All Crime articles – Page 6
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Analysis & FeaturesFrom thoughts of suicide to pride: empowering modern slavery survivors
Set up in 2017, the Bright Future initiative aims to provide modern slavery survivors with a pathway back to employment. Now, seven years on, it’s calling on the food and drink industry to help it ramp up its impact
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NewsFreight hijackings on the up as thieves target food
Nearly a quarter of products stolen in Britain in 2023 were food and beverages
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NewsSainsbury’s trialling electronic security cabinets in booze aisles to fight theft
Versions of the system have the capability for retailers to request customers to identify themselves using facial recognition, although Sainsbury’s hasn’t enabled this
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Analysis & FeaturesDesign challenge: Cheap and easy fixes to tackle theft at self-checkouts
Supermarkets love self-checkouts. And despite the noisy protests of a minority, most customers love them too. But SCOs are far from perfect
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s in Co-op’s 10-point plan to tackle retail crime?
Co-op has collaborated with professor of criminology Emmeline Taylor on the strategy
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NewsViolence and abuse in retail stores rose 50% in 2023, says BRC
Violence and abuse against people working in the retail sector is quickly escalating, with incidents rising by 50% to 1,300 a day in 2023, according to the latest figures by the BRC
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat will a Labour government mean for food and farming?
With the general election drawing near, there’s a blossoming romance between Labour and big business. But where does it stand on the crucial issues affecting food retail and farming?
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NewsCo-op reports record levels of theft and violence in 2023
The convenience retailer said that equated to almost 1,000 incidents a day across its 2,400 stores, a rise of 44% year on year
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NewsThree men sentenced for defrauding 2 Sisters in £320k theft case
The men were convicted of stealing chicken from 2 Sisters on Anglesey and supplying it to Townsend Poultry in Wolverhampton
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Analysis & FeaturesInside Ireland’s new deposit return scheme
The UK’s attempts to introduce DRS have been disastrous – but Ireland has quietly got on with it. How is its system working out?
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NewsPrison food reform is ‘huge opportunity’ for wholesalers, says charity
The Food Matters in Prisons report, issued last month, calls for greater transparency and accountability around food procurement
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NewsTrade bodies welcome crime bill amendment to protect shopworkers
Tabled by shadow minster for policing Alex Norris last week, the offence would bring tougher sentencing on offenders, including up to a year in prison
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Comment & OpinionWhat can we learn from the Post Office scandal?
Rarely has a public policy issue been painted in such vivid colours: the Post Office immoral, almost evil, and the sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses wronged beyond reason, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NewsNational Pig Association calls for tighter imports as tonnes of illegal meat seized at Dover
There is a growing black market for pigmeat due to the cost of living crisis, the NPA said
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Wagamama is helping prisoners prep for hospitality careers
Wagamama is taking part in a programme that offers inmates the chance to learn skills in a professional kitchen and find work upon release. We went to prison to find out more
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NewsTrade bodies call on PCCs to act on local crime as retailers report record theft
As part of the campaign, the groups are also lobbying for easier methods of reporting shop theft, and a single point of contact for all retailers to be established
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NewsFWD calls on Westminster to unlock growth and prosperity in the wholesale sector
FWD is aiming to kickstart a conversation on how the sector’s “knotty challenges” can be addressed in order to “turbocharge growth” for wholesalers across the UK
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NewsWest of England mayor launches funding for retailers tackling theft
There is a total of £142,000 available, and retailers in the area which includes Bath and Bristol can apply for a 50% match funding grant up to £2,000
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NewsOpen letter urges government to record assaults on public service workers in official statistics
CEOs for Sainsbury’s, Aldi, John Lewis, the Post Office, Fortnum & Mason, and Wickes have signed the letter.
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