Crime

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Pubs to get anti-terrorism guidance

Pubs across the UK are to receive guidance to counter the threat of terrorism.
Posted: 15 June 2007 | 15:36

Friday Wrap: A round-up of the week's hospitality news

Hoteliers are use to customers pinching things from their rooms – slippers, dressing gowns, gold baths – gold baths! Yes this most unusual fate has befallen a Japanese hotel, which has had a £500,000, 80kg tub go walkies – no doubt leaving hotel staff to face a shower of abuse from the manager.
Posted: 01 June 2007 | 19:12

Gold bath worth nearly £0.5m stolen from Japanese hotel

A bath made of gold worth nearly $1m (£0.5m) has been stolen from a Japanese hotel, it has been revealed today.
Posted: 01 June 2007 | 09:40

Former Nottingham hotelier fined over misleading prices

Park hotel, NottinghamA former Nottingham hotelier has been fined £800 for not clearly displaying room tariffs and for misleading customers over prices.
Posted: 29 May 2007 | 17:27

Former employee of exclusive Scottish hotel found guilty of arson

Balbirne House hotelA former employee of an exclusive Scottish country hotel, who set fire to the premises while there were guests inside, has been jailed for 27 months.
Posted: 23 May 2007 | 15:40

London restaurants hit by conmen using fake credit cards

credit cardsA number of London restaurants have been targeted by conmen using bogus credit card details, internet fraud experts have revealed.
Posted: 18 May 2007 | 09:00

Hotel payroll manager found guilty of embezzlement

Hilton CaledonianA payroll manager at a landmark Edinburgh hotel has been jailed for two years after she created a series of fictitious employees in order to steal more than £100,000 from her employer.
Posted: 02 May 2007 | 11:00

Jamie Oliver's Fifteen restaurant robbed

Jamie Oliver’s restaurant Fifteen was robbed of £10,000 early this month, according to media reports.
Posted: 23 April 2007 | 14:50

Edinburgh hotel defrauded of more than £100,000

An Edinburgh hotel was defrauded of more than £100,000 by an accounts department employee, a court heard today.
Posted: 28 March 2007 | 16:21

Alpha Airports hit by £11m bill relating to last year's accounting scandal

Alpha Airport Group: half a logoAlpha Airports has revealed the turbulent events of 2006, which saw its chief executive quit after an accounting scandal, cost it nearly £11m.
Posted: 28 March 2007 | 09:42

Former manageress of Michelin-recognised pub jailed for theft

paying the billA former manageress at an award-winning gastropub has been jailed for three months after admitted cheating workmates out of £3,700 in tips.
Posted: 23 March 2007 | 09:51

Corporate fraud costs employers £50m

More than three million UK workers have committed corporate fraud in the past year costing employers a total of £50m, according to research.
Posted: 15 March 2007 | 09:33

Trainee manager steals more than £7,000 in hotel bill scam

Express by Holiday Inn, NewcastleA trainee manager skimmed more than £7,000 from a hotel client’s bills in what police described as a “cheeky and devious” scam.
Posted: 09 March 2007 | 17:45

Former general manager at Threadneedles stole £20,000 from the hotel

Threadneedles hotel, LondonA former general manager at Threadneedles in the City of London has been found guilty of stealing from the hotel.
Posted: 08 March 2007 | 09:00

Former manageress admits cheating workmates out of £3,700 in tips

paying the billA former manageress at an award-winning hotel has admitted cheating workmates out of £3,700 in tips.
Posted: 28 February 2007 | 15:47

Security guard attacked as he disturbed a robbery at Old Course Hotel

The Old Course HotelA security guard was subjected to a brutal attack when he disturbed a robbery at Scotland’s Old Course Hotel in St Andrew’s on Monday (26 February).
Posted: 28 February 2007 | 10:27

Chinese restaurant owners found guilty of money laundering

chinese restaurantThe owners of a well known Chinese restaurant in South Wales have been ordered to pay £1.5m after a judge ruled they had been involved in money laundering.
Posted: 16 February 2007 | 15:00

US prosecuters drop allegation in case against Red Carnation hotels owners

Red Carnation logoUS prosecutors seeking the extradition of Red Carnation hotel group owners Stanley and Beatrice Tollman have dropped an allegation of money laundering, according to The Times.
Posted: 25 January 2007 | 11:25

Police name chef wanted for questioning in restaurant murder investigation

Police have named a chef they want to question after a restaurant worker was stabbed in a horrific attack.
Posted: 09 January 2007 | 14:50

Police arrest hotel conmen duo

Wellington Heifer, YorkshirePolice hunting a couple who have conned hotel owners in North Yorkshire have arrested a man and woman.
Posted: 09 January 2007 | 11:00

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