Latest Crime & Security insight and analysis – Page 4
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Features and analysis
Watch the ‘Breaking the Back of Rising Retail Crime’ webinar on demand
Convenience Store’s ‘Breaking the Back of Rising Retail Crime’ webinar, organised in conjunction with sister titles The Grocer and Forecourt Trader, is now available to watch on demand
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Features and analysis
Four Lincolnshire stores close after illegal vapes and cigarettes found
The stores will remain closed for three months
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Features and analysis
Opal warns of growing threat from sophisticated organised crime gangs
Police warn that foreign criminals are traveling to the UK purely to commit retail crime
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Features and analysis
Wholesale sector workers to be protected by Criminal Justice Bill
Workers in the wholesale sector will be protected by new legislation, following campaigning by the Federation of Wholesale Distributors
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Features and analysis
ACS welcomes amendments on bill to protect shop workers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill that would make assaulting a shopworker a more serious offence
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Features and analysis
Bestway Retail partners with S4labour
The move hopes to benefit Costcutter, Best-one and Bargain Booze retailers with labour and cost management tools, designed to save them time and money
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Features and analysis
Retailers encouraged to diversify recruitment
A new report suggests that retailers can contribute to a more diverse and inclusive workforce by explanding their recruitment horizons
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Features and analysis
Register now for the Convenience Store retail crime webinar
Convenience Store’s Breaking the Back of Rising Retail Crime webinar will look at the impact on retailers and their staff
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Features and analysis
Retail industry backs ShopKind Week
Retailers, the Home Office and industry groups have joined forces to support #ShopKind Week, taking place from 6 – 10 May 2024
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Features and analysis
Steve Browne appointed as Heart of England Co-operative CEO
Browne will assume the role at the beginning of October, succeeding Ali Kurji who is due to retire at the end of September following 42 years’ service
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Features and analysis
Co-op’s 'resilient' approach to unprecedented times
Shirine Khoury- Haq, the CEO of the Co-op Group, shared insights into the changes that the Co-op is witnessing in the UK grocery market and how it is adapting to take advantage of new opportunities
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Features and analysis
Scottish retailers unite in call for Minister to act on retail crime
Retail groups have highlighted how crime is escalating in both volume and seriousness
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Opinion
Co-op: 'Let’s ensure retail crime is a priority for PCCs'
The Co-op’s Paul Gerrard highlights the opportunity to reach out to Police Crime Commissioners
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Features and analysis
Trading Standards ‘needs extra £140m to tackle illicit vaping market’
The Association of Convenience Stores has called on the government to provide Trading Standards in England with additional funds
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Opinion
‘Wholesalers are facing unprecedented levels of crime’
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors is urging the government to better protect those working in the wholesale sector
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Features and analysis
Co-op urges fellow retailers to call on PCCs to crack-down on retail crime
The group wants newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners to protect shopworkers
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Features and analysis
Shoplifting rises 37% Office of National Statistics reveals
The latest figures are the highest in recorded history
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Features and analysis
JTI removes gantries from stores caught selling illicit tobacco
Two stores in the north-east of England have had their tobacco gantries removed for selling illicit products
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Features and analysis
Co-op appoints new director of property, development and estates to drive growth ambitions
Rachel Hargreaves previously served as regional head of property at Lidl Great Britain
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Features and analysis
Retail NI launches action plan to tackle crime
The plan comes after its latest survey found that 91% of its members experience shopliting on a regular basis