Horticulture Week charts crime affecting horticultural businesses

Today, Horticulture Week has launched a map plotting the locations of businesses that have been hit by thieves in the past 12 months as covered by HW reporters.
The hope is that the map will help business owners to see, at a glance, areas where robberies targeting horticultural firms have been a problem and offer the opportunity for those hit by thieves to locate and make contact with other businesses experiencing similar problems in their area.
They also hope it will help to raise awareness and focus the attention of the relevant authorities and industry bodies on a problem that appears to have grown as the recession has deepened. The map may also reveal some patterns or clusters which could be useful in drawing up strategies to combat such crimes.

(Reproduced from Horticulture Week, August 10th). The full article can be seen at http://www.hortweek.com/news/bulletin/dailybulletin/article/925913/?DCMP=EMC-HorticultureWeekDaily

GARDIEN TIP: A good proportion of the advice about garden security applies to the protection of Horticultural businesses, clearly also suffering from an increase in crime. Of particular relevance are issues like PropertyMarking and the protection of Outbuildings. See http://www.garden-security.co.uk/