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The next decade of Trading Standards: CTSI Symposium, 28-30 September 2021

 

Since March 2020, the UK and the world face the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Billions of people across the globe were made extremely vulnerable, some for the first time in their lives. In the face of a decade of resource cuts, trading standards services took on the challenge of the pandemic and rose to it, demonstrating their resilience and adaptability. 

Local Authorities across the four UK nations called on trading standards officers to assist in social care projects beyond the regular job description. In total, trading standards services across the United Kingdom made an estimated 1.3 million COVID-19 secure and business compliance checks since the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020. 

The past year's challenges have put into perspective the current state of regulatory protection and trading standards services when confronted by an unprecedented crisis. It also gave pause for thought on what trading standards services will look like in the future as we progress through the 2020s and into the next decade. 

Last year, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) was forced to cancel its annual face-to-face event and ran a virtual Symposium for the first time in its history. The event was ultimately a success, but this year CTSI looks to continue the tradition of a physical event at The Eastside Rooms in Birmingham from 28-30 September 2021. 

The event, set across three days, has a day dedicated to each of the three core themes - recovery, protecting consumers and leading the profession over the next decade. Symposium is the largest gathering of trading standards professionals in the UK and serves as the key event for central and local government departments, key influencers and eminent speakers from organisations at the forefront of UK consumer protection to discuss the future.

For the latest insight or if you would like to have your say in the future of the UK's consumer protection and regulatory system at this crucial time, book your place at CTSI Symposium – the UK’s leading trading standards and consumer affairs event.

Find out more and register now

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