All Crime articles – Page 23
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Features and analysis‘We lose between £20,000 and £30,000 a year to shoplifting’: Vince Malone
Pembrokeshire retailer Vince Malone is losing between £20,000 to £30,000 each year following a surge in shoplifting
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Features and analysisHow I use technology to keep my staff safe
Bassett Retail has invested in technology to help tackle crime in its stores
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Dear Jac'We live on the daily diet of crime’: retailer anger towards police inaction
Subhash Varambhia has outlined his frustration with a lack of action from his local police force when it comes to shoplifting
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Features and analysisRetailer fined over £2500 for selling vape to a child
The director of a convenience store in Bicester has been ordered to pay over £2500 for selling an e-cigarette to a 15-year-old.
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Features and analysisUsdaw urges protection for shopworkers
Usdaw has repeated its appeal to protect shopworkers following a rise in retail crime
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Features and analysisSouth Yorkshire Police seize £9,000 of illicit produce
An operation by the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and Rotherham Council’s Trading Standards has led to the seizure of illegal products worth more than £9,000
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Features and analysisRetailers call for government help to tackle rise in shoplifting
The Federation of Independent Retailers and the British Independent Retailers Association have written to the government appealing for support against crime
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Features and analysisBody cameras to be provided to Tesco staff as retail crime rises
In a letter to the Mail on Sunday, Tesco boss Ken Murphy appealed for more collaboration to tackle retail crime
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Features and analysisBattle over resources erupts between police forces and government
The government’s pledge to investigate every crime has been queried by the National Police Chiefs’ Council
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Features and analysisIllicit vapes and tobacco seized by Northumbria Police
Illicit vapes worth nearly £55,000 have been seized as part of a month-long operation
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Dear JacAbusive customers on the rise
Jac Roper hears from a retailer who has seen a rise in abuse from shoppers
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Features and analysisSGF demands retail crime prosecution figures be disclosed
According to Police Scotland, the Protection of Workers (Retail) Act has been used 7,056 times to report retail specific cases of abuse or assault of staff and retailers between when it came into force in August 2021 and 2 July 2023
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Features and analysisPolish beer smugglers sentenced to seven years in jail
The pair smuggled 122 lorry loads of non UK-duty paid beer
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Features and analysisPledge to improve police response to shoplifting welcomed
More resources and time are to be dedicated to tackle reported offences, including shoplifting, where there is a “reasonable lead”, such as CCTV footage or eyewitness accounts
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Features and analysisPolice are failing retailers as Co-op reports record crime levels
The group recorded almost 1,000 incidents a day
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Features and analysisRetailers call for CCTV grants as shoplifting rises 24% YOY
The Fed is urging government to help with security costs
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Features and analysisThe Fed welcomes plans to increase police presence on the streets
The changes are part of an update to the government’s Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan
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Features and analysisShop workers’ mental health damaged by cost of living crisis
More than half (52%) of workers in the retail industry have said that the rising cost-of-living is impacting their mental health
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Features and analysisHMRC seizes 10.8m cigarettes at Belfast Port
The cigarettes are worth around £5.3m in unpaid taxes
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Features and analysis£10,000 of illicit tobacco and vape products seized in Preston
Illicit cigarettes, counterfeit hand rolling tobacco and disposable vapes, worth over £10,000, have been seized from two stores in Preston