The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) and insurance companies are contributing £650,000 to fight machinery theft across the UK over the next three years.
The money will help fund the National Rural Crime Unit (NRCU) and the National Construction & Agricultural Theft Team (NCATT).
The CPA’s share of the funding is £90,000
CPA chief executive Stu McInroy said: “Our members benefit directly from the work of the NRCU/NCATT. Theft and fraud has a significant and increasingly damaging effect on our members’ businesses and our £90k contribution to the work of the NRCU/NCATT will bring immediate, tangible benefit to our members in preventing and detecting criminal activity and the recovery of illegally obtained plant-hire equipment.
“We urge government to increase the support it provides to the NRCU/NCATT as theft and fraudulent activity costs our members millions of pounds every year and impacts significantly upon the operations of UK plc.â€
Earlier this year, parliament passed the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act, which has not exactly been whole-heartedly endorsed by certain parts of the plant sector, as you can read in the latest issue of , pp33-37.
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