FSB launch 'Every Crime Every Time'

Published on 28 Jan 2008

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has joined with the Coalition Against Crime to launch a new campaign to encourage businesses to report crime.

The FSB has long complained that crime against businesses are rarely investigated by police, and that this results in fewer crimes being reported because business owners believe such reporting is futile.

David Croucher-Jones, FSB Home Affairs Chairman, said:

“It is mystifying that such a large proportion of crime in this country can go almost unnoticed. “The Every Crime Every Time Campaign is an effort to make the voices of small business owners heard about the crime they are victims of and to get police forces and the Government to listen.
“Crime against business is often thought to be victimless. It’s not. The victims are the communities that small businesses sustain and small business owners themselves are facing a climate of constant intimidation and violence”

Anne Tate, Chief Executive of the Coalition Against Crime, said:

“Crime impacts upon a business in a number of ways, including the inability to meet customer deadlines, damaging profitability, wasting management time and affecting staff morale, to name but a few.
“We are looking for more information about the scale, nature and impact of crime upon businesses, so we can formulate a response to it. Small businesses can help by taking part in this campaign, which will run for one year.
“By reporting every incident of crime, anti-social behaviour or verbal and physical abuse against staff, small business owners can help us to put more pressure on police forces to take crime against business seriously."