ISME: Business crime costing SMEs €1.5bn a year

The annual cost of crime to the country's small business sector is €1.5bn, according to a survey published today by the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises association (ISME).

ISME's National Crime Survey revealed that while the number of enterprises affected by crime has reduced slightly, the number of incidents and the costs of crime against business have increased in the last 12 months.