Welcome to the Scottish Business Crime Centre

Established in 1996, the Scottish Business Crime Centre Ltd is non-profit making and our initiatives include the Distribution Industry Partnership Scotland (DIPS), Safer Areas Initiative, Secured By Design (SBD), The Safer Parking Scheme and Best Bar None (BBN).

Welcome to our website. We are the Scottish Business Crime Centre, Scotland's only national centre dedicated to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour which affects businesses and their customers.

Our aim is to reduce the likes of theft, fraud, shoplifting, deception, pilfering, intellectual property crime, counterfeiting, hijacking, identity theft, all of which hit businesses economically. We also support projects to eliminate inconsiderate conduct such as intimidation, threatening behaviour and drunkenness which can keep customers away from town centres, licensed premises, clubs, restaurants etc.

We do this by working in partnership with law enforcement agencies, the Scottish Government and the business community and by promoting industry-specific initiatives, sharing good practice, raising awareness of business crime impact and providing practical advice.

Established in 1996, the Scottish Business Crime Centre Ltd is non-profit making and our initiatives include the Distribution Industry Partnership Scotland (DIPS), Safer Areas Initiative, Secured By Design (SBD), The Safer Parking Scheme, and Best Bar None (BBN).   We are secretariat to  Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland (ACPOS) led Scottish Commercial Crime Group (SCCG) and the Scottish Financial Crime Group (SFCG).

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