London First

London First encourages stronger partnerships between business and the police at both strategic and local, operational levels.  We believe the best solutions will come out of a strong understanding of each others’ business.  The more contact there is, the better the ideas and the safer the capital will be for businesses, their staff and London’s communities.

Police/ Business Advisory Group
We established this group to improve the strategic dialogue and understanding between senior police and business leaders in London.  The group, chaired by BT’s Clive Ansell, meets regularly with the Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service and Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Business priorities for London’s policing
Increased efforts are needed to combat crime against business which can damage UK productivity, London First urges.  Following our recent member consultation, we produced a report identifying priorities and making practical suggestions to help London’s police provide a more tailored response to the needs of businesses.  Our findings were presented to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair in March 2007 and will inform the Met’s modernisation programme. We will launch a joint London First/Met action plan later in the year.
Consultation report

Partnership initiatives
We have developed and support a number of ground breaking initiatives to strengthen local links between police and business in London, highlighted in our Safer Business leaflet

Useful links
London First Security and Policing work 2008/09 - full details of our events, initiatives, influencing and research activities
Leadership Exchange – London First’s joint mentoring and secondments programme
Fraud alert – City of London police is the UK’s lead force on economic crime
Special Constables – we support the ShopWatch and CampusWatch schemes working to recruit Specials from retail business and university personnel and students
Business Improvement Districts – safety is often a strong focus of these business-led partnerships which aim to improve local trading environments

For more information contact Denica Lundberg