CRIME Reduction Minister Charles Clarke will be the keynote speaker at a North Yorkshire business crime conference in March, it was announced today.

The conference, organised by Safer York Partnership, will address e-commerce security and risk management issues and will see the launch of a series of business crime seminars.

The seminars, which will start in May, will focus on fraud, violence in the workplace, access control and other security matters vital to business today.

Both the conference, to be held on March 21, and seminars are aimed at businesses large and small around the county.

For further information, contact John Bolton on 01904 554617.