Health & safety
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McDonald's has been fined a total of almost £40,000 after a worker was badly injured following a fall.
Posted: 02 April 2008 | 15:00
A famous South-west hotel has been heavily fined after environmental health inspectors found kitchens in a filthy state.
Posted: 25 March 2008 | 14:31
Over a thousand hotels and beds & breakfasts have breached new fire safety rules since their introduction last October 2006, according to the Liberal Democrats.
Posted: 25 March 2008 | 14:12
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to launch a 12-week consultation on the potential nationwide rollout of a "scores on the doors" scheme ranking restaurants on hygiene levels.
Posted: 14 March 2008 | 13:34
A South-west restaurant run by two celebrity chefs has been badly damaged in a fire.
Posted: 28 February 2008 | 13:23
“Slips, trips and falls” in the hospitality industry cost society £31m last year, according to newly released statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Posted: 27 February 2008 | 12:15
Investigators are trying to find the source of a fire at the De Vere Grand hotel in Brighton, which led to the evacuation of the property over the weekend.
Posted: 18 February 2008 | 11:37
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Major fire at Brighton hotel once bombed by IRA; Von Essen in talks to buy Inverlochy Castle and hotel in Monaco; Clapham House considers sale of some restaurant brands
Posted: 18 February 2008 | 10:58
A terrorist attack is always a terrible thing and can have an awful human cost. But there is also the danger to businesses, both in terms of being the focus of an incident and in the commercial repercussions. Christopher Walton reports
Posted: 14 February 2008 | 00:00
Greene King has been fined £5,400 after a teenage employee in a pub in Leicestershire was scalded with hot oil.
Posted: 13 February 2008 | 13:30
The deaths of three people from a fire that destroyed a hotel in Newquay last August are now being treated as murder.
Posted: 22 January 2008 | 17:23
An award-winning restaurant company specialising in North African cuisine has been ordered to pay nearly £21,000 for breaching food hygiene regulations after a mouse infestation.
Posted: 16 January 2008 | 12:17
Staff at Hotel du Vin co-founder Gerard Basset’s latest venture TerraVina felt the heat last month after a kitchen fire ignited moments before service.
Posted: 07 January 2008 | 15:48
Don't get your fingers burnt by failure to comply with fire-door regulations. Piers Ford clears the smoke
Posted: 20 December 2007 | 00:00
A south London restaurant owner has been banned from ever running a food business again after council inspectors discovered serious food hygiene breaches at her Southwark restaurant.
Posted: 18 December 2007 | 17:30
Travelodge has been fined a total of £70,000 following a series of breaches of safety regulations.
Posted: 11 December 2007 | 13:00
Hospitality operators have been urged to ensure the meat they buy is independently audited along the supply chain after it emerged that a major supplier was transporting meat in rancid conditions.
Posted: 27 November 2007 | 12:03
The Stuart hotel in Derby has been fined £12,000 for breaches of hygiene regulations during a hearing before magistrates.
Posted: 26 November 2007 | 14:31
Hospitality and catering businesses could fall foul of forthcoming corporate manslaughter legislation unless they ensure all staff have been through health and safety training, lawyers have warned.
Posted: 29 October 2007 | 07:00
An Indian restaurant in Yorkshire has been fined £10,000 for allowing waste bins to overflow outside the premises.
Posted: 17 October 2007 | 11:30
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