All Crime articles – Page 53
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Features and analysis
Crackdown sees 727 shoplifters arrested
A successful radio link scheme in the Sunderland area has helped police to arrest 727 shoplifters in just five months.
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News
Government vows to act on crime
Crime, pensions and training were among the areas to be addressed in the government's legislative agenda for the coming year, revealed in the annual Queen's Speech.
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Features and analysis
Crime machines
Rich Airey explores the importance of CCTV and modern security technology in today's c-store environment
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News
Payzone ATM deal fills a hole
Payzone says it will be able to offer retailers better margins after parent company Alphyra and cash machine provider Cardpoint agreed terms on a merger.
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Features and analysis
Scorn over crime stats
Retailers reacted with fury this week to government claims that crime levels have plateaued.
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Features and analysis
Police studying distraction wave
Police forces across the country are stepping up their efforts to tackle a worrying increase in distraction burglaries in convenience stores.
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News
Marking crime
An anonymous phone line is just the latest crime-fighting initiative up Manchester retailer Mark Cleary's sleeve.
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Features and analysis
Criminal crackdown
There's never been a more important time to press home the seriousness of retail crime. Rich Airey reports
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Dear Jac
What's the deal on ATMs? They vary a fair bit
I've had a variety of feedback for Dunfermline Spar retailer Asif Mahmood regarding the deal he was offered by Hanco/RBS of an ATM that's free to customers
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Features and analysis
Shoplifters escape on-the-spot fines
Retailers have accused the government of going soft on shoplifters in the light of new Home Office guidance.
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News
Retailers attack 'soft' shoplifting decision
Convenience retailers have accused the government of going soft on shoplifters in the light of new Home Office guidance.
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Dear Jac
Turning you into criminals
A number of retailers have been in touch, more than a little worried about the rise in the age restriction on the sale of cigarettes.
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Dear Jac
Does this ATM deal push all the right buttons?
Spar retailer Asif Mahmood says he fancies the offer of an RBS machine that is free to customers, fully maintained and with good commission.
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News
Shoplifters of the world share tactics
Shoplifters around the world use similar strategies to steal from stores, according to research by academics at Leicester University.
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Features and analysis
New Office for crime
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for the government's decision to restructure the Home Office to lead to an increased focus on business crime.
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News
Business crime is the 'forgotten fifth'
Independent retailers have backed calls from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) for the government and police to take business crime more seriously.
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Features and analysis
Shop crime 'not serious'
Retailers have reacted angrily to suggestions that shoplifters should face lighter penalties.
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Features and analysis
Stores link up to beat rising crime
Retailers in Portsmouth are joining forces to help beat vandals and shoplifters. Twenty-two stores including Southern Co-operatives have joined the new Portsmouth Business Crime Reduction Partnership, which also involves pubs and restaurants, local
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News
Police get tough on trouble
A c-store retailer who surrendered his alcohol licence says he was forced into it because of "unfair" police tactics.
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News
Link to offer free ATMs to c-stores
The introduction of 600 non-charging cash machines in low-income areas will be "good news" for retailers, according to bosses of the Link Scheme responsible for their rollout.