All Crime articles – Page 16
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NewsBoots trialling body-cams across Birmingham
It comes as retailers tackle a dramatic surge in violence and abuse of shopworkers during the pandemic
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News65 retail CEOs heap pressure on Boris Johnson to tackle shopworker abuse
The bosses of Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Aldi and Lidl are among those demanding new legislation to protect shopworkers
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NewsCentral England Co-op Birmingham store staff threatened by men with knives
The colleagues were not injured, and the retailer is now supporting the police investigation
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NewsGlobal food fraud rising as result of pandemic, report finds
Adulteration cases increased by 30% and counterfeit incidents by 47%
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NewsRetailers welcome new legal protections for shopworkers in Scotland
Scottish Parliament yesterday voted to support a bill to create a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker
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NewsM&S shoppers targeted by ‘free groceries’ scam on Facebook
The scam has been published by a fake Facebook page called ‘M&S shop’
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NewsSuperdrug bracing for surge in violence and aggression in Christmas run-up
The retailer expects the spike in abusive behaviour recorded over 2020 to get worse still
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NewsFacebook users targeted by scam quoting Asda CEO Roger Burnley
The online scam offers shoppers a free £35 voucher and asks for their bank details
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NewsCentral England Co-op condemns violent till snatching incident in Derbyshire
The crime is the 10th incident to have occurred since July across the retailer’s estate
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Comment & OpinionAbuse against shopworkers has risen this year. How can we allow this for our ‘local heroes’?
The Co-op has reported a 39% increase in abuse, violence and antisocial behaviour towards staff since last year – a shocking statistic
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NewsAbuse against Co-op staff rockets by almost 40% this year
Co-op said it was seeing on average 730 incidents a day of abuse, violence or anti-social behaviour directed against its staff
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NewsThe Co-op wins Business Initiative of the Year for plan to tackle shopworker abuse
Co-op’s Safer Colleagues Safer Communities campaign has won The Grocer Gold Award
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NewsMedia Bites 11 November: Amazon, Sunday trading, Premier Foods
Amazon has been charged by the European commission with using the sales data of independent retailers selling through its site to illegally gain an advantage in the European marketplace
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NewsIllicit tobacco on sale in more than 60% of Bolton convenience stores
Results of JTI mystery shopping operations echo those recorded in 2018
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NewsCentral England Co-op reports second crime in two days
The first incident involved a fight breaking out between a group of youths in the store
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NewsCentral England Co-op security guard threatened with knife
The event took place on Thursday night at the Dyas Road store in Birmingham
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NewsCentral England Co-op to roll out new security measures in crime crackdown
Society will introduce a service that allows staff to call for assistance at the touch of a button
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Comment & OpinionShopworkers are paying a high price for face mask enforcement
Staff are being asked to take ’reasonable steps – but are also facing surging levels of abuse
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NewsPost Office CEO Nick Read sets out measures to regain postmaster trust
Measures include a non-executive role for a postmaster on the board and a £2m investment in creating 100 area managers to support postmasters
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NewsRetail industry leaders demand committee inquiry into violence against shopworkers
Industry bodies are calling for action to tackle the tens of thousands of acts of violence against shopworkers every year