£1m cuts crime

A £1 million investment in security
and a local community partnership
has paid off for Onward Holdings,
after West Yorkshire Police officially
recognised Langthwaite Business
Park in South Kirby as crime free.

The company, which operates a
number of industrial warehousing
and retail parks in the North of
England, built two warehouses on the
site. Despite neither unit suffering
any vandalism, concerns about
security in the area made companies
reluctant to let long-term. Onward
Holdings pooled resources with
community partners including the
local council and business association
to invest just over £1million on
CCTV cameras, security lighting, new
fencing, roaming security guards and
the establishment of an estate
management committee. Confidence
in the site dramatically increased and
now only one of the company’s
warehouses remains to be let.