About this Event
Join us during SaBA Week for the Nottinghamshire Retail Crime Exchange -
Sharing Insight. Driving Action. Delivering Results.
As part of SaBA Week—the national Safer Business Action Week, which showcases partnership working to prevent and tackle business crime—we are pleased to invite you to the Nottinghamshire Retail Crime Exchange.
This one-day forum brings together retailers, policing, local authorities and partner agencies to provide a strategic overview of retail crime across Nottinghamshire. The event highlights the importance of collaboration in creating safer retail environments and strengthening the response to business crime.
Hear from leading guest speakers, gain valuable insight into current trends and initiatives, collaborate with partners from across the sector, and take part in expert panel discussions and interactive workshops designed to share best practice and drive positive action.
📅 Friday 13 November 2026 | 10:00 – 14:30
📍 Venue: Hilton Hotel, Milton Street, Nottingham, NG1 3PZ
Places are limited, so early booking is recommended.
Agenda
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Host: PC 2442 Baxter & PC 3205 Kelly Stevens
Info: Welcome, introductions and event housekeeping.
🕑: 10:05 AM - 10:10 AM
PCC Welcome & Commitments
Info: Commitments from OPCC office in relation to retail crime protecting retail workers from harm to feel safe in our communities.
🕑: 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Nottinghamshire Police: 12-Month Review & Priorities
Host: Chief Superintendent Nick Waldram
Info: An overview of progress, emerging challenges and priorities for the year ahead.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
National Business Crime: The Wider Picture
Host: Superintendent Lisa Maslan
Info: National overview and upcoming workstreams from the National Business Crime Centre
🕑: 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
OPAL: Understanding Organised Retail Crime Offenders
Host: Chief Superintendent Owain Llewellyn-Head of Opal
Info: Insight into travelling offender methodologies and how businesses and policing can work together to identify the signs and disrupt offending.
🕑: 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
NABCP: Business Crime Reduction Partnerships
Host: Sophie Jordan, Richard Lane & Sally Gilborn
Info: Exploring the role and impact of Business Crime Reduction Partnerships in preventing and reducing business crime.
🕑: 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Morning Coffee/Tea Break
🕑: 11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Breaking the Cycle: Addiction, Trauma & Resettlement for Pr*son leavers
Host: Leanne Fletcher - HMP Foston
Info: Exploring the challenges surrounding addiction, trauma-informed interactions and supporting successful resettlement from custody into the community, including lived-experience perspectives.
🕑: 12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour Through Problem Solving
Host: PS Cai Kemish
Info: Practical approaches to understanding, preventing and responding to ASB.
🕑: 12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
Supporting You to Feel Safe in Our Communities
Host: Det Ch Insp Gail Routledge
Info: Exploring the Walk in My Shoes and Street Safe campaigns - approaches to improving feelings of safety within communities. Supporting your staff to travel to and from work safely.
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch & Networking
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Focused Discussion Sessions
Info: Attendees will select three topics from the morning programme for a series of focused, interactive discussions. Each session provides an opportunity to explore key issues in greater detail, share experiences and identify practical opportunities for collaboration.
🕑: 02:20 PM - 02:30 PM
Closing Session: What's Next?
Host: Chief Superintendent Nick Waldram
Info: Looking ahead to the next 12 months, with reflections on the day's discussions, future priorities and an update on SaBA Week activity and emerging figures.
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Networking & Close
Info: An opportunity to continue conversations, build partnerships and share ideas following the conference.
Event venue & nearby stays
Hilton Nottingham, Milton Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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