10/09/2010 - Crime 'costs small firms £3,000'
More than two-thirds (64%) of small businesses have lost up to £3,000 due to crime against them over the past year, a new report has shown.
The report - Localism and Tackling Crimes Against Business - by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) found that more than a third (39%) of firms do not report such crimes to police because most believe it would not achieve anything.
Mike Cherry, policy chairman at the FSB, said: "Small businesses are the heart of our local communities and a crime against a small firm is not just an attack against that business but it affects staff and has repercussions on the wider community.
"It is paramount that the Government sets out the right local agenda to protect these vital firms that are currently losing up to £3,000 a year to crime.
"We cannot watch small businesses being repeatedly victimised and as a result forced to close. Businesses need to be encouraged to report crime as soon as it happens."
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