Latest Crime & Security insight and analysis – Page 36
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Coronavirus: Retailers enforce purchasing limits and urge responsibility
An increasing number of retailers large and small have introduced restrictions on purchasing, amid calls to shop responsibly.
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Coronavirus: Proactive independent retailers hail community support
Independent retailers have hailed their local communities for assisting them in their efforts to meet the needs of elderly and vulnerable people.
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Coronavirus: Suppliers outline efforts to meet “staggering demand”
Wholesalers and c-store distributors have revealed how they are managing “staggering” demand from grocery shoppers amid the coronavirus pandemic, while paying tribute to retailers and store staff.
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Coronavirus: Chancellor announces range of measures to help businesses
The chancellor has announced a series of measures to support small businesses during the coronavirus outbreak, including an “unprecedented” government-backed loan scheme and a 12-month business rate holiday for all shops.
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Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme delayed until July 2022
Scotland has delayed the implementation of its Deposit Return Scheme until July 2022 due to fears over the impact of the coronavirus.
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Convenience stores step up support as coronavirus takes hold
Independent retailers are playing to their strengths, going the extra mile to support local shoppers with a wide range of new services, essential stock and assistance as the coronavirus crisis worsens.
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MP secures time for new bill to protect shopworkers from violence and abuse
Alex Norris MP has successfully secured parliamentary time to consider new legislation to protect shopworkers.
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Coronavirus: ACS issues advice as stores continue to adapt to outbreak
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has issued advice for retailers and colleagues on the impact of the coronavirus, as local retailers continue to adapt to the growing health crisis in order to meet their communities’ requirements.
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National Convenience Show postponed until September due to coronavirus
The UK Food Shows, including the National Convenience Show and the Farm Shop & Deli Show, have been postponed due to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak.
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Budget: Business rates temporarily abolished amid coronavirus outbreak
Shops with a ratable value of less than £51,000 will have their business rates “abolished” in the coming financial year, as part of a package of measures to help support businesses through the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
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Independents boost community support as UK coronavirus cases increase
Convenience retailers are stepping up efforts to support local communities in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, which is continuing to spread across the UK and the wider world.
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Incidents of violence and abuse against shopworkers up 9%
Incidents of violence and abuse against shopworkers have risen to 424 each day, up 9% on last year, according to the British Retail Consortium’s latest annual crime survey.
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MPs join call for new legislative protection of shopworkers
A specific new offence for attacks against people serving the public needs to be created in a bid to better protect shopworkers, a group of MPs have stated.
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New partnership to improve retailer access to anti-shoplifting technology
Retailers now have greater access to GDPR-compliant facial recognition technology which helps guard against shoplifting, following a tie-up between Vista CCTV and Facewatch.
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Scottish convenience retailers hit by shoplifting “pandemic”
Shoplifting is now “essentially a pandemic” in Scotland, with almost all retailers who responded to a new survey on retail crime saying that they were victims of shoplifting on a daily basis.
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Latest shop theft figures “vastly underestimate” scale of problem
New official figures revealing a 3% drop in police-recorded shop theft “vastly underestimate” the scale of the problem, according to the Association of Convenience Stores.
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Central England Co-op supports shoplifter rehab scheme in Birmingham
Central England Co-op has linked up with West Midlands Police to support a pioneering scheme in Birmingham aimed at helping prolific shoplifters enter rehab and turn their lives around.
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Retail industry continues to shed jobs as challenges stack up
The number of retail workers fell by 1.8% year on year in the last quarter of 2019, as stores continued to struggle against a rising tide of challenges, new figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) show.
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Police appeal following traumatic armed raid on Derbyshire store
Derbyshire Police are appealing for witnesses following a traumatic armed raid on a village shop in Overseal earlier this week.
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Government under mounting pressure to take action on retail violence
The industry has reiterated calls to the government to take action to tackle violence and abuse towards shopworkers.