Scottish Retailers Call for Crime Protection

The Scottish Retail Consortium has called for an extension of a new anti-social law to cover shops and businesses north of the border, who are suffering from increasing amounts of theft, vandalism and threatening behaviours.

It is estimated that retailers across the UK are losing GBP1.7bn a year due to theft and other criminal activity, with a staggering eight million customer offences occurring every 12 months.

The problem, which seems more acute in Scotland, urges the Scottish Executive to extend the use of new anti-Social Behavious Orders (ASBOs) to include shops and other businesses.

As reported by Startups.co.uk, the govenment has promised to get tough with business-related crime by appointing a team of regional advisors to target offenders across England and Wales.

This new approach aims to foster closer links between police, local authorities and the government in the effort to cut crime and anti-social behaviour affecting British businesses.