All Security articles – Page 6
-
News
Security matters
The forecourt can be a tempting place for all the wrong reasons: valuable fuel; a big supply on-shelf of fast-moving easy-to-pinch goods, like cigarettes; a till full of money; an ATM with even more moneyAnd so you face drive-offs, people with no means to pay, bulk fuel theft, hold-ups, break-ins, ...
-
News
Stop... thief
When it comes to forecourt security, the most expensive and vulnerable commodity is the fuel itself.Gareth Jenkins, business account manager at Fairbanks, comments: "In an age of soaring fuel prices and recession-weary customers, wet-stock theft is alive and well, yet there are seldom any services that can warn you of ...
-
News
Focus on Security: Close protection
It would be logical to place the blame for a rise in forecourt crime on soaring fuel prices, but according to the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS), there are wider factors at work. BOSS carries out quarterly surveys of its members to monitor the scale of financial losses incurred ...
-
News
Crime wave
When the BBC screened a Panorama investigation into the highly organised and growing blackmarket in road fuels last month, it brought to attention the lengths to which criminals will go to get their hands on this high-value product. From drive-offs and the illegal trade in red diesel to full-scale fuel ...
-
News
Crime under cover
Whatever retailers do to protect their businesses against crime, thieves always seem to be one step ahead with different tactics to beat them, and this summer saw a new crime come to the fore fuel thefts direct from storage tanks. In August a Morrisons forecourt fell victim ...
-
News
Cutting crime
The run up to Christmas is usually far from a holiday for retailers. These are the busiest few weeks of the year for sales but the festive season also means an increase in some negative aspects of the business such as crime.Peter Camilletti, security advisor at Total, says retailers ...
-
News
Daylight robbery
Rising fuel prices can cause headaches for retailers, not least because they make forecourts a more attractive target for crime.The cost of drive-offs at UK forecourts is growing, representing 82% of industry financial losses in 2006, according to the latest figures by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS). And with ...
-
NewsProtect your assets
Crime on the Forecourt has long been a huge headache for the petrol retailing fraternity, as was confirmed by a recent survey which showed that safety and security at work concerned nearly half of all forecourt staff questioned. The survey - by research company HIM, as part of its Convenience ...
-
News
Secure your future
Latest figures released by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS), show that in 2004 forecourts lost £16.3m through drive-offs and a further £5.1m thanks to drivers who claimed they had ‘no means of payment’ for their fuel. Add in robbery, burglary and other thefts and the total losses rise to ...
-
News
Fighting back
Security has always been a big issue for forecourts and retailers today must contend with an ever-widening range of crimes – from drive-offs and theft to credit-card fraud and, even, staff fraud. The good news is that solutions to forecourt crime are constantly being developed and data from the British ...
-
News
Jagged edge
Drive-offs cost the petrol retailing sector nearly £12 million pounds a year. However the personal cost in terms of frustration at the lack of being able to do anything about a crime that can wreak havoc on your business is not so easy to quantify. But one man has become ...
-
News
Under lock and key
the tragic murder of Cornish operators, Graham and Carol Fisher, last November provided a stark reminder of how vulnerable to crime the forecourt sector can be. The high value of the petrol, along with their often isolated locations, can leave forecourts open to violent crimes and drive-offs. And with the ...