ABCP News
2 February 2012
Preparing your business for the games
For those parts of the country which will be hosting Olympic events (not just London), the National Olympic Co-ordination Centre has produced a comprehensive booklet setting out advice for businesses on the opportunites, challenges and possible impacts of the games on business.
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2 February 2012
Consultation on dealing with the problems of late night drinking
This consultation is about two measures in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 that will be implemented through regulations: Early Morning Restriction Orders (EMROs) and the late night levy.
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1 February 2012
Sentencing Council launches new guideline for assault offences
The guideline aims to ensure a consistent and proportionate approach to sentencing, with convicted offenders receiving a sentence that reflects both the harm they have caused to their victim and their culpability. The guideline sets out that it is an aggravating factor to an assault where it is an 'offence committed against those working in the public sector or providing a service to the public'. The broad wording would encompass both those providing vital services to the public, such as emergency services personnel, but also those working, for example, as pub staff and shop workers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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5 January 2012
Crawley & Gatwick Business Watch wins local award
Crawley & Gatwick Business Watch (CGBW) has won an award sponsored by the Crawley News for local people who have made outstanding contributions to the town over the previous 12 months.
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28 December 2011
Safer Business Award for Somerset West BCRP
Somerset West BAC celebrated the award of their distinction SBA at a recent evening awards ceremony. Created in 2011, following the merger of Taunton retailers against crime and the Bridgwater & Burnham security group, the partnership was won a number of accolades for its innovative and pragmatic approaches to crime reduction. SWBAC also presented Safer Business Award plaques to Sedgemoor district council and Taunton Deane borough council to show that the towns are a safe environment for businesses to grow and to invest in.
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28 December 2011
Associate member Cyfas installs CCTV control room in Bolton
The Greater Manchester towns of Bolton and Farnworth have around 225 CCTV cameras monitoring shops, bars, car parks and the surrounding industrial estates. The information provided by these cameras is augmented by a diverse range of different radio solutions, seamlessly integrated in a single control room by the C-Soft Plus dispatcher, touchscreen technology from Cyfas.
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28 December 2011
Truckwatch Northwest conference
Truckwatch Northwest will be running a free conference on 31st January at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston. The conference will highlight the different ways in which freight crime affects everyone; the difficulties in gauging the extent of the problem through reporting and recording of freight crime; and how an increased understanding of the extent of the problem can assist with the development of security measures to address and reduce the problems.
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17 December 2011
A happy Christmas from all at ABCP
The Association of Business Crime Partnerships and all members of staff would like to wish everyone associated with ABCP a happy Christmas and New Year and thank them for all their support in the last twelve months.
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14 December 2011
Mary Portas retail review published
The review of the state of Britain's high streets by Mary Portas has been completed and was published this week. It contains 28 recommendations for reviving city and town centre retailing.
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14 December 2011
Bournemouth Retailers Reducing Crime wins 2011 tourism award
Kevin Strudwick, BRRC's crime manager has won a Bournemouth tourism award for outstanding dedication to the tourist industry in the town in recognition of the part played by the partnership in reducing business crime and helping to create a positive atmosphere.
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11 December 2011
Home Office Workshop on Stalking and Harassment
The chief executive of ABCP and the crime managers from Bath and Somerset West BCRPs attended the fourth home office workshop on stalking and harrassment in Bristol. They were the only business related organisation represented at the meeting with the police service representing the majority of the audience.
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6 December 2011
First Safer Business Award for Bracknell
Bracknell Business Against Crime recently achieved its first Safer Business Award accreditation and celebrated with a major presentation in the town centre on 23rd November.
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30 November 2011
Toysrus joins Retail Mentors scheme
ABCP is delighted to welcome the major retailer Toysrus to the Retail Mentors scheme operated by ABCP. The Retail Mentors scheme allows member partnerships and retail members to contact each other to share intelligence, talk through issues and develop a positive communication link between partnerships and company loss prevention managers.
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25 November 2011
A new associate member joins ABCP
Cyfas Systems Ltd, who produce radio communications control rooms for the emergency services, ports, on-shore and health service amongst other clients, has joined ABCP as an associate member.
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21 November 2011
Cardiff Business Safe joins ABCP
Cardiff Business Safe, the BCRP for the capital of Wales, has recently joined ABCP after undergoing a major re-organisation and upgrade to ensure their financial viability.
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11 November 2011
ABCP annual conference date
The Association of Business Crime Partnerships annual conference will take place on Thursday, 24th May, 2012 at the Hilton Hotel, Paradise Way, Walsgrave Triangle Coventry, CV2 2ST. The venue is very close to junction 2 of the M6 and M69 with ample free parking and we have kept delegate and exhibitor costs the same as the last two years.
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9 November 2011
Somerset West Businesses Against Crime awards evening
The first annual Somerset West Businesses Against Crime (SWBAC) awards were held on the 20th of October 2011 at the Somerset County Cricket Club, Taunton. The awards recognise the efforts of businesses in fighting crime and keeping their community safe.
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8 November 2011
Dover partnership uses Facebook images of known thieves.
Dover Partnership Against Crime has started to search Facebook for images of local known thieves who have open accounts on Facebook - which anyone can view.
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4 November 2011
Home Office workshops on stalking and harassment
Stalking profoundly affects many lives, often in devastating ways. The statistics make that abundantly clear: almost 1 in 20 women is a victim of stalking every year. Over a lifetime, stalking affects almost one in five women and one in ten men. A third of victims say they have lost their job or relationship or have been forced to move because of stalking.
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1 November 2011
Bournemouth launches retail crime awareness DVD
Bournemouth Businesses Reducing Crime and Dorset Police have worked together to devise and film a retail crime awareness DVD which will help town centre shops to reduce theft by providing staff with up-to-date, police-approved training on how to spot, prevent and deal with incidents of retail crime.
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31 October 2011
Bank of England issues new £50 note
The new-style £50 note featuring Matthew Boulton & James Watt will enter circulation on Wednesday 2 November 2011. The note will contain a range of new and enhanced security features.
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27 October 2011
Global Retail Theft Barometer records increase in UK theft from a shop
The report, from professor Joshua Bamfield (right) of the Centre for Retail Research shows that shrinkage overall cost UK retailers £4.890 billion in the 12 months to June 2011 compared with £4.417 billion in the year to June 2010. Shrinkage,(which includes crime and non-crime losses) as a percentage of sales was an average of 1.37%, which is an increase on 2010.
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19 October 2011
ABCP invited to consultation by the Mary Portas review
ABCP, together with a number of senior representatives from business, research, academe and other stakeholders were invited this week, to a workshop at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to consider the emerging recommendations of the independent review by Mary Portas into the future of the high street
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19 October 2011
A big event for Whitehaven SBA
Business Against Crime Whitehaven put together an impressive guest list for the presentation of their Safer Business Award distinction at a launch at the Civic Centre in Whitehaven on 7th October.
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13 October 2011
Hemel Hempstead partnership crime manager short-listed for national award
Roy Aldwin, Dacorum (Hemel Hempstead) crime manager has been shortlisted for the Guardian Newspapers Public Servant of the Year Award.
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13 October 2011
ABCP launches Partnership Council
ABCP has created a partnership council to better represent the views of member partnerships across the country. There are eight groups - North West, Wales, South West, Sussex, Kent, South Midlands, London and Yorkshire. Chairmen of those groups will meet with Richard Barron and Mike Schuck regularly to discuss issues and help agree how and where the organisation should go.
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4 October 2011
Spam text survey by information commissioner
The ICO has seen a rise in the number of complaints concerning marketing texts over the past few years. If you or your members have received text messages looking to sell a service but the company has not provided the recipient with their name, the ICO would be grateful if they could spare a minute to complete a very short survey that the ICO's office is conducting.
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30 September 2011
An excellent annual report from Cherwell partnership
The Cherwell annual report to their board and members is an excellent example of an informative review of its activities over the past 12 months and of its commitment to the local community it serves.
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23 September 2011
More British Institure of Innkeeping licensing courses available
The BII, through its training partner, ABV Training, is offering a number of alcohol and licensing training courses for practitioners and those involved in the management of the evening economy. Some of the courses have an applicability to BCRP managers and provide a certified qualification for those who successfully complete the course.
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21 September 2011
Somerset West BCRP first to adopt Safer Premises Initiative
On 6th September Somerset West Business Against Crime was the first business crime reduction partnership to take delivery of BCRP Intranet's latest information sharing system called Safer Premises Intranet (SPI), which utilises Littoralis' secure intranet for information sharing.
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15 September 2011
Canterbury introduces safety training
Canterbury District Watch has introduced a training programme to support female staff, especially those in the night-time economy, and to encourage businesses to take some responsibility for their staff after they have left work.
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12 September 2011
ICO launches A-Z index of data protection guidance
The Information Comissioner's Office has made improvements to its website and has launched an A-Z data protection guidance index which replaces the document library as a resource for organisations on the website.
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5 September 2011
The Community action against crime: Innovation fund, has opened
The fund is worth £5 million in 2011/12, with a further £5 million set aside for 2012/13. It will encourage greater community activism and enable communities to develop innovative approaches to tackling the local crime issues that matter to them. Community action against crime: Innovation fund is funded by the Home Office and delivered by the Community Development Foundation (CDF).
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5 September 2011
Safer Business Award for Bath
Following a successful third re-accreditation for their Safer Business Award, Bath & District Business Crime Reduction Partnership once again achieved a distinction and celebrated their achievement in style.
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26 August 2011
New free information-sharing system to identify travelling offenders
On Monday, 5th September, Littoralis, the company behind the BCRP Intranet online information-sharing system, will be launching CRPix (Crime Reduction Partnership Intelligence Exchange) to help partnerships and other users, identify travelling, prolific offenders. CRPix is entirely free to use.
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23 August 2011
Redbridge introduces text messaging service
Whilst most members of Redbridge Business Against Crime have radios and these are an invaluable asset, some members are not radio users and getting in touch has been more difficult.
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23 August 2011
Bluewater Safety Shop
The business crime reduction partnership at Bluewater has been given an empty shop for a month so that they can demonstrate various safety messages to visitors to the shopping centre, one of the biggest in the south east.
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23 August 2011
Cut Retail and Business Crime with Digital Radio
Associate member DCRS is offering a free radio system review in September and October. Creating safer environments in city and town centres has become imperative and radio networks have become the chosen platform for a many users who need to ensure everyone is aware of any situation.
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18 August 2011
Manchester BCRP responds to rioters
Manchester BCRP, part of Manchester CityCo, has responded to the damage, theft and violence caused to the city centre in the recent riots by pledging to exclude any person convicted of a theft offence or violent conduct from the premises of all their members.
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18 August 2011
New ABCP retailer good practice guides
The five guides - preventing customer theft, preventing burglary, preventing robbery, preventing violence against staff and how to make arrests have been updated and are now available as PDF downloads on the public area of the ABCP website.
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11 August 2011
Public Disorder - support for business
Vince Cable, the secretary of state for business, innovation and skills (BIS) has released a statement regarding help and advice which is being offered to businesses which have suffered loss and damage in the current disturbances.
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11 August 2011
Dacorum BCRP hosts an anti-terrorism conference
Dacorum BCRP, based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, is hosting a free counter-terrorism and extremism conference from 9am to 1pm on Friday, 30th September in Hemel Hempstead.
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