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Somerset and Devon to look at sharing trading standards

Somerset and Devon county councils have announced plans to merge their trading standards departments.

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 March 2013

Somerset and Devon county councils have announced plans to merge their trading standards departments in a bid to deliver significant savings.

The plans will go before a meeting of Somerset Councty Council on 20 April and could lead to the creation of a joint trading service with offices in each county.

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