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Spring News:SBCC Spring Newsletter SPRING NEWSLETTER April 2011 Welcome to our Spring Newsletter The latest period has development of the initiative in INSIDE continued to see further Scotland. development of our work at THIS the Scottish Business Crime It is unfortunate that the Fire Centre and I am delighted and Rescue Service have that we have secured our decided not to continue with EDITION funding from the Scottish the secondment of a Fire Government for the year Officer to the Centre. Richard 2011/12. Norman’s contribution has been valuable and I thank him Foreword 1 for his support and hard work Members Hugh Brown of The In March we held the first ever in his time with us and wish Edrington Group and Chair of Economic Crime Program National Award Ceremony for him well for the future. Distribution Industry Best Bar None in Scotland. Best Bar None Awards 2 Partnership Scotland, who will This most successful event I am delighted that work deliver the closing speech and SCCG Conference was held in the Apex Hotel in progresses toward the hosting Ken Milliken of KPMG who will Dundee and was attended by Taxi Safety Scheme 3 of the 2nd Scottish present to delegates on the over 250 representatives of Safer Retail Awards - Commercial Crime Group Bribery and Corruption Act. bars and clubs in Scotland. Fife & West Lothian Conference at the end of May. This promises to be a most We were delighted to The work of this group informative event. Falkirk’s Safe Zone 4 welcome Kenny MacAskill, continues to expand under Justice Secretary, John DIPS - Beware the Fuel Thieves the leadership of Detective On behalf of the team at the Letford, the Lord Provost of Superintendent Willie Semple SBCC I would like to thank all Secured by Design 5 Dundee, and Angela Wilson, and several influential of our partners for their Assistant Chief Constable, Safer Parking speakers have been secured continuous support of our Tayside Police. We also for the event including work. I look forward to the Fire & Rescue Services Update 6 welcomed representatives of Assistant Chief Constable summer period which our initiative sponsor Diageo, SFCG - Financial Crime Scam - Angela Wilson to open the promises to be an important Vishing and award sponsors event, Bill Matthews, Chair of period in the ongoing growth Blackadders Solicitors, G4S SCCG - 7 NHS Scotland, Frank of the SBCC. and Wave 102. Tackling Tobacco Smuggling in Mulholland, Solicitor General Scotland for Scotland, our Board Alan Dobie FACT - 8 This event will act as a The Federation Agianst catalyst for the further Executive Director Copyright Theft SCDEA/SBCC Liasion Unit Top Fraud Detective wins inaugural Trophy for Economic Crime Program Alan Dobie presents an inaugural Glass Trophy provided by SBCC to DC David White from the SCDEA for outstanding student on the Scottish Police College Economic Crime Programme 2010. The Scottish Business The course is based on 5 separate seminar Crime Centre days which took place at the Scottish Police Unit 10, Alpha Centre College, Tulliallan. The aim being to provide Stirling University Innovation professional bodies who can assist them in Park Stirling, FK9 4NF students, from all Scottish Police forces and a their role. tel. 01786 447441 variety of partner agencies, including DWP, fax. 01786 447775 Standard Life, NHS Counter Fraud, Students This years program will run from August [email protected] Award Agency and the Royal Bank of Scotland through to December on 6 separate training www.sbcc.org.uk the opportunity to develop the attributes and days. For further information please contact. knowledge required in dealing with Complex A company limited by guarantee & DS Colin Aitken on registered in Scotland No. SC170241 Fraud Investigations whilst giving them an [email protected] VAT Registration Number: 717 2746 27 awareness of the variety of agencies and SpringNewsletter | 2011 1 Spring 2011 play in helping make our towns and city centres places which are safe for the public and free from crime. “At Diageo that is what we also want to see and that is why we are delighted to support this scheme and to encourage publicans and club-owners to play an Scotland’s best bars, active role in making public safety a pubs and clubs priority.” recognised as the ‘Best Alan Dobie of the Scottish Business Crime Bar None’ Centre, said: “The work and effort which is being put into tackling crime and anti- Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill was social behaviour by Scotland’s bars, pubs joined by more than 260 people as they and clubs is fantastic and deserves celebrated the effort of publicans and club recognition. I’m particularly pleased the owners in making Scotland’s town and efforts of the people who run these city centres safer, at the first national Best premises are now being recognised at a Bar None Awards ceremony, which was national level. held in Dundee recently. It is the first time national recognition has been given to “I am grateful to Diageo, whose support bars, pubs and clubs for their contribution over the past seven years has been vital to to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour. the success of the Best Bar None initiative.” Supported jointly by Diageo and the Scottish Government, the Best Bar None Each of the 30 finalists received an award scheme has been running at local level for their efforts. The best bar, best pub, across Scotland for seven years, best nightclub and best specialist encouraging hundreds of licensed entertainment venue also received an premises to do their bit to improve public overall winner award. safety in town and city centres. Additional sponsorship of the event was Mr MacAskill said: “I would like to provided by John Letford, Lord Provost of congratulate everyone involved in the Best Dundee who supported the pre-dinner Bar None scheme. We recognise that drinks reception; Blackadders Solicitors of changing Scotland’s long standing Dundee who sponsored the Best Pub drinking patterns cannot be achieved by category award; G4S who sponsored the the Government alone. It requires a Nightclub category and Wave 102, concerted effort by everyone and Dundee’s local radio station, who provided accreditation schemes such as Best Bar the Master of Ceremonies and supported None are exactly the kind of initiative we the production of the night’s event. want to encourage, and we are delighted to promote and support it. It is wonderful The overall winners in each category were: to see the people working so hard to make our communities safer in our clubs, PUB AREA pubs and bars and being recognised Tickety Boo’s Dundee tonight at the national awards.” BAR The Archibald Simpson Aberdeen Mark Baird, Diageo’s Corporate Social NIGHTCLUB Responsibility Manager, said: “Scotland’s Fat Sams Dundee bars, pubs and clubs have a crucial role to SPECIALIST ENTRERTAINMENT Abertay Student Centre Dundee Upcoming Conference As advised in our Winter 2010 newsletter, the Scottish Commercial Crime Group 2nd Conference is scheduled to take place on Thursday 26 May 2011 at the Scottish Police College. Scottish Commercial Crime Topics of discussion at the event will include: Intellectual Group 2nd Conference Property Crime, Human Trafficking, Metal Theft and Supply Chain Crime. The Conference agenda and booking information ‘Partnership Without Borders – Tackling Commercial is now available to download from the events page of the Crime Together’ Scottish Business Crime Centre. For further information please contact tel: 01786 447 441 or e-mail: [email protected]. SpringNewsletter | 2011 2 Perth Taxi firm signs up to city centre safety scheme Drivers from a Perth taxi firm will be keeping an eye on Perth city centre goings-on under a new radiolink initiative that will allow them to share messages with Tayside Police, CCTV operators, city centre shops and pubs, and street pastors. Perth Taxis Ltd, based at Perth Railway Station, has joined forces with the Perth Safer Cities Initiative. Under the scheme the taxi office will be able to share criminal and safety radio messages with other city centre members during the daytime and evening. room staff can help monitoring of incidents. Police can then be directed as required to prevent any escalation. Perth Taxis will Up to 15 taxi drivers will have the capability of linking in with be a valuable partner in the safety initiative.” other agencies and partners to report potential safety issues in the city centre. Perth Taxis company secretary, Kenny Harrison, added: "We are delighted to be a part of the Perth Safer Cities Initiative. Perth Community Safety Partnership Convenor, Councillor Willie Taxis takes the safety of our customers and the wider public Robertson, said: “Information sharing through radiolink between very seriously and we are glad to be able to work with partner agencies is an important part of maintaining safety within our agencies to reduce anti-social behaviour in Perth”. city centre. Early calls of potential anti-social behaviour to CCTV Safer Retail Awards – Fife and West Lothian A group of Fife retailers have been awarded Safer Retail Awards for their efforts to minimise the sale of age restricted goods such as alcohol and cigarettes to young people. Through a partnership between Scottish Business Crime Centre, Malcolm Brown, Head of Fife Council Environmental Services and Fife Constabulary a Corporate pilot scheme for the Safer Retailer Award was carried out in Communications with Burntisland, Kirkcaldy and Rosyth. Six retailers from these Scotmid, said: areas achieved ‘accreditation with merit’ through an assessment and audit process against certain criteria. “Scotmid Co-operative Society works hard to ensure that it is a responsible retailer in every community it serves. We are extremely pleased that our West Lothian stores have been accredited with this award and would like to congratulate all the store managers and staff whose efforts have made this possible”.
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