Latest Crime & Security insight and analysis – Page 3
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A.F. Blakemore appoints new chief financial officer
One of the UK’s largest privately owned family businesses announces a new chief financial officer
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Community Safety Minister welcomes relaunch of campaign to support retailers
Retailers Against Crime and the Scottish Grocers Federation teamed up to raise awareness of crime on Scottish retailers
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UK’s Illicit vape hotspots revealed
Tens of thousands of illegal vapes are being seized from black market vape sellers in police raids across the UK every month
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Almost half a million shop thefts in year to March 2024, Office of National Statistics reveals
The latest ONS Crime Survey reported a 30% increase in shoplifting offences
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Opal reports strong progress in combatting organised shop theft
Opal shares progression details of its new ’Organised Retail Crime’ team since it launched in May
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Shops in Northern Ireland demand new law protecting their workers
Shops in Northern Ireland call for a law to protect their workers as shoplifting cases double
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Calls for Tobacco Track and Trace data to be shared with police
The National Business Crime Centre is calling for Tobacco Track and Trace technology to be made available to policing in order to crack down on the illicit tobacco trade
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Legislation on tobacco and vaping unveiled in King’s Speech
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will prohibit anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 from legally buying tobacco products
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Retail sector welcomes crime legislation plans in King’s Speech
The industry has welcomed the announcement in the King’s Speech that legislation to make the assault of a retail worker a specific offence will move forward
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'Balanced approach' needed for minimum wage increases
The Association of Convenience Stores has urged a balanced process that takes into account businesses as well as employees when setting out the new minimum wage
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Retailer concerns over Labour’s plan to remove age bands for minimum wage
Ahead of Labour’s victory landslide, the party pledged to “remove discriminatory age bands to ensure every adult worker benefits”
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The Fed urges focus on retail crime by new government
The Federation of Independent Retailers is calling for “action and not just words” when it comes to protecting independent retailers and their communities from crime
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Nisa highlights challenges facing independent retailers
Nisa managing director Peter Batt has called attention to the challenges facing independent retailers and their importance to the wider economy
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JW Filshill bolsters commercial team with two new appointments
Kyle Byers has joined as the category buyer for non-food and pet categories, while Stuart Auld has been appointed as the role of category buyer for food and third-party supply
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73kg of illicit tobacco and 22,000 suspected illicit cigarettes seized in Peterborough
Three stores in Peterborough were raided, with suspected illicit tobacco and cigarettes seized
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Shadow Policing Minister pledges to move forward with shop worker protection law
Shadow Minister for Policing Alex Norris has reiterated his support for legislation that would make attacks on shop workers a specific offence
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Liberal Democrats overlook retail crime in election manifesto
The Liberal Democrats have revealed the party’s priorities for the upcoming election
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Role of c-stores as an employer highlighted by new research
In its evidence to the Low Pay Commission, the ACS has highlighted the importance of convenience stores as a source of ememployment
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Oxfordshire County Council warns over illegal vapes after 10,000 seized
The team has seen a ”very concerning but unfortunately predictable development involving the use of reasonably sophisticated” concealments
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Retailers warned to be vigilant over counterfeit King Charles III banknotes
Retailers have been warned to prepare for the new banknotes with the new King Charles III designs entering circulation on 5 June 2024