THIS MONTH marks the five-year anniversary of the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), a global non-profit organisation co-founded in 2015 by the City of London Police. In the time since its inception, the GCA has developed a global partnership of 250-plus organisations, as well as launching a range of initiatives designed to tackle cyber crime. [Read More]

CO-OP, THE largest consumer co-operative in the UK and one of the largest retailers in the country, is rolling out an integrated body-worn video solution to front line colleagues with a focus on further increasing safety in-store against a background of rising retail crime in the industry. [Read More]

THE SMARTWATER Group, one of the UK’s fastest-growing risk management companies, has launched its Intelligence Portal in Shropshire to help track organised criminal gangs as they move across the UK in a bid to steal valuable assets from infrastructure and construction sites. [Read More]

CIFAS, THE UK’s leading fraud prevention service, has appointed John Browett as its new chair. In a career spanning three decades, Browett has held the position of CEO within a number of major UK businesses including Tesco.com, Dixons Retail, Monsoon-Accessorize and The Dunelm Group. [Read More]

A NATIONWIDE report into the rapid rise of assaults against police officers has been welcomed by the Police Federation of England and Wales. The organisation’s national chair Ché Donald has backed the 28 recommendations made by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and wants action to better protect officers. [Read More]

THE DANGERS of buying fake products online during COVID-19 have been stressed in a new report issued by the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), wherein the organisation voices strong concerns about e-commerce-based businesses being targets for exploitation during the pandemic by unscrupulous counterfeiters looking to cash in on the trade in illicit goods. [Read More]

ROY WILSHER, chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), has called for sustained funding from the Government for England’s Fire and Rescue Services following the release of the Home Office’s latest Prevention and Protection statistics. [Read More]

THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has submitted evidence to the pre-legislative consultation on the Building Safety Bill. While broadly welcoming the Bill as an important step forward in the implementation of Dame Judith Hackitt’s ‘Building a Safer Future’ report, the ASFP outlines a number of concerns relating to how the Bill will ensure appropriate testing, installation and ongoing market surveillance of safety critical products and systems. [Read More]