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Crime-hit convenience retailer chooses ‘taking action’ over selling up

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Tim Roberts, who owns two stores including Spar, Newport Road, Barnstaple, has joined up with a police-funded community of like-minded businesses in a bid to tackle theft. Roberts said he was on the brink of selling up having repeatedly been a victim of shoplifting but…

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