All Crime articles – Page 61
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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
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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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
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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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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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
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.
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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
Criminals still active
Just weeks after a gang was convicted for a series of violent armed robberies and ram raids across East Anglia, police have warned that a number of groups may remain in operation across the region.
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Features and analysis
It's criminal
Convenience Store's exclusive poll highlights the growing burden of shoplifting. Amy Lanning takes a look at the findings
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Features and analysis
Shoplifting a daily issue for c-stores
One in five retailers is plagued by shoplifters daily, according to an exclusive survey commissioned by Convenience Store.
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Features and analysis
C-stores suffer in 'victimless' crime
Two-thirds of convenience store retailers have experienced a rise in the cost of retail crime in the past 12 months.
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Features and analysis
MPs want free ATMs
MPs have called on the government to support a campaign by Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) to have all ATMs clearly labelled in green if they are free to use and red if they charge.