Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A Home Office spokesperson says the government is taking "strong action", removing a £200 threshold for low-value shop theft and making it a specific crime to assault a retail worker.
The Co-operative Group has laid bare the rising impact of shoplifting as it said the cost of crime in its stores surged by nearly a fifth to £40 million in the first half of the year alone.
Shoplifting has soared to a record high with almost half a million offences recorded last year, new figures have revealed.. A total of 469,788 offences were logged by forces in the year to June ...
Shoplifting is the largest single reason for loss of merchandise. [30] Retailers report that shoplifting has a significant effect on their bottom line, stating that about 0.6% of all inventory disappears to shoplifters. According to the 2012 National Retail Security Survey, shoplifting costs American retailers approximately $14B annually. [31]
The New Deal had, as its signature, the power to withdraw benefits from those who 'refused reasonable employment'. 'Workfare' in the UK can arguably be traced back to 1986, and compulsory 'Restart' interviews for claimants after a certain period, and as such the first introduction of 'conditionalities' with the possible outcome of 'sanctions' for perceived non-compliance.
In November 2021, a Freedom of Information request revealed that Mone personally recommended the company to the government through its VIP fast-track lane for firms with political connections and that the company was awarded £200 million in government contracts. This high-priority process was set up in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
A 47-year-old man who stole cosmetics and perfumes worth £25,000 from Boots stores in three towns has been jailed for two years. Ionel Elvis Dulea, of Stephenson Street, Gateshead, stole the ...
The 2025 Championship League Invitational (officially the 2025 BetVictor Championship League Invitational for sponsorship reasons) is a professional non‑ranking snooker tournament, which is taking place from 3 January 2025 to 4 February 2025 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.