I returned to Cambridgeshire today to say goodbye to some
old colleagues who have taken the latest restructure as an opportunity to try
new ventures. As I listened to the
tributes, it dawned on me that at that moment Cambridgeshire and the profession
had lost more than 200 years of talent and experience. It’s not just a numbers game when we talk
about the loss of front line officers from trading standards services, it’s the
knowledge that those officers take with them.
Local government needs to take
care that young officers still have the support and guidance available to help
their development. As an Institute we
need to find ways of engaging with the recently retired, so that their talents
are still available to us and the profession.
On a positive note it was good to see old colleagues. More pleasing is that the fact that my
departure has opened up the chance of promotion to a couple of the old team –
so there are still opportunities out there!
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