Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with West Mercia Police, is running a ‘Retail loss prevention and management’ half-day training session on Friday 8th March 2024, 2pm to 5pm through their UKSPF Team Upskilling Programme.

The training will cover many practical areas, including the following:

• Understanding police processes for a shoplifting investigation.
• Preventative measures.
• How to make complaint statements.
• Learn about alternative ‘out of court disposals’ to investigations.
• What is a ‘Civil Order’.
• How to report retail crime to the police – best practice.
• CCTV – the use of IT and facial recognition.
• New ways of working collaboratively with the Police to deal with and combat retail theft.

Is your business eligible?

• Your business must be a retail small to medium enterprise (SME).
• Your business must be based in, and trade in, the Shropshire Council Local Authority area.
• No Charities (including charity shops) are eligible; however, some social enterprises are if they engage in economic activity.
• Ineligible sectors are: Primary food production including commercial fisheries and related Agri-environmental schemes (these are subject to other funding mechanisms), arms and ammunitions, gambling, mineral and ore extraction (this list is not exhaustive).
• Social enterprises, that engage in economic activity, are eligible.
• Your businesses business rates liability must fall within the Shropshire Council Authority, (Telford and Wrekin or Powys, for example, are not eligible).
• Any business that is already part, or fully, funded by the government/Local Authority is not eligible as it is classed as ‘double funding’. An example of this would be an NHS funded care home, or school.

How to sign up

Any interested business should contact [email protected] to check eligibility and book a place.