The 2024 Business Retail Consortium has recently published the results of its 2024 retail crime survey. Some of the highlights around cybercrime and fraud include:

• 53% of retailers reported an increase in online theft, with online fraud increasing over threefold to £99.7 million from £30 million.

• 29% (38% if you include theft of customer data) of retailers see cyber security as one of the top three threats to their business, behind only violence and abuse, customer theft and fraud

The Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre (ECRC) and the National Association of Business Crime Partnerships (NABCP) are really excited to announce a new collaboration with each other. The NABCP are now recognised as an official ‘Friend of the ECRC’. Friends of the Centre are organisations that have aligned views on the importance of cyber security when it comes to protecting their members from criminals.

Paul Lopez, MD of the ECRC said:

Sophie Jordan of the NABCP said:

Businesses looking to join their CRC for free should go to the National Centre website to find which regional centre they should join.

Businesses looking to find out more about their local Business Crime Reduction Partnerships should click here.