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Retail staff demand banning schemes as violent crime increases
While the Association of Convenience Stores reports increases in violent crime on its members, shop workers demand more banning schemes to protect themselves. Every year the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) researches its members’ experiences of crime in and around their premises. Its 2023 report makes for grim reading. After a dip during the Covid…
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Incident reporting for retailers: why it’s important – and easy
Disc is helping drive down low-level crime and antisocial behaviour right across the UK. Thousands of retailers participate in local Disc systems in more than 550 towns and city-centres across the UK, sharing awareness about local crime, safety and security issues and information about local offenders and exclusion schemes. Research tells us that small, independent…
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‘Tis the season…to review your GDPR compliance documentation
‘Tis the season to be jolly – and a really good time to review your scheme documentation! Business Crime Reduction Schemes must be GDPR compliant. Part of that is having the correct documentation within Disc, but it’s also vital that you review them periodically – and keep a record of any changes and the date…
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Switching to Disc from another provider? Simple!
Disc is by far the most widely used system of its kind, supporting over 240 organisations managing business crime reduction schemes in over 550 towns and city-centres across the UK. With years of experience helping customers move to Disc from other providers, we’ve developed a set of tools to migrate data quickly, simply – and…
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Let’s work together to set up your own Business Crime Reduction Scheme
If you’re thinking about running a Business Crime Reduction Scheme, you may be wondering how easy it is to set up and manage? Establishing a Business Crime Reduction Scheme is a smart and cost-effective way for your BID to directly address the impact that crime and anti-social behaviour is having on your levy payers. Evidence…
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Rural policing and Disc
Disc systems are established in more than 500 towns and city-centres throughout the country. Now police forces are adopting Disc to support their rural crime reduction efforts. Disc dominates in urban crime reduction schemes throughout the country, mainly addressing low-level crime in the retail and hospitality sectors, and public-realm ASB, many of which using Disc…
