News Room
Welcome to CTSI's News Room. Here, you can browse through our latest consumer protection and trading standards news reports (below), or check out our archive of news articles from previous years.
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ETC-19 Group wins Hero Award
Posted: 09/10/20
Earning this year’s prestigious Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) Hero Award as the overall winner for the COVID-19 Team category due to its “truly astonishing speed and the depth of diligence, commitment and personal drive of officers,” is the Environmental Health & Trading Standards COVID-19 Expert Group (ETC-19 Group) at the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS) & Society of Chief Officers of Environmental Health in Scotland (SOCOEHS).
CTSI announces COVID-19 Team Hero Awards winners
Posted: 09/10/20
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) today announced the winners of the COVID-19 Team Award along with an Overall Winner during the CTSI Hero Awards 2020. The Hero Awards recognise the achievements of consumer protection professionals who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.
Retired Trading Standards Specialist Chris Holden wins Hero Award
Posted: 09/10/20
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) announced on Friday 9 October that retired Trading Standards Specialist Chris Holden has received a CTSI Hero Award for his 28 years of continuous service with Buckinghamshire and later Buckinghamshire and Surrey Trading Standards Service.
East Renfrewshire Trading Standards Officer Paul Holland wins Brian Smith Hero Award
Posted: 09/10/20
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) announces that Paul Holland of East Renfrewshire Trading Standards has won the prestigious CTSI Brian Smith Hero Award.
Bucks and Surrey Trading Standards volunteer Bill Cunningham wins Hero Award
Posted: 09/10/20
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) announced on Friday 9 October that Willian "Bill" Cunningham, a trading standards volunteer at Bucks and Surrey Trading Standards has received a Hero Award for his exceptional work.