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Membership benefits

Membership of AABC is open to all business crime reduction partnerships which have achieved the Safer Business Award or are actively working towards it. The Safer Business Award is the nationally recognised standard for BCRPs which shows that they are operating lawfully, in accordance with the Data Protection Act and with other good practice developed by AABC which have been designed to promote effective partnership work.

AABC provides a national focus for business crime reduction partnerships.  This helps to give the work of BCRPs a higher profile through areas such as: 

  • Membership of the National Retail Crime Steering Group, chaired by the Home Office Minister
  • Work with ACPO business crime lead to develop a business crime strategy for the police based on accredited BCRPs
  • Establishment and recognition of AABC county and regional BCRP groups
  • Providing a link to national retailers
  • Developing a vocational qualificatiuon for BCRP crime managers and other persons engaged in business crime reduction (police, security staff, community safety managers etc.)

Members of AABC are entitled to a number of membership benefits provided by AABC including:

  • Assistance to member partnerships to achieve the Safer Business Award, including documentation and help from one of our managers
  • Help with the Safer Business Award re-accreditation process
  • Access to all the information on the members' only pages of the AABC website. These provide legal and data protection guidance, partnership good practice, relevant Home Office and other publications
  • Low cost professional indemnity and other insurance
  • Discounted places at the AABC annual conference
  • Plaques and certificates to promote your Safer Business Award
  • Access to the Safer Socialising Award
  • Access to associate member services
  • Free advice, information and help with any problems you may encounter on any partnership problem or matter of concern – particularly data protection or other legal matters.

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Latest news

4 March 2010
Guidance and advice on databases and handling of personal and sensitive data
With the emergence of new databases with the ability to disseminate personal and sensitive data, AABC has sought advice and guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office to ensure that BCRPs are able to make reasoned and informed decisions concerning the purchase, operation and management of databases, including access by third party users. As new systems, which may not have sought the benefit of guidance from the ICO, present themselves to BCRPs as solutions to data sharing, it is important that they ascertain their suitability before committing themselves financially or facing difficulties of data compliance in the future. More...
4 March 2010
Fraud reporting line goes live
The National Fraud Authority fraud reporting system, called Action Fraud, is now operational and members of the public and businesses can report all types of frauds direct. More...
3 March 2010
A new partnership joins AABC
We are pleased to announce that a new partnership in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, has joined AABC. More...
27 February 2010
Safer Socialising Award re-launched
AABC has re-launched the Safer Socialising Award in a simplified and more user-friendly format. The same principles about responsible alcohol retailing have been retained, but the categories of licensed premises have been simplified and the requirements codified to make it easier for licensees to apply for the award and simpler for BCRPs to assess and manage. Assessment has been revised upowards to every two years from annually. More...
27 February 2010
Sending personal or sensitive data
The ICO has expressed the view that BCRPs who send personal or sensitive data via email should do so in a secure manner where this is possible. If there is a need to send personal or sensitive data via email, partnerships should consider using the Criminal Justice Secure Email service. More...
20 February 2010
Business Crime Reduction Partnership to address Sussex magistrates
The Brighton & Hove Business Crime Reduction Partnership [BCRP] has been asked by the Sussex Central Bench to give a series of 5 presentations on its work over five days in March to ensure that magistrates understand and support its work with the business community in collaboration with Sussex Police and Brighton & Hove City Council. More...
20 February 2010
Home Secretary announces final conditions of a proposed mandatory code for alcohol retailers
The conditions will be applied to all alcohol retailers to ensure consistent good practice and to crack down on problem premises, where irresponsible drinking could put individuals at risk and lead to crime and anti-social behaviour. More...
13 February 2010
ICO advice on partnership databases
Following concerns expressed to AABC by a number of partnership managers about the national SIRCS database and the manner in which personal or sensitive data is made available to users, AABC sought guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office, who has responded as follows: More...