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

Chris DruceAlthough Friday Wrap can’t promise controversy in the league of Brand and Ross, there was still plenty to ponder within hospitality this week to delight and get the blood boiling in equal measure.
Posted: 31 October 2008 | 16:28

Firms fined £700,000 for illegal workers since May

The Government has issued more than £700,000 worth of fines to businesses employing illegal immigrants since introducing tougher restrictions in May, with restaurant operators the main offenders.
Posted: 30 October 2008 | 15:19

Chinese restaurant hit with £30,000 fine for employing illegal immigrants

Buffet, Chinese-styleThe owners of a Chinese restaurant in Norfolk have been hit with a £30,000 fine after being found to be employing illegal immigrants.
Posted: 03 October 2008 | 07:30

Chinese restaurant exposed for selling fake DVDs

DVDs © Jonathan Leigh/RexA counter assistant at a Chinese takeaway in South Wales made an expensive mistake when she offered an off duty Trading Standards Officer a fake DVD with her takeaway dinner, a court heard.
Posted: 30 September 2008 | 09:00

Marriott boss ‘greatly saddened’ by Islamabad bombings

Marriott Islamabad after the bomb attackMarriott’s chairman has spoken of his sadness after the bombing of the group’s luxury hotel in Islamabad Pakistan, where at least 50 people are said to have been killed.
Posted: 22 September 2008 | 12:54

Massive bomb attack on Islamabad Marriott- For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

What the weekend papers sayA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Reuben brothers join shareholder revolt at Orient-Express; Workhouse diet makes a comeback in the credit crunch; Conservationists fight to save painted pub signs
Posted: 22 September 2008 | 10:44

BBC finds Newcastle takeaways paying illegal wages

Kebab shop Union leaders have reacted angrily to a television investigation which revealed staff in takeaways in the North East of England were being offered as little as £2.10-an-hour.
Posted: 18 September 2008 | 10:42

Norfolk hotel fined £12,000-plus over guest fall

Beeches hotelThe owner of a Norfolk hotel has been fined a total of more than £12,000 after a guest fell down cellar steps after going through a door which should have been kept locked.
Posted: 17 September 2008 | 14:39

Couple to sue hotel after jewellery stolen from safe

Millennium Hotel KnightsbridgeHotel guests Paolo and Tessa Prinzi have launched a legal battle for compensation after their jewellery was stolen from a hotel safe.
Posted: 10 September 2008 | 15:28

Newquay hotel fire four will not be charged

Penhallow hotel under fireThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided not to prosecute anyone in connection with the Newquay hotel fire in Cornwall in August of last year.
Posted: 03 September 2008 | 15:55

Best Western Hotels confirms attempted data hijacking

Best Western Hotels has issued a statement confirming that an attempted data hijacking that took place last week has only affected ten of its customers.
Posted: 26 August 2008 | 12:34

Criminals steal data on eight million Best Western guests - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Fake restaurant wins listing in wine bible; Masala World serves disclaimers to nut-allergy customers; Nearly half of NHS Trusts failing to address elderly malnutrition
Posted: 26 August 2008 | 10:46

Manchester curry house fined £31,000 for hygiene breaches

Male Oriental cockroachA Manchester-based curry restaurant has been fined more than £31,000 after a health inspector found its kitchen infested with cockroaches and mouse droppings.
Posted: 15 August 2008 | 14:24

Former Belgo executive faces insider dealing charges

Belgo CentraalA former senior executive of restaurant chain Belgo Group is facing an insider dealing trial, it has emerged.
Posted: 15 August 2008 | 11:42

Hotel manager stole from boss after being treated to New York holiday

New York CityA hotel manager stole from his boss shortly after he had been treated to an all expenses paid holiday in New York, a court heard.
Posted: 15 July 2008 | 13:00

Manager found guilty of using hotel’s credit card to gamble online

credit cardsA deputy hotel manager in Dorset used the hotel's credit card system to buy £5,000 worth of credit on an internet gambling site, a court has heard.
Posted: 27 June 2008 | 12:56

Restaurants named and shamed for employing illegal immigrants

Restaurants made up the vast majority of employers named and shamed by the Government yesterday for employing illegal immigrants.
Posted: 20 June 2008 | 16:04

Hotelier fined £200,000 for breaking fire safety rules

The owner of a Suffolk hotel has been fined a total of more than £200,000 after serious fire safety irregularities were discovered.
Posted: 20 June 2008 | 14:27

Suspected arson attack on Oliver’s Fifteen Melbourne HQ

Fifteen MelbourneThe headquarters of Fifteen Melbourne, the Jamie Oliver inspired initiative in Australia, have been destroyed after a fire ripped through the office block in which they are housed.
Posted: 06 June 2008 | 14:26

Hotel credit controller steals more than £23,000

Ramside Hall hotel, DurhamA credit controller working at one of the top hotels in the North-east was able to steal more than £23,000 over a year-and-a-half.
Posted: 06 June 2008 | 12:50

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