Free Business Crime alerts with Staffordshire Smart Alert service

More than 4,000 businesses across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent have now signed up to get free up-to-date alerts and advice to help them combat crime.

Business Crime Alerts, delivered through the Staffordshire Smart Alert service launched by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire Matthew Ellis, provide specifically targeted updates to for businesses and their staff. Updates may include details of crime prevention measures, descriptions of offenders and appeals for information alongside more general updates about work to keep crime down. Business Crime Alerts are free for your business.

To sign up simply click on this link to register online Business Crime Alerts or copy and paste this web address into your internet browser address box: https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/article/3901/Business-Crime-Alerts-Sign-Up

Businesses can choose to receive messages relating to their location and business type, such as retail, motor trades and education. Staffordshire Smart Alert is also available as an App for both Apple and Android phones. By downloading the App, you’ll receive Alerts directly to your mobile phone.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire has launched the Business Crime Matters strategy to tackle business crime and help promote economic growth across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. This includes a free specialist service offering support to business crime victims, run by Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce.

For more information on the Business Crime Matters strategy or to find out more about this extra support, visit Business Crime Matters or copy and paste this web address into your internet browser address box: http://businesscrimematters.com/ . More information on support for businesses and the work of the Police and Crime Commissioner is also available at: www.staffordshire-pcc.gov.uk/business/