituary: Harold Hunt

Posted: 31 May 2018

UPDATES: Harold Hunt’s obituary traces a career of quiet public service, from national service and Berkshire weights and measures to four decades with Oxfordshire Trading Standards. Remembered for his legal expertise, food law knowledge, mentoring, Institute commitment and lifelong love of cricket, he left a strong legacy across his profession and community.
 

Scammers in the summer

Posted: 24 May 2018

ANALYSIS: Summer events bring opportunities for rogue traders as well as families, with fake tickets, bogus holidays, counterfeit goods, unsafe products and poor food standards all finding a market around fairs, concerts and car boot sales. The article shows how trading standards, legislation and schemes such as Real Deal help protect consumers and legitimate traders.
 

Trading standards comes together

Posted: 23 May 2018

UPDATES: CTSI Symposium 2018 brought the profession to Nottingham with a new venue, a refined structure and a programme focused on influence, best practice and legal expertise. From Andrew Griffiths’ keynote on demonstrating local economic value to masterclasses on dishonesty and POCA, the event aimed to strengthen trading standards’ voice with decision-makers.
 

New Journal for CTSI members

Posted: 23 May 2018

UPDATES: CTSI launches the Journal of Trading Standards as its flagship publication, bringing together expert analysis, professional insight and informed debate to strengthen the profile of trading standards and consumer protection across the UK.
 

The real cost of fake goods

Posted: 23 May 2018

ANALYSIS: Counterfeiting reaches far beyond lost brand revenue, exposing consumers to dangerous products, organised crime and significant economic harm while creating growing enforcement challenges for trading standards and partner agencies.
 

Crypto fraudsters fake celeb backing

Posted: 18 May 2018

UPDATES: Fraudsters are exploiting celebrity endorsements and social media to promote bogus cryptocurrency investments, using familiar faces to build false credibility and persuade consumers to part with substantial sums.
 

Fake e-liquids: a troubling confection

Posted: 17 May 2018

UPDATES: Packaging that imitates popular confectionery is helping counterfeit and illicit vaping products appeal to young consumers, raising concerns over underage sales, intellectual property infringement and wider public health risks.
 

Focus on trading standards’ value

Posted: 16 May 2018

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.
 

Govt tackles rogue letting agents

Posted: 14 May 2018

ANALYSIS: Government promises to reform the lettings sector are examined alongside long-standing concerns over enforcement, regulation and consumer protection, asking whether the latest proposals will finally deliver meaningful change.
 

Safety & Standards: the road ahead

Posted: 13 May 2018

ANALYSIS: The creation of the Office for Product Safety and Standards marked a major shift in the UK's product safety landscape, but questions remain over recalls, enforcement powers and restoring public confidence after high-profile fires.
 

Detriment in the digital age

Posted: 12 May 2018

ANALYSIS: The Government's consumer markets Green Paper places digital platforms, data and online markets at the centre of reform, prompting trading standards to consider how local enforcement must evolve for the digital economy.
 

CPPD Module 14: Car Hire

Posted: 12 May 2018

DEVELOPMENT: Car hire complaints can involve suppliers, brokers, comparison sites and insurers. This module explains the market structure, common problems, relevant consumer law and practical enforcement issues around charges, damage disputes and unfair terms.