We speak to Jim Tebbett, Senior Compliance Executive at the Advertising Standards Agency and Committee of Advertising Practice about how his organisation works closely with trading standards to tackle misleading adverts that can result in real consumer harm.

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We speak to CTSI’s two Joint Lead Officers for Intellectual Property, Handley Brustad and Gavin Terry about their experience in dealing with IP and counterfeiting issues, how they link to serious organised crime and how they directly impact consumers.

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We speak to CTSI’s new Head of Policy Sarah Caughey about her main priorities in the role, from confronting Local Authority cuts to promoting and campaigning for recognition of the importance of the trading standards profession across the public and private sectors.

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We speak to CTSI Lead Officer for Energy and Smart Meters, Steve Playle, about the increasingly fragmented energy sector, the importance of environmental considerations and the risks to consumers from scams and unscrupulous players.

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We speak to CTSI Lead Officer for Travel, Bruce Treloar, about the collapse of Thomas Cook and the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 which came into force last July.

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We speak to the two CTSI Lead Officers for property and lettings, Alexandra Cosgrove and Andrew Coulter, about their day-to-day activities, the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team and the new Tenant Fees Act.

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We bring you audio from the London Trading Standards Week Knife Crime event, in which trading standards professionals across the capital discuss their thoughts on how best to combat the problem of underage knife sales.

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We sit down with Eleni Chalkidou, CTSI’s Director of Communications, and Kerry Auger, CTSI’s Communications and Press Officer to discuss the importance of communications to CTSI and to the wider interests and needs of the profession.

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We take views from CTSI lead officers, a local councillor, the head of the government’s Office for Product Safety and Standards, minister for consumer protection, Kelly Tolhurst MP and others on cuts to regulatory and enforcement budgets.

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We speak to CTSI Lead Officer for Animal Health and Welfare Stephanie Young about the importance of trading standards work in maintaining quality across an increasingly intricate food supply chain and how the UK would cope with another food crisis.

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