18th January 2008
New crime-fighting campaign launched
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has launched a new national initiative to fight crime against business.
The Every Crime Every Time Campaign is a collaboration with the Coalition Against Crime (CAC) and will highlight the extent to which small firms are victims of crime in the UK.
The move comes in response to a recent FSB report, which showed that while 20% of all UK crime is committed against business, only one in eight incidents are reported to the police, because bosses feel that they are a low priority.
To counter this, firms are being encouraged to report every single crime committed against them – however seemingly trivial.
Every Crime Every Time was first run by Scottish Local Retailer magazine, which has given the FSB permission to use the name and extend the campaign throughout the UK.
Launching the campaign, the FSB's home affairs chair David Croucher-Jones said: "It is mystifying that such a large proportion of crime in this country can go un-noticed."
"Crime against business is often thought to be victimless. It's not. The victims are the communities that small businesses sustain, and business owners themselves face a climate of constant intimidation."
Anne Tate, chief executive of CAC, said: "By reporting every incident of crime, anti-social behaviour or abuse, we'll put more pressure on police forces to take crime again business seriously."
The Every Crime Every Time Campaign is a collaboration with the Coalition Against Crime (CAC) and will highlight the extent to which small firms are victims of crime in the UK.
The move comes in response to a recent FSB report, which showed that while 20% of all UK crime is committed against business, only one in eight incidents are reported to the police, because bosses feel that they are a low priority.
To counter this, firms are being encouraged to report every single crime committed against them – however seemingly trivial.
Every Crime Every Time was first run by Scottish Local Retailer magazine, which has given the FSB permission to use the name and extend the campaign throughout the UK.
Launching the campaign, the FSB's home affairs chair David Croucher-Jones said: "It is mystifying that such a large proportion of crime in this country can go un-noticed."
"Crime against business is often thought to be victimless. It's not. The victims are the communities that small businesses sustain, and business owners themselves face a climate of constant intimidation."
Anne Tate, chief executive of CAC, said: "By reporting every incident of crime, anti-social behaviour or abuse, we'll put more pressure on police forces to take crime again business seriously."
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