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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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Making regulation work better
Posted: 15 February 2023
ANALYSIS: Professor Chris Hodges argues that regulation works best when it focuses less on outputs and punishment, and more on trust, cooperation and real-world outcomes. Drawing on aviation, finance and Trading Standards, he makes the case for outcome-based cooperative regulation that supports ethical cultures while retaining consequences for serious wrongdoing.
Interview: Professor Kathy Hamilton
Posted: 22 March 2022
ANALYSIS: Consumer vulnerability is shaped by far more than age or income. Professor Kathy Hamilton discusses transformative consumer research, the social and structural factors that create vulnerability, and how this evidence can help trading standards develop more effective, consumer-centred interventions.
Enforcement balance at sporting events
Posted: 23 May 2018
ANALYSIS: As Birmingham 2022 approached, questions over security, trading restrictions and public space highlighted the difficult balance between protecting major sporting events and ensuring host communities and local businesses share in their benefits.
