ALL IN A DAY'S WORK Trading standards officer Bridget Rushmore finds real job satisfaction

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: November 22, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

SOFTLY spoken Bridget Rushmore does not seem the sort of woman to tear villains off a strip. But Bridget is a senior trading standards officer and that is exactly what her job involves. In fact, she can often be found putting the wind up market traders who are selling counterfeit goods.

"Although I have resisted the temptation to don false moustache and glasses, one or two of my colleagues do specialise in bizarre disguises!" says Bridget.

High-profile TV documentaries about Westminster trading standards officers in Oxford Street have made the job seem almost glamorous. But Bridget is quick ...

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