The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the government are to set up a national venture to co-ordinate local level schemes targeting crimes against shops and businesses.

The Action Against Business Crime Group will foster local partnerships between business, police, and local authorities and will offer them training.

Bill Moyes, director-general of the BRC, said: "The government's funding of Action Against Business Crime will allow partnerships to be extended to more towns and city shopping centres."

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