New website provides crime advice to Warwickshire businesses

A new website providing free and impartial business and cybercrime advice has been launched to help protect Warwickshire businesses from becoming victims of crime. 

The Warwickshire Business Watch website, www.warwickshirebusinesswatch.co.uk, has been created by Warwickshire County Council’s Community Safety Team in partnership with Warwickshire Police and Warwickshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. 

Warwickshire Business Watch works in collaboration with businesses and partners to prevent crime from occurring and to tackle offenders. 

The new website is just one of the ways that it is offering crime prevention advice and support to businesses as part of a commitment to keeping businesses in the county safe. 

It has been launched to help ensure that businesses in Warwickshire are protected and safe from all types of criminality, from traditional crimes to cybercrime, terrorism, seasonal crime, child exploitation and modern slavery.   

Businesses are the backbone of Warwickshire’s communities and provide a vital service, so the impact of crime can be significant on staff working within businesses and their customers, as well as the business itself.  

With that in mind, the website contains many useful downloadable crime prevention documents, links, tools, and materials, with information and advice to support businesses. 

It also provides information on how to report a business or cybercrime, either directly to the Police or via other routes such as Action Fraud or Crimestoppers, and links to other agencies who provide support to businesses, including Warwickshire Trading Standards. 

Warwickshire Business Watch is a business crime prevention program that gives local businesses access to a wealth of resources and support to safeguard their operations. 
 
Benefits of membership include enhanced security awareness through targeted email alerts about recent local criminal activity; expert crime prevention advice; and deterrence measures, with resources like building signs that can deter to potential criminals. 

A collaborative network of security-conscious businesses in Warwickshire, it provides regular updates to keep businesses informed about the latest crime trends and changes in legislation, and a quarterly newsletter with the latest developments in crime prevention. 

To find out more about Warwickshire Business Watch, please visit www.warwickshirebusinesswatch.co.uk.