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Business Impact Statement
The Impact Statement for Business (ISB) gives you the opportunity to set out the impact that a crime has had on the business such as direct financial loss, and wider impacts, e.g. operational disruption or reputational damage. The court will take the statement into account when determining sentence.
In this statement you should not provide an opinion or recommendation on the sentence or sanctions that the court should use. This is for the court to decide. You should limit the information you give in this statement to the impact this particular crime has had on the business, rather than providing information on how any previous criminal activity may have affected the business (unless, for example, this crime results from the repeat offending of the same offender).
The business should consider carefully who to nominate as the representative to make the statement on its behalf. Once you have completed this form, you should return it by email or by post to your police contact.
A person making an ISB on behalf of a corporation ("the nominated representative") must be authorised to do so on its behalf. The nominated representative must also be in a position to give evidence that is admissible in court about the impact of the crime on the business. The nominated representative may be required to answer questions on the ISB in court.
You should be aware that if you choose not to make a statement at the outset of the proceedings, you may not have another opportunity to make one later on. This is because the case may be dealt with by the courts very quickly.
In more complex cases which may take longer to be dealt with by the courts, you may wish to take more time to collect relevant information, for example, accounts or other business documents. The police will be in touch to let you know the date of the first hearing date and at that stage, you will need to make or update your ISB through your nominated representative.
Name of Business Affected: **(Business)**
Business Address: **(Address)**
Contact name: **(Name)**
Telephone Number: **(Phone Number)**
Address: **(Address)**
Crime Number: **(Crime Number)**
Police Officer Attending: **(Officer)**
1. Financial Impact
**(DELETE AS APPROPRIATE)**
The business suffered no financial losses as a result of this crime.
1.1 Direct financial losses
These could include but are not limited to:
- Assets lost or stolen
- Damage to buildings and property
Please explain how your business has suffered a direct financial loss as a result of the crime.
**(Enter text)**
1.2 Other, indirect financial costs
These could include but are not limited to:
- Loss of custom
- Impact on consumer confidence
- Staff time
- Expenditure on security measures (e.g. physical infrastructure, IT)
- Medical expenses
- Costs of contractual staff
Please explain how your business has suffered an indirect financial loss as a result of the crime.
**(Enter text)**
2. Non-Financial Impact
Please explain how the incident has had a non-financial impact on your business.
This could include:
- Reputational damage
- Physical injuries sustained by staff or customers
**(Enter text)**
3. Other comments
Please use this space to set out any further comments you wish to make about the impact of the crime on your business.
**(Enter text)**
4. Do you intend to seek compensation as a result of the crime?
**(DELETE AS APPROPRIATE)**
Yes / No
In this statement you should not provide an opinion or recommendation on the sentence or sanctions that the court should use. This is for the court to decide. You should limit the information you give in this statement to the impact this particular crime has had on the business, rather than providing information on how any previous criminal activity may have affected the business (unless, for example, this crime results from the repeat offending of the same offender).
The business should consider carefully who to nominate as the representative to make the statement on its behalf. Once you have completed this form, you should return it by email or by post to your police contact.
A person making an ISB on behalf of a corporation ("the nominated representative") must be authorised to do so on its behalf. The nominated representative must also be in a position to give evidence that is admissible in court about the impact of the crime on the business. The nominated representative may be required to answer questions on the ISB in court.
You should be aware that if you choose not to make a statement at the outset of the proceedings, you may not have another opportunity to make one later on. This is because the case may be dealt with by the courts very quickly.
In more complex cases which may take longer to be dealt with by the courts, you may wish to take more time to collect relevant information, for example, accounts or other business documents. The police will be in touch to let you know the date of the first hearing date and at that stage, you will need to make or update your ISB through your nominated representative.
Name of Business Affected: **(Business)**
Business Address: **(Address)**
Contact name: **(Name)**
Telephone Number: **(Phone Number)**
Address: **(Address)**
Crime Number: **(Crime Number)**
Police Officer Attending: **(Officer)**
1. Financial Impact
**(DELETE AS APPROPRIATE)**
The business suffered no financial losses as a result of this crime.
1.1 Direct financial losses
These could include but are not limited to:
- Assets lost or stolen
- Damage to buildings and property
Please explain how your business has suffered a direct financial loss as a result of the crime.
**(Enter text)**
1.2 Other, indirect financial costs
These could include but are not limited to:
- Loss of custom
- Impact on consumer confidence
- Staff time
- Expenditure on security measures (e.g. physical infrastructure, IT)
- Medical expenses
- Costs of contractual staff
Please explain how your business has suffered an indirect financial loss as a result of the crime.
**(Enter text)**
2. Non-Financial Impact
Please explain how the incident has had a non-financial impact on your business.
This could include:
- Reputational damage
- Physical injuries sustained by staff or customers
**(Enter text)**
3. Other comments
Please use this space to set out any further comments you wish to make about the impact of the crime on your business.
**(Enter text)**
4. Do you intend to seek compensation as a result of the crime?
**(DELETE AS APPROPRIATE)**
Yes / No