A new anti-crime partnership of local businesses has been established to give firms extra teeth in the fight against crime.
York Businesses Against Crime (YBAC) will take over from Retailers Against Crime in York (RACY) as the business crime partnership for the city on Monday 7 April and rather than just one, will have two main membership groups: retailers and businesses involved in the night time economy.
The new organisation is being supported by the Association of Business Crime Partnerships (ABCP) to establish best working practices, and it will be overseen by a Board of Management comprising representatives from the retail sector and business generally.