Halifax tops business crime poll
Axa releases Business Crime Index
Halifax tops the league for overall business crime with businesses in Wolverhampton most at risk of theft and those in Kilmarnock of arson, according to Axa.
Axa’s Business Crime Index reveals that areas which have been hit hard by the economic crisis such as the North and the West Midlands are suffering as people turn to crime.
The insurer said the fear is that this will only rise in the run up to Christmas – particularly for retail businesses which will be more attractive to criminals due to
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