The newly formed Business Crime Partnership (BCP) for Rother District will see the council, local businesses, Rye Chamber of Commerce and the police working together to keep our streets and communities safer for everyone, and our town centres thriving.

The free scheme is suitable for all types of business, whether part of a large chain or a small independent, and is for shops, pubs, leisure centres and any venue that may be experiencing anti-social behaviour and crime. Members of existing Pubwatch and Shopwatch schemes will be encouraged and supported to join the Rother Business Crime Partnership (RBCP) to allow for a coordinated approach to crime and ASB.

The RBCP will use DISC – a secure app for information-sharing and reporting business crime and anti-social behaviour – that is already used in over 550 towns and city centres nationwide. DISC can be used on mobile phones, includes instant messaging,…