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As reported on the Startups website, a new Bill designed to clamp down on retail crime amid an alarming rise in shop thefts, has been introduced by the government.

One of the key changes for small retailers is the announcement of stricter penalties for the shoplifting of items worth under £200.

According to the BBC News website, businesses across the South East say shoplifting has become “much more brazen”, with staff being shouted at and abused.

One Canterbury shop owner, Laurissa Woolgar, said thieves in her store, “just don’t seem to care at all”.

According to the Daily Gazette website, a fraudster who was sacked from his job went on to steal more than £2,000 from his former employer.

A court heard that Joseph Corani kept a security code to his former workplace after having his contract terminated.

The South Wales Guardian reports that a worker stole more than £26,000 from his building material supplier employers to fund his “out of control” cocaine habit.

Jamie Davies admitted to processing six fraudulent refund transactions, totalling more than £6,000.

According to the Standard website, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has explained that the surge of shoplifting in the capital is because the city has ‘a lot of shops’.

Asked why the problem is particularly bad in London, Khan said: “Because we have a lot of shops here, and because the cost of living crisis is more acute…”

The Yorkshire Evening Post website reports that the manager of a tool company stole more than £13,000 in plant equipment and cash after he said drug dealers made threats to him and his children.

Christopher Emsley spent months loading up expensive into equipment into vans and driving them off to sell.