Reducing crime is one of the key aims of the British
Business Parks ethos.
Security is one of the major issues any company has to
take into account and the safer firms feel then the better
they are able to do business. BBP recognises this and tailors
its policies accordingly.
To help highlight the problems of business crime – often
dismissed, wrongly, as a victimless crime – BBP has put together an incident report form, copies of
which have been dispatched to all businesses covered
by BBP.
Companies which fall victim to crime are encouraged
to report all incidents to their park coordinator.
A database is then prepared to keep a true picture
of the crime statistics for a specific area.
The
problem BBP has faced is that most
business crime goes unreported and therefore the
police have no real
idea of the level of crime being suffered by businesses.
By compiling the information BBP can use this to show
the police the true scale of problems. The information
is also useful because it gives BBP more weight when
applying for security grants, while the police also
find it helpful as it enables them to direct resources
more effectively.
BBP
HELPS CANNOCK FIRM BEAT THE VANDALS
British
Business Parks has helped a Cannock firm beat the
vandals by part-funding crime-busting CCTV cameras
installed at the premises.
BBP offered to help Norton Aluminium
Ltd, of Norton Canes, after Cannock police’s crime reduction
officer suggested the cameras would be the best way
to monitor the company’s site.
The company also proposed an outdoor storage building
to protect their bins of scrap metal and to keep the
material dry. The building would utilise an area of
derelict land at the rear of the premises.
The new building will create 8,000 square feet of
floorspace and will improve seven acres of derelict
land. The
cost of the project was almost £60,000 but BBP,
keen to safeguard the firm’s 52 employees,
agreed to fund a third of the work through a business
grant.
Henry Dickinson, the company’s
managing director, said his firm had been delighted
with the help it had
received from BBP.
“The grant has enabled us to
buy a much more sophisticated system than would otherwise
have been
the case, including six remotely controllable, continuously
recorded, remotely monitored, digital cameras.
“Since
the installation of the system our site has been
free of burglaries and we
are confident that
all intruders will now be detected as soon as they
enter the site and appropriate action can be taken
to apprehend them.
“I
would like to take this opportunity to thank British Business Parks for
its help in making this happen,” he said.
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