Business Watch Membership

Business Watch Membership Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber facilitates Businesswatch in Derbyshire. It aims to help businesses, to improve security and reduce crime, by working with them to identify the problems and provide solutions. Beginning in 1995, the North Derbyshire Crime Reduction Partnership (as it was then known) has helped to improve security for over 1,000 companies, reducing business crime and the ongoing cost of improved security.

One of the most effective ways of fighting crime and ultimately reducing the financial impact is by working together in your local area. Businesswatch offers the opportunity to participate, to share information, increase awareness of the issues and a way to keep everyone up to date with what is happening. It provides an easy route by which to report suspicious activity observed by vigilant staff and the potential to provide cost effective solutions on a shared basis.

How do I get involved
Get in touch with Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber. Ask if a Businesswatch group already operates in your area. If it does the co-ordinator will explain how to join Businesswatch, what services are currently being provided in your area and how to benefit. If not, it may be possible that a nearby scheme can be extended to include your locality or that a new group can be started in your area. Either way we will try to help.

Aims and objectives:

To encourage mutual assistance between members
To increase crime prevention awareness
To stimulate the exchange of information between members, the Chamber, the police, the local authorities and other agencies participating in the scheme
To promote crime prevention and increased standards for security
To provide an environment that is unattractive to criminals
To share best practice
To establish closer links between businesses and the agencies to help sustain successful initiatives
To realise the benefit of investment in security
Local delivery of shared security services

For further information contact info@businesswatch.org 01246 212909