All Crime articles – Page 10
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Product NewsNew smaller AI age-check machine revealed at NCS 25
E-Service, who unveiled a new “compact and affordable” age verification solution designed to protect retailers
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Features and analysis‘What’s the point?’: Retailer pelted with cans and racial slurs refuses to report to police
Nathalie Fullerton was pelted with cans and subjected to racist abuse after confronting a shoplifter but has chosen not to report the incident to the police
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Features and analysis13,000 bobbies on the beat by 2029 labelled ‘far too slow’, says Bira
The government’s pledge to put 13,000 more officers on the streets by 2029 has been criticised by the British Independent Retail Association
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Features and analysisNational Crime Agency targets illicit products with Operation Machinize
NCA officers visited 265 premises over the course of the three-week operation
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Features and analysisACS welcomes neighbourhood policing guarantee aiming to bring in 13,000 new officers
The ACS has welcomed the announcement of a new Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee from the Government
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Features and analysisNumber of illicit cigarettes, tobacco and vape seized in Hull doubles
More than 2.4m counterfeit cigarettes, tobacco and vapes were seized by Hull City Council’s Public Protection Team during 2024
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Features and analysisShop thefts involving violence now to be classed as robbery
The NBCC has produced a guide for businesses to help them understand different crime classifications and what they mean
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Features and analysisShop worker threatened with imitation gun, meat cleaver and hammer in armed robbery
On Monday, three males entered Mid Calder Convenience Store and stole several items before fleeing
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Features and analysisPolice Scotland launch dedicated team to tackle the root of retail crime
It follows £3m funding from the Scottish Government
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Features and analysisDover gets new Community Alcohol Partnership scheme
Town of Dover to become the latest area to benefit from a Community Alcohol Partnership
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Features and analysisStore of the Future: Anti-crime technology
With crime on the rise, retailers are having to future-proof protection for their stores
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Features and analysisStore charity donation stolen from homeless hub
150 bottles of Lucozade donated by Trudy Davies have been stolen from outside a charity
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Features and analysisScottish Anti-Illicit Trade Group relaunches to combat counterfeit crime
The Scottish Anti-Illicit Trade Group has relaunched this month, with the aim of combating counterfeiting in Scotland
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Features and analysisIllegal cigarette selling shopkeeper jailed for over three years
A retailer who sold illegal cigarettes in three counties has been sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison and ordered to pay £20,000 in costs
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Features and analysisResponsible Retailer of the Year: Costcutter Epsom
Being a responsible retailer is at the heart of everything that happens at Costcutter Epsom
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Features and analysisCrime Prevention Retailer of the Year: Scotmid Leven Street
When faced with high levels of theft at the Edinburgh store, Scotmid had to take preventative action
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Features and analysisOne in four shoppers witness physical or verbal abuse of shop staff
These incidents have included acts of racial or sexual abuse, physical assault or threats involving weapons
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Features and analysisHartlepool retailer stripped of licence after ‘dangerous vodka’ found on open sale
Trading Standards also seized 194 illegal vapes
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Features and analysisRetail crime cost Scottish retailers almost £20,000 per store last year
The Scottish Grocers’ Federation has released its latest Crime Report
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Features and analysis£500k worth of illegal tobacco discovered in storage unit
Walsall Council Trading Standards teamed up with West Midlands Police and a specialist search dog team as part of Operation Shadow