INSIDE Volume 126 Issue 05, May 2017 Click images or words to go to article Going back to our roots Heading to Harrogate? Why has metrology fallen so far down our agenda? Find out which exhibitors are coming to Conference An insult to cowboys Term-time holidays saga The rogue traders who rode roughshod over their victims How the ruling will effect trading standards In it for the money The recent trading standards case involving a bogus carer challenged perceptions and set a legal precedent Welcome from the editor-in-chief Chris Fay introduces his last edition Noticeboard Alternative Dispute Resolution approval fees fall; new chair of CTSI Scottish branch; Consumer Code for New Homes approved; new ambassador for London Trading Standards News NAO probes VAT avoidance claims; Zafira fires report finds a disregard for safety ; new rules to beat rogue landlords; apprenticeship scheme edges closer to approval Consultations Extending the date of a vehicle s first MOT Obituaries Christopher Lionel Woosey Measuring the cost of inaction Metrology issues hit us all in the pocket. So why is weights and measures work falling to the bottom of the priority pile? It is a question CTSI will ask at Conference