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Six hospitality workers killed in past two years, says HSE

ambulanceSix hospitality employees were killed while at work in the past two years, according to latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Posted: 16 April 2007 | 13:32

Portuguese restaurant fined after diner left with burns

burn victimA Portuguese restaurant in London has been fined £4,000 after a diner was left with horrific burns when a flaming dish exploded. Sporting Clube de Londres will also have to pay an additional £2,000 to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council
Posted: 13 April 2007 | 10:40

Hotel at centre of food poisoning outbreak fined £12,000

Hundith Hill Hotel, CumbriaCaterers have been warned not to use raw eggs in uncooked food after a hotel at the centre of a salmonella outbreak linked to the death of a pensioner was fined £12,000.
Posted: 05 April 2007 | 12:00

Marston's results show continued growth

Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, said trading for the first months of the year had been satisfactory but warned that the impact of the smoking ban in England and Wales remained uncertain.
Posted: 28 March 2007 | 15:17

Top London hotels pose health hazard

A number of luxury hotels in London have been exposed over instances of a lack of cleanliness that were described by environmental inspectors as a “serious danger to health”.
Posted: 26 March 2007 | 14:35

Antony Worrall Thompson distances himself from pub which food hygiene inpectors rate zero

Antony Worrall ThompsonCelebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has distanced himself from the country pub which was in the newspapers after it was rated "zero" by food hygiene inspectors.
Posted: 05 March 2007 | 14:22

Tottenham Hotspur FC snubs Marriott West India Quay hotel

Marriott West India Quay, LondonTottenham Hotspur Football Club has confirmed the team will not be staying at the Marriott West India Quay hotel before this weekend’s match with West Ham.
Posted: 01 March 2007 | 15:30

Survey reveals UK restaurants lack health and safety knowledge

chef in kitchenThree out of five restaurants in the UK admit to inputting false information into their health and safety, food safety and fire safety books in order to pass inspections, according to research.
Posted: 26 February 2007 | 14:36

Another positive test for Polonium-210 poisoning at Millennium hotel

Millennium Hotel in MayfairA guest of the Millennium Hotel in Mayfair, London, has been exposed to the radioactive poison that killed former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
Posted: 19 February 2007 | 18:00

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

Chris DruceSchtop! City Inn is off to Amsterdam in its first overseas foray...
Posted: 05 February 2007 | 11:27

Consumers and caterers assured avian flu outbreak no risk to public health

chicken in a fieldAn outbreak of avian flu in Suffolk should not stop consumers eating poultry, experts have said.
Posted: 05 February 2007 | 10:57

Crisis management procedure: Coping with a crisis

You can make contingency plans to protect the image of your business, but how do you deal with a crisis over which you have no control? Three months on, Nic Paton looks at the fallout from the polonium-210 poisoning
Posted: 01 February 2007 | 00:00

Dirty hotel bathrooms top hate list for business travellers

Dirty hotel bathrooms are the number one dislike for business travellers, research has revealed.
Posted: 31 January 2007 | 10:22

French mobilise smoking legion to enforce ban

The French – those notorious puffers of Gauloises and Gitanes cigarettes – have mobilised a legion of 175,000 “cigarette police” to enforce a tough new law prohibiting smoking in public spaces.
Posted: 30 January 2007 | 16:36

Ritz guests evacuated because of fire

Around 300 guests and staff at The Ritz were forced to leave the central London hotel after a fire broke out on Saturday afternoon.
Posted: 29 January 2007 | 17:40

Four of the UK’s dirtiest hotels owned by Britannia Hotels, says TripAdvisor

Britannia Country House, ManchesterFour of the top 10 dirtiest hotels in the UK come from the same hotel group, according to peer review website TripAdvisor.
Posted: 18 January 2007 | 10:19

US couple to sue Mandarin Oriental after being bitten by bed bugs

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, LondonThe Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is being sued by an American couple after they were bitten by bed bugs during a stay at the company’s luxury Hyde Park hotel.
Posted: 17 January 2007 | 11:17

Many firms are still in the dark over fire safety laws

fire extinguisherThe Government has been accused of not doing enough to inform hospitality businesses about changes made to fire regulations in October.
Posted: 12 January 2007 | 08:30

Customers fall ill after eating at new Loch Fyne restaurant

oysters thought to be cause of illnessThe recent opening of a fish restaurant in Newcastle has been marred by the outbreak of a winter vomiting bug.
Posted: 02 January 2007 | 12:44

Newcastle Thistle hotel guests struck by winter vomiting bug

Around 40 guests staying at the Newcastle Thistle hotel struck down by illness.
Posted: 28 December 2006 | 18:22

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