MANAGING CASH IN SOCIETY

Almost two million counterfeit £1 coins were returned to the Royal Mint in the last financial year. This was more than 23 times higher than the number seized six years earlier.

An estimated 1 in 36 £1 coins in circulation is counterfeit, prompting a campaign by the Royal Mint advising the public on how to spot forgeries.

Two valiant Loomis Cash-in-Transit custodians have been recognised by the British Security Industry Association with Special Awards for Outstanding Service.

From Convenience Store;

"Enough is enough: this needs to go right to the top. The murder last month of Diana Garbutt in the living quarters above her post office in Melsonby, North Yorkshire, means that six store owners or workers have been murdered in local shops since January 2009. Coming as it does so soon after the brutal slaying of Gurmail Singh in his c-store in Huddersfield, it is now clear to everyone in the neighbourhood retail industry that the government and the law enforcement authorities need to give a higher priority to protecting those serving communities in local stores."