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Too few, too old and too badly funded, says trading standards staff survey

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Fears about inadequate numbers of trading standards officers were underlined this week when a workforce survey in Scotland found that the number of staff nationally was now below 250. The Society of Chief Officers for Trading Standards in Scotland (Scotss) carries out its survey every…

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