All Crime articles – Page 37
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Features and analysis
Crime victim? Here’s 10p for your trouble
A convenience store owner in Durham won't be retiring any time soon after receiving shoplifting compensation so low that it's not worth his while cashing the cheque.
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Features and analysis
Deadline for crimefighting grants extended
The deadline for partnership grants for retailers under the Retail Crime Action Plan (RCAP) has been extended until November 6, 2009
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Features and analysis
Feeling the pinch: how shoplifting is hurting your business
No matter what part of the country your store is in, shoplifting is an issue that cannot be ignored, and the problem is getting worse.
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Features and analysis
Tories’ 10 steps to cut retail crime
A Conservative Party think tank has proposed 10 measures to cut retail crime and break the "circle of apathy" that exists between retailers and the police and prevents crimes such as shoplifting and abuse of staff from being reported. A...
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Features and analysis
From dusk till dawn: fighting crime on the night shift
Whatever the time of day, c-store staff face the prospect of verbal or physical abuse from customers, but this threat is magnified come nightfall. Those who work night shifts in 24-hour stores have to contend with drunken revellers spilling out of...
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: These are mistakes, not crimes
How far are some local authorities prepared to go to set up soft-target stings?
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Features and analysis
Police slammed for ‘easy option’ fines
The effectiveness of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for shoplifting has been called into question again after an allegation of inappropriate use of the on-the-spot fines by the police.
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News
Post Office pays the price for ATM error
The Post Office has climbed down over its demand for hundreds of thousands of pounds in backdated charges from retailers for supplying cash to their free Hanco ATM machines.
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Features and analysis
Straw tightens up shop crime penalties
Tougher new penalties against shoplifters have been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
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Features and analysis
High streets hit by credit crunch crime
The past year has seen an alarming increase in 'credit crunch crimes' such as shoplifting, two major new surveys have found.
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Features and analysis
Counterfeit criminals are going unchecked
A lack of action by many UK councils and Trading Standards on counterfeiting and piracy is giving criminal gangs a free rein, a leading coalition of retail trade associations and enforcement organisations has claimed.
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Features and analysisStraw tightens shop crime penalties
New tougher penalties for shoplifters have been announced by Justice Secretary Jack Straw.
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Features and analysis
Government must address crime issue
MP Anne MacIntosh has criticised the government's "cavalier disregard" for retailers after her Ten Minute Rule Bill on the use of fixed penalty notices for shop theft missed its second reading in the House of Commons.
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Opinion
A new focus on crime
Convenience Store editor David Rees explains how a crackdown on illegal tobacco sales could prevent the tragic consequences of shop theft.
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Features and analysis
Shoplifting penalties come under review
Shoplifters could face stricter penalties following a government review of the Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) scheme.
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Features and analysis
Anti-crime protest gets TV publicity
Manchester store owner Shumaila Malik's campaign for government funding to help retailers protect themselves against crime is featured on national television today (June 12).
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News
PO's ATM error could trigger a cash-flow crisis
The Post Office and ATM supplier Hanco are working to resolve the misunderstanding over fees for supplying cash to free-to-use machines (Convenience Store, May 15).
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News
Jail sentence ends gang's crime spree
Members of a criminal gang which raided more than 20 isolated convenience stores carried on their crime spree despite receiving suspended sentences for previous convictions.
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News
POs must foot the bill for ATM error
The Post Office is under fire for demanding subpostmasters pay thousands of pounds in backdated charges for supplying cash to its free cash machines.
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Features and analysisPartnerships the way to beat crime
The Government is encouraging retailers to form partnerships with police and local authorities in a bid to reduce business crime.