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Welcome to ABCP

The Association of Business Crime Partnerships is an independent not-for-profit organisation working with business crime reduction partnerships (BCRPs), police, local authorities and other agencies to help businesses reduce the impact and cost of crime against them, their staff and the communities they trade in. ABCP works with retailers, the evening economy, transport and other business sectors to reduce crime affecting business in our towns, cities and shopping centres. We aim to do this by working together in partnership with our business members, police and other local statutory agencies and organisations.

Our regional managers have worked with these sectors to create BCRPs as an effective way to reduce crime, violence and anti-social behaviour in our towns and cities.  Our work is now expanding to provide services to other business sectors in other areas of crime, working with with our members, the police, ACPO and other local statutory agencies and organisations.

We will be working with experts in other fields of crime prevention and business protection to help protect businesses from the risk of burglary and robbery.  In this respect I am delighted that the insurance sector is joining us in this task and am confident that they will be able to help us provide businesses with cost effective physical and financial protection. Further announcements will be made through the ABCP website and press releases over the coming months.

ABCP will continue to represent the interests of BCRPs and seek to expand its influence and work.  We believe that neighbourhood policing presents an opportunity for partnerships and police to work more closely together and for recognition of the key role played by partnerships.

 

  • The Lord Dear, Kt, QPM, DL
  • President 
  • The Association of Business Crime Partnerships







Latest news

28 January 2012
ABCP national conference booking page now open
The ABCP annual national conference will be taking place at the Hilton Hotel, Coventry on Thursday, 24th May, 2012. This is an excellent central venue, close to junction 2 of the M6 and M69 and with ample free parking for delegates. This is the only national event where partnerships, police, retailers and other colleagues can meet, network and find out what about developments in partnership operation and how the future will look. More...
27 January 2012
Northampton Retail Crime Initiative joins ABCP
We are delighted that Northampton Retail Crime Initiative (NRCI) has decided to join ABCP. As one of the longest established business crime partnerships, NRCI has served as a model for other partnerships starting up and with over 150 members, is a key partner with police and other agencies in the county. More...
27 January 2012
Home Office Minister visits Chester Partnership
The Home Office Minister for crime reduction, Lord Henley, paid the first ever ministerial visit to a partnership when he spent the day in Chester on Friday, 20th January. He spent the day listening to what the partnership does and how it works and speaking to the crime manager, businesses, police and local authority members, who all voiced their support for the good work carried out by the partnership. More...
23 January 2012
West Midlands Police business fraud & crime reduction seminar
West Midlands Police are holding a fraud and crime reduction seminar in the Trophy Suite,West Midlands Police Sports and Conference Centre, Tally Ho, Pershore Road, Birmingham, B5 7RN on Wednesday, 15th February from 9am to 1pm. It is free to all participants who register for the event and refreshments will be provided. More...
21 January 2012
British Retail Consortium retail crime survey reports a reduction in shop theft.
The British Retail Consortium's (BRC's) Retail Crime Survey 2011, published last Monday shows fewer incidents for many types of crime but each incident on average has been more costly and total losses have increased sharply compared with the previous year. Expenditure on crime prevention by retailers taking part in the survey rose by 1.4 per cent to £214 million, a median spend of £700,000 per company. This has substantially reduced incidents of opportunistic crime, but combating the rise in violent crime retailers and their staff are exposed to requires the support of law makers and enforcers. More...
13 January 2012
North East Business Crime Conference, 2012
A free of charge conference and exhibition is being held at the Gateshead Marriott on Thursday 2nd February 2012. The aim is to bring together businesses based in the North East to launch the newly formed North East Business Crime Centre to provide a single regional centre of excellence to assist in preventing, detecting and deterring crime, in a cohesive partnership approach. More...
6 January 2012
A new Chairman for ABCP
Allyn Thomas, formerly assistant chief constable of Kent Police and ACPO lead on business crime, has agreed to become the chairman of ABCP in place of Lord Dear, who has stepped down to become the first president of ABCP. More...
6 January 2012
'Stripping the Heart Out of Britain' - ACPO Inaugural Non-Ferrous Metal Theft Seminar
As worldwide prices of copper, lead and other non-ferrous metals continue to rise, metal theft has become one of the most serious crimes blighting our communities. It is estimated to be costing the British economy in excess of £800 million per year. The first ACPO national forum will provide a platform for those involved in tackling these crimes both in rural areas and towns and cities to discuss the current issues and help to formulate a collaborative plan for the future. More...