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.
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Posted: 13 January 2025
OPINION: Distraction can be a powerful tactic in public debate and policy. This commentary considers why staying focused on the real issues matters more than ever for Trading Standards.
Posted: 13 January 2025
OPINION: The language used by regulators, businesses and campaigners can shape behaviour as much as policy itself. Clear communication remains a powerful tool for consumer protection.
Posted: 13 January 2025
OPINION: Progress depends on creating the conditions for success rather than simply identifying obstacles. This piece explores a positive, practical approach to leadership and change.
Posted: 13 January 2025
OPINION: As the profession continues to evolve, travelling new roads brings fresh opportunities alongside difficult decisions. Reflection, resilience and ambition are central themes.
Posted: 13 January 2025
ANALYSIS: E-bike and e-scooter battery fires have turned a popular form of transport into an urgent product safety challenge. From online marketplaces and conversion kits to gaps in regulation and enforcement, campaigners, fire chiefs and Trading Standards are pressing for stronger rules before more families suffer devastating losses.
Posted: 13 January 2025
ANALYSIS: As scams become more convincing and consumer rights harder to navigate, Trading Standards leaders argue that prevention must start earlier and reach further. This piece looks at the case for inclusive consumer education, better school-age awareness and practical partnerships that help people protect themselves before harm is done.
Posted: 13 January 2025
ANALYSIS: With a new government, major consumer legislation and growing pressure on local enforcement, Justin Madders sets out how ministers view Trading Standards’ role in safer markets and economic growth. The interview ranges from online marketplaces and product safety to Net Zero, regulatory reform and the value of properly supported local expertise.
Posted: 13 January 2025
ANALYSIS: After six decades in Trading Standards, Peter Tompkins reflects on a profession transformed by social change, new legislation and severe funding pressures. His memories of Weights and Measures, farm inspections, prosecutions and business advice offer a warm but clear-eyed account of what the service has lost, retained and still needs.
Posted: 13 January 2025
ANALYSIS: Labour’s legislative programme promises major changes for product safety, online markets, tobacco and vapes, renting and housebuilding. For Trading Standards, the question is not whether these reforms matter, but whether already stretched services will receive the powers, clarity and funding needed to enforce them effectively.
Posted: 09 January 2025
UPDATES: OPSS’s first Horizon Scan places jetpacks and human implant technology among the emerging developments with the greatest potential consumer risk. The report also highlights online marketplaces, social commerce and fast-changing supply chains as areas where regulation and market surveillance will need to keep pace.
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