Safer Areas Initiative
At the Scottish Business Crime Centre (SBCC), our whole purpose is to help Scotland's businesses by reducing crime, and the threat of crime, which adversely affect the success of the business community.
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Our prime aim is to make Scotland
safer, more prosperous and as crime-free as possible for
businesses, their staff, customers and visitors. Our Safer Areas
Initiative was set up to do just that and below are some of
the projects and schemes in which the SBCC are involved.
For more information, practical
help and advice, contact any of the Safer Areas Project
Co-ordinators:
• Willie Armstrong willie.armstrong@sbcc.org.uk
• Tom McDougall tom.mcdougall@sbcc.org.uk
• Matt Ronan matt.ronan@sbcc.org.uk
Best Bar
None
The Best Bar None Awards scheme was developed to address alcohol
related crime and introduced into Scotland in 2005.
The scheme is sponsored by Diageo
and the Scottish Government and works with the licensed trade to
create a safer and more welcoming environment in bars, pubs and
clubs.
Click here for more
information
Safer Shopping
Award
This is a national award scheme for retailers which is making a
real contribution to reducing crime in city and town centres,
shopping centres and retails parks.
Click here for more
information
Taxi
Marshalls
Working into the early hours, mostly at weekends, Taxi Marshalls
help to make getting a taxi home after a night out a less daunting
prospect.
Click here for more information
Street
Pastors
Street Pastors offer help and support for people feeling the worse
for wear, mentally or physically, after a night out.
Click here for more information
Safer Retailer
Award
Developed by the Scottish Business Crime Centre, this is a similar
scheme to the Best Bar None Awards, but for the retail sector, to
tackle issues surrounding the sale of age restricted goods.
Click here for more information
Pubwatch
This is a scheme to help licensees prevent anti-social behaviour on
their premises.
Click here for more information
Retail Radio
Link
Retail Radio Links allow immediate contact between consumer
businesses, local authorities and law enforcement agencies to
reduce crime.
Click here for more information
Information
Sharing
Information can be shared in a variety of ways and used to prevent,
deter or detect crimes committed by persistent offenders. The
Scottish Business Crime Centre can help businesses and
organisations make sure that any information sharing is in
accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. The
SBCC can provide all the necessary protocols and procedures that
must be followed to keep within the law.
Environmental
Initiatives
Illegal fly-posting, graffiti, litter and vacant shop fronts have
caused increasing problems over the last few years, not least of
which is blighting the appearance of our city and town centres and
shopping areas.
These problems can undermine an
area's regeneration by reducing investment opportunities and
putting off inward investors. They also increase the fear of crime,
deter visitors and tourists, cost a great deal to tackle or remove
and increase insurance and security costs.
The Scottish Business Crime Centre
has information on a number of initiatives that can help local
communities create safer and cleaner streets.
Data
Compromise
Databases are becoming an increasingly essential part of a
business's activities to attract and retain customers. But they are
also a likely target for criminals.
Protecting businesses from fraud
and e-crime, and the resultant effects, is now more and more
important. The way customer data is handled is critical and failure
to implement vital precautions, many of which are low or no-cost,
could significantly compromise a company's turnover and market
share.
The Scottish Business Crime Centre
can offer advice and information on how this growing threat can be
tackled.
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