Ron Gainsford

Seems strange to read of my 'retirement' but I'm getting used to doing so. A TSI press release was published a couple of weeks a...

If you are in trading standards or another of the 'regulatory' (not a descriptor I am at all fond of but central and local governmen...

The 2012 Olympics. A big thing for trading standards. Today I chaired a meeting of trading standards colleagues from the London councils and...

So much happening in the trading standards arena that I can hardly draw breath. The BIS consumer landscape review, the planned abolition of ...

Today's last quarter report on the state of the UK economy has obviously raised eyebrows here and overseas at our disappointing performa...

Today's FT carried the heading ' FSA chief seeks new consumer safeguards'. The pink newspaper is always worth a look but never ...

I've been looking at 'The Citizen' news journal published by Citizen's Advice. Glad to see it led by a foreword they kindly ...