Council launches safety advice scheme for night-time workers

A new scheme to help increase safety for night-time workers in Brighton & Hove is being launched later this month. Health and safety officers from Brighton & Hove City Council will be working with small businesses in the night-time economy to help keep staff safe and prevent crime and antisocial behaviour.

Brighton & Hove's Business Crime Reduction Partnership (BCRP) has already been awarded Beacon Status by the Government as a national centre of excellence for managing the night time economy. And the council is keen to build on this achievement with the latest initiative - which is one of a package of measures to keep the city safe and welcoming at night.

Staff at pubs, night clubs, late night takeaways, betting shops, hotels and guest houses will be given advice on how to prevent violence at work, while employers will be advised on how to make work places safer. Measures which can improve safety include

• fitting panic buttons and CCTV,
• widening counters,
• preventing queues building up,
• training staff to defuse difficult situations
• ensuring that staff are never left working alone.

Police and door supervisors share information and a radio system links licensed premises, enabling them to react swiftly to any potential problems. Brighton & Hove also use BCRP Intranet - the system which allows crime reductiojn partnerships to communicate more effectively and exchange informaton about 'targeted' individuals and 'excluded' offenders.

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For more on BCRP Intranet visit www.bcrp-intranet.com