Health & safety
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Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has attacked the Scores on the Doors hygiene rating scheme for being overly bureaucratic after his Oxfordshire pub...
Posted: 21 July 2010 | 10:55
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to lose its responsibility for nutrition policy and country of origin labelling but keep its food safety remit, as the Government pares down the quango. The FSA will hand over nutrition policy to the Department of Health.
Posted: 20 July 2010 | 12:39
Nearly 40 people have been struck down by a suspected outbreak of the norovirus bug at the five-star, 319-bedroom Hilton Glasgow hotel. NHS Greater...
Posted: 19 July 2010 | 13:53
Confusion surrounds the future of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) after reports that the Government was preparing to scrap the health body, with all "arms length bodies" under review as part of its cost cutting. The FSA, which employs 2,000 staff and has an annual budget of £135m, is the non-ministerial body for the protection of the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.
Posted: 13 July 2010 | 11:38
Contract caterer the Crown Group has won the Royal Society of Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Award for occupational Health & Safety, for the second consecutive year. The award means that Crown Group has achieved the highest level in health and safety...
Posted: 05 July 2010 | 12:51
Lola, the first certified bed bug scent detection dog in Europe, has started working for a number of UK hotels. Trained and certified by the National Entomology Scent Detection Canine Association (NESDCA), Lola is a 16-month-old Jack Russell.
Posted: 18 June 2010 | 15:16
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: Cameron appoints Lord Young to review health & safety laws; claimants outnumbering jobs by 5 to 1 in the country as a whole; and threat of spending cuts prompts drop in business confidence.
Posted: 18 June 2010 | 11:01
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Debt-ridden Travelodge owner could be forced to flog off assets; buyers queue up as Maybourne Group seeks debt deal; Young’s gears up for World Cup boost to business and more….
Posted: 07 June 2010 | 10:33
The owner of the renowned Woolpack Inn pub in Eskdale, Cumbria, is among those reported to be injured in a series of shootings in the area in which at least five people have been killed. Harry Berger, is understood to be in a stable condition after being shot in the arm.
Posted: 03 June 2010 | 12:30
The hospitality industry must not get complacent about health and safety regulations. Mark Harrington, chief executive at Check Safety First, explains how to increase the quality of your product, reduce the risk of prosecution, and do wonders for the reputation of your establishment.
Posted: 02 June 2010 | 10:33
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Whitbread to raise £100m through private placement; machismo eating trend that consumes live animals plans UK launch; dine in the sky experience at Edinburgh Festival and more…
Posted: 01 June 2010 | 10:29
Our regular catch-up of what has brought a burst of sunshine - or a mantle of storm clouds - to the catering and hospitality world this week...
Posted: 13 May 2010 | 10:57
Peter Hancock, chief executive of Pride of Britain Hotels, says the aviation authorities had nothing to lose by grounding all flights, but commercial organisations tend to have tougher choices to make.
Posted: 06 May 2010 | 16:12
A body has been found at the scene of a fire which broke out at the four-star, 170-bedroom Majestic hotel in Harrogate early this morning. The body was found on the fifth floor of the hotel, which is operated by Barceló Hotels UK.
Posted: 05 May 2010 | 15:20
A member of staff is unaccounted for after a fire broke out early this morning at the four-star, 170-bedroom Majestic hotel in Harrogate. The emergency services evacuated 130 guests and around 25 staff after the North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service ...
Posted: 05 May 2010 | 14:23
Police have arrested two men on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at a hotel in Cumbria.
Fire crews rescued an 82-year-old woman from the blaze at the Cumberland hotel, in Workington, after they were called to the scene at just after 21:15 on Friday evening.
Local newspaper the Times & Star reported that two fires had been started on either side of a fire break on the first floor.
Posted: 12 April 2010 | 12:02
The death of an exhausted young sous chef from tonsillitis has highlighted the issue of the long hours worked by staff in the hospitality industry. Nathan Laity, 23, had told his mother that he had worked 27 days in a row
Posted: 31 March 2010 | 15:08
Story of the week: Heston Blumenthal has received £200,000 compensation following a food-poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant. A young sous chef at the Tate Modern has died after suffering from tonsillitis. Nathan Laity, 23, of Penryn, Cornwall continued to work long hours...
Posted: 26 March 2010 | 17:57
Heston Blumenthal has received £200,000 compensation following a food-poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant. Blumenthal closed the iconic restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, for two weeks in February and March last year after more than 500 diners were struck down...
Posted: 22 March 2010 | 10:43
Appearances on television don't always mean mean full bookings and enhanced reputations. Lisa Ackerley, a food safety advisor for Watchdog and Rogue Restaurants, dishes the dirt on some shameful premises and provides her tips to stay out of court.
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 17:30
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