Clive Morton, business manager of Bardon Concrete, on Sherwood Oaks Business Park, says the quarry site has been regularly targeted over the past seven years.

The fed-up boss says he is sick of crooks causing damage to valuable property on the site –– and he is now calling on all local businesses to join forces and stamp out such incidents.

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"We are being continually aggravated by a number of break-ins and we have decided that enough is enough," he said.

"We want to start an initiative along with the local community to name and shame these people and take it to other counties as well."

Mr Morton says there is little to take from the site, but says nuisance thieves are causing numerous problems for the company by breaking in and could harm themselves in the process.

"These people are breaking and entering, forcing down doors and causing mindless damage and if people are allowed to continue it will only get worse," he told Chad.

"There are live wires on this site and offenders will be doing themselves damage if they continue –– we have seen them cut through cables and if it goes on, we could have a fatality."

Although the site has stepped up security measures with increased patrols and additional CCTV cameras, Clive says incidents are still occurring.

'Determined'

"The cameras were originally installed on health and safety grounds and they've now had to double up as security, which is a shame," he said.

"But now we record everything and are beginning to get an idea of the scale of damage being caused at weekends, what is being taken and by whom."

Mobile patrols as well as a perimeter fence also help protect the site, while information and data on criminal activity is shared with other industry sites.

"We have experienced the same problems throughout industry not just at Aggregate, but all plants –– other industries have more valuable items and we are determined to stamp it out."

And business park director Charles Cannon says they are getting a much faster response from the police with the added CCTV footage.

He said: "We now have quadruple the amount of CCTV on site and are now in a position to pass on information to the police so they can take action on our uninvited friends.

"It is very important that thieves and the public are made aware that they are visible day and night –– we have security cameras, mobile patrols with dogs and we don't miss a thing.

"This is a very dangerous site, a quarry with machinery and moving parts and nobody is allowed on site without permission."

And Mr Cannon says he and his staff lose valuable work time dealing with the frequent break-ins instead of doing their jobs.

"We lose time by looking at CCTV footage –– this takes up the time of my staff who are trying to give a service to customers and not chase criminals," he added.

"This business is as much mine as my home and it is the same as someone walking into your home or property –– it is clearly going to cause annoyance."