A Carnoustie shop owner has hit out at Angus Council trading standards officers who forced him take down a Commonwealth Games window display.
Clelland & Boyd Opticians exhibited two posters as well as sporting equipment and Glasgow 2014 wristbands in their High Street shop’s window to welcome the games shooting events at Barry Buddon.
The trading standards officers said they were enforcing legal branding requirements set out by Glasgow 2014 and that the posters and wristbands had to be removed.
Owner Arthur Clelland said they had been displayed to show support to the athletes and that the trading standards officers needed to “get a life”.
“The shop across the road from us, Sturrock Computers, received a council grant to print a bigger version of the poster we were displaying yet our display was deemed illegal,” he said.
“We were merely giving a degree of interest on local events and offering a welcome to any visitors attending the games.
“It’s a bit sad and they need to get a life. By Friday, everyone’s window displays will be down anyway.”
Councillor Brian Boyd accused the officers of being “overzealous” and “killjoys”.
A council spokesman said that they were “working with the Glasgow 2014 organising committee to ensure that the Commonwealth Games official brands are used appropriately”.
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