Nottingham City Council recognises the negative impact crime against business has on individual businesses and has produced a Business Crime Reduction Strategy for Greater Nottingham to raise awareness of the detrimental effects of crime against business and to identify future actions.

You can view details of the Business Crime Reduction Strategy by following the links below:

• Business Crime Reduction Strategy for Greater Nottingham
• Business Crime Reduction Strategy for Greater Nottingham Executive Summary

Two of Nottingham City Council’s current undertakings, which may be of interest to your business, are the Business Security Grant and the Information Security Grant. You can receive up to £3,000 towards new security measures for your business, as well as up to £1,000 towards information security measures, such as limiting access to computers, installing hardware mechanisms that impose rules on computer programs etc. Download further information and printable application packs via the following links:

All Stage 1 Application Forms must be returned to us
by Friday 14th November

• Business Security Grant Application Pack
• Information Security Grant Application Pack

To discuss further details on this, please contact Lynne Freestone on 0115 9155384 or e-mail lynne.freestone@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Further information on Business Crime Reduction is available via the following links:

www.crimereduction.gov.uk/partnerships for Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRP’s)
www.ukbids.org for Business Improvement Districts
www.crimereduction.gov.uk for general advice on crime reduction
www.nottinghamshire.police.uk for Business Watch Schemes and local advice on crime prevention.

Alternatively you can contact the Local Police Crime Reduction manager at Nottinghamshire Police on 0115 967 0999.