Small drop in crime against firms, survey reveals

A SURVEY by the small business representative body, ISME, has found 28% of small and medium sized businesses were the victims of crime in the last 12 months.

While that percentage is actually smaller than the figure of 33% for 2009, ISME found the cost of criminal activity against business had actually increased by 24% in the last year.

The report went on to suggest that when the cost of security is included, the direct price of crime to business now stands at €1.35 billion annually.