AABC News
30 July 2010
Important announcement to partnerships and stakeholders
We announced recently that the Association of Business Crime Partnerships Limited (ABCP) was created following a joint board meeting between AABC and ATCM on the 3rd June. The new organisation has the support of both the Home Office and ACPO business crime.
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24 July 2010
Update on ABCP strategy workshop
As part of the development plan for the new organisation, ABCP held a strategy workshop day at ATCM offices in London on 15th July. It was attended by representatives of BCRPs, retailers, town centre managers, police and directors of ABCP.
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22 July 2010
Shoplifting DOWN across Eastbourne
The shoplifting action plan developed by the Eastbourne Crime Reduction Partnership (CRP) has seen a dramatic reduction in shoplifting offences across the town.
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16 July 2010
Crime in England and Wales, 2009/2010
The latest annual crime statistics for England and Wales, produced by the Home Office are now available on their website.
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14 July 2010
Mansfield Safer Business Partnership have cause to Celebrate
Mansfield Partnership Against Crime (MPAC) has just released the ratified crime figures for 2009/2010 that show a reduction in crime for Mansfield town centre of 20.4% over the previous year.
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2 July 2010
Harrogate BCRP joins ABCP
Another new partnership has become a member of ABCP and joined the expanding group of partnerships we have in Yorkshire, making this one of our largest regional groups.
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18 June 2010
Westfield Shopping Centre joins ABCP
The most luxurious shopping centre in the UK, Westfield, in Shepherd's Bush, opposite the BBC centre in west London, has become the latest partnership to join ABCP.
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18 June 2010
ABCP is moving forward
The Association of Business Crime Partnerships (ABCP) has now been officially created following a joint board meeting between AABC and ATCM on 3rd June. The new name has been registered with Companies House and there will be a new logo and other visual changes as we move forward.
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11 June 2010
First SBA award presented in France
The Dover, Deal and Sandwich Partnership Against Crime(DPAC) Safer Business Award presentation took place on board the P&O Ferry Pride of Calais while it was berthed at Calais.
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11 June 2010
The Bank of England withdraws Elgar £20 note
From 30th June the Elgar £20 note will no longer be legal tender. The £20 note featuring Adam Smith will remain in circulation.
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10 June 2010
A new partnership joins the Association of Business Crime Partnerships (ABCP)
Dacorum Business Against Crime - DBAC - which represents the town of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire and is based in The Marlowes Shopping Centre, is the latest business crime reduction partnership to join ABCP.
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8 June 2010
June edition of Fraud in Focus
The June edition of Fraud in Focus, published by the National Fraud Authority, contains articles for parents and grandparents via Netmums website, plus news on current projects, objectives for 2010-11, international mass marketing and romance fraud and the national fraud intelligence bureau.
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4 June 2010
The Association of Business Crime Partnerships (ABCP) is born
At a board meeting on 3rd June attended by the AABC board and representatives from the Association of Town Centre Management board, it was agreed to merge the business crime initiative of ATCM with AABC to create ABCP.
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28 May 2010
Crawley & Gatwick Business Watch news feature
Crawley & Gatwick Business Watch has established a good relationship with the Crawley Observer and as a result the paper has published an interesting news article on the work of the partnership for their local readership.
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21 May 2010
The National Fraud Authority becomes a Corporate Supporter of AABC
Following work which AABC has carried out with the National Fraud Authority, they have decided to become Corporate Supporters to help them to reach more small businesses and support their objective or reducing fraud.
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15 May 2010
St. Helens Business Against Crime successes
Significant reductions in crime have been achieved in St. Helens where the BCRP works closely with the chamber of commerce to help businesses reduce their risk to crime
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7 May 2010
AABC conference photographs are now available
Following our successful national conference last week, conference photographs and a conference report can now be viewed on the AABC website. Click on the Events link in the index on the left of the page to take you to the conference report.
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7 May 2010
National SIRCS database reviewed by Information Commissioner
AABC has been informed that, following the concerns expressed to AABC by some members, and our advice to members, the National Sircs business crime database, managed by Empowering Communities, has been reviewed by the Information Commissioner's Office.
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7 May 2010
Liverpool Light Night & Purple Flag
As part of our collaboration with ATCM, AABC is letting members in the North West know about an event in Liverpool on Friday 14 May, 2010.
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30 April 2010
AABC national conference a great success
The AABC national conference which took place at the Radisson Blu hotel at Manchester airport on 29th April with over 110 delegates and seven exhibitors was a very successful event with positive feedback from delegates who described it as interesting and informative with many useful contacts and exchanges with other delegates.
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24 April 2010
Business Crime Reduction Partnership presents to Sussex magistrates
Lisa Perretta, crime manager for Brighton & Hove BCRP, gave a series of 5 presentations over five days to Sussex magistrates to ensure they understand and support the work of the partnership.
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12 April 2010
AABC develops a Service Level Agreement for partnerships and retailers
Working with a group of major retailers, AABC has developed a service level agreement document which will help to bring partnerships and some of their major members closer together and provide a better and more collaborative service to members and crime managers of partnerships.
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6 April 2010
Lone Worker Support Saves Kensington Business
Liverpool Chamber's business crime prevention team have helped a small Wavertree business to continue trading after a traumatic robbery. In November 2009, Stephanie Agugua, was robbed at knife point at her business, Le Stye hairdressers, on Wavertree Road.
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1 April 2010
A new partnership joins AABC
A warm welcome to Tonbridge & Malling Safe Towns Partnership, the latest partnership to become a member of AABC, adding to our growing network.
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1 April 2010
A National Organisation for Business Crime Partnerships
Following discussions between the Home Office, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), Action Against Business Crime (AABC) and the Association of Town Centre Management (ATCM), AABC and ATCM have agreed to work together to create a new national organisation to represent business crime reduction partnerships (BCRPs) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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