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 15 March 2009
Wetherspoons'
profits up as chairman blames government for binge
drinking
JD Wetherspoon's founder and chairman Tim
Martin has criticised the government for saddling the industry
with an 'unsustainable' tax burden, and for creating a
'vodka-drinking culture' by driving young people out of the
pubs and into the street. Wetherspoons has also reported
strong half-year results with total sales up 6.5per cent to
£469m, and profits up 2 per cent to £30.8m. Read more here
13 March 2009
CCTV
generated 280 arrests in Surrey district last year
Nearly 300 arrests were made across Staines, Ashford,
Shepperton, Sunbury Cross and Stanwell, Surrey, in the past
year due to crimes being captured on CCTV. Read more here
13 March 2009
West
Yorks text-messaging crime-reduction system to be expanded
A text-messaging scheme to reduce business crime is to be
rolled out across the Bingley and Worth Valley area of West
Yorkshire. Read more here
13 March 2009
France
plans to ban alcohol sales to under-18s
France is
planning to ban alcohol for under-18s, to adddress what is
seen as a growing binge-drinking problem. Read more here
13 March 2009
Recession
'fuels' business crime: evidence
According to a report
by the London Chamber of Commerce a fifth of businesses in
London fell victim to some sort of crime during the last year.
A third of the businesses targeted by criminals did not report
it. Read more here
12 March 2009
Has
'skunk' changed the stakes in cannabis debate?
The
link between skunk use and the triggering of schizophrenia and
psychosis get stronger by the month, says Debora Orr in The
Independent. The Home Secretary, only a few weeks ago, cited
the emergence of skunk as the main reason why she decided to
return cannabis to its class B status, having downgraded it to
class C four years ago. Read more here
 12 March 2009
Met
backs down on CCTV in pubs
A prospective landlord has
won his fight not to install CCTV cameras in his pub.
Islington police had demanded that use of CCTV should be a
condition of granting new alcohol licences. Read more here
11 March 2009
New
BCRP to be launched to serve Hull shops
Police in Hull
are urging businesses along one of the city's busiest shopping
streets to join forces in a new business crime reduction
partnership. Read more here
11 March 2009
Government
announces another £5m for Tackling Knives Action Programme
Jacqui Smith has announced that an extra £5m will be spent
on extending the government's Tackling Knives Action
Programme. The new cash will be used to extend the programme
for another year and to extend it to cover two new areas: Kent
and Hampshire. Read more here
11 March 2009
Bill
proposed to increase penalties for shoplifting
A Bill
to crack down on shoplifters who reportedly cost businesses
£1bn last year is to be presented to the House of Commons by
Anne McIntosh, MP for the Vale of York. Read more here
9 March 2009
Government's
last call for contributions to new guidance on under-age
drinking
The Department for Children, Schools &
Families is calling for contributions to its proposed new
'guidance' on the subject of under-age drinking. All
'stakeholders' are urged to have their say and get involved
with the consultation before the closing date of 23rd April
2009. Read more here
9 March 2009
Criminals
from Scotland's security industry may be moving south
Criminal interests have long used parts of Scotland's
security industry for money-laundering. But as a response to
more effective policing powers and the growing impact of the
credit crunch on the construction industry, police warn that
the 'Mr Bigs' are looking south... Read more here
8 March 2009
BCRP
Intranet reports strong take-up of new 'Lite' data-sharing
product
BCRP Intranet, the data-sharing system for
crime reduction partnerships, has reported nine new sales
following the introduction of its new low-cost 'Lite' version
in January. New customers are located throughout the UK. Read
more here
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