Partnership Working

Working togetherOne 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, and 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, or telephone 01246 212909.