Latest Crime & Security insight and analysis – Page 56
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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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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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Features and analysis
Partnerships 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.
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Blog
Tackling retail crime
Local partneships can establish an effective approach to crimes against shops, says James Lowman
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: What's it worth to you?
Let's talk money, and bear with me because there is a point at the end.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Now there's a relief; some good feedback
In the last issue I asked if anyone fancied a fortnight on a busman's holiday, running a village store in Hampshire for Geoff and Lyn Porteus so they could get a much-needed break.
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Features and analysis
Vandalised store rues shutter ruling
Southport retailers who were forced to remove their security shutters by the local council have had their store vandalised.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Maternity pay + holiday pay = a headache for retailers
Workers have many rights these days, so unsurprisingly it’s difficult to keep up with their various entitlements.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: How's your image?
Stores, if they work right, get a lot of traffic leading to a lot of wear and tear.
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News
Jail sentences for shoplifters to stay
Custodial sentences will continue to be a possible punishment for serial shoplifters, according to new guidelines published by the Sentencing Advisory Panel (SAP).
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Small firms fail to report crime
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found that 64% of small businesses were victims of crime over the past year but that less than half of incidents were reported to the police.
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Features and analysis
New guidelines back jail for shoplifters
Shoplifters who target independent retailers will face harsher penalties according to new guidelines from the Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC)
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News
UK tops league for shoplifting
UK stores suffer bigger losses to retail theft than any other country in Europe, a new report has revealed.
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Tories study retail crime
The Conservative Party has launched a Commission to look at the problem of retail crime.
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Features and analysis
MP seeks support for Shoplifting Bill
Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh has tabled an Early Day Motion to promote support for her Shoplifting Bill
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Features and analysis
Credit crunch crimewave
A shoplifting offence takes place every 90 seconds in the UK, and tough economic conditions could make the figure worse, according to the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) latest Retail Crime Survey.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Friend or foe? Entrapment never used to be a police tactic
No one likes to take on the police. You want them to be Britain’s finest, on your side, fighting the villains. But they sure as hell ain’t perfect and here’s a really horrible story to prove it. Raj Patel, Leeds, rang to complain...
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Now the police are interested in the Halifax case
I asked if anyone else had suffered losses from their bank account in London’s Woolwich area following the case of Naresh Sandhir, who lost £8,000 in a week from four deposits to cover PayPoint, Lottery and bus passes at his local Halifax branch...