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Police get leads after Penhallow fire features on BBC's Crimewatch

fire at Penhallow HotelPolice investigating the fatal fire at Penhallow Hotel in Newquay have some new leads, following a reconstruction on the BBC’s Crimewatch programme.
Posted: 21 February 2008 | 14:30

Men arrested after shots fired at restaurant at Birmingham restaurant - 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: 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

Bouncing back from a bomb

ambulanceA 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

Arrests made over Newquay hotel fire

Fire at Penhallow hotel, NewquayPolice have arrested two men in connection with the hotel fire in Newquay, Cornwall, last summer in which three people died.
Posted: 25 January 2008 | 16:36

Fatal Cornish hotel fire now a murder investigation

Penhallow Hotel fire, NewquayThe 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

Hotels warned to be vigilant over fake credit cards

credit cardsHoteliers have been warned about fake credit cards after Bristol Crown Court heard that a con man was able to run up bills at hotels throughout Bristol using specially adapted fake cards.
Posted: 11 December 2007 | 13:30

Police now treating Hotel du Vin fire as arson

Malmaison NewcastleA blaze which badly damaged the Hotel du Vin development in Newcastle is now being treated as arson by police.
Posted: 30 November 2007 | 10:22

Rancid meat supplied to top London hotels

Rancid baconHospitality 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

Compass to cater for its UN scandal investigators

US House of RepresentativesCompass Group has won a US Government catering deal despite being investigated by the same administration two years before in connection with a United Nations Peacekeeping scandal.
Posted: 27 November 2007 | 11:44

Midlands hotel fined £12,000 for hygiene breaches

Stuart hotel receptionThe 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

Illegal workers could cost bosses £10,000 in fines

Hospitality employers face being hit with a £10,000 fine for each illegal worker they unwittingly hire after the Government confirmed that new rules will come into force from February 2008.
Posted: 26 November 2007 | 12:45

Lightship restaurant launches high court battle

The LightshipA row between the Lightship restaurant and Christian and Kirsten Sandefeldt is heading for London’s High Court.
Posted: 23 November 2007 | 16:44

New bid to extradite hotel executives wanted in US for fraud

Red Carnation logoThe US Government yesterday launched the latest High Court round of its fight to have elderly Red Carnation hotel executives Stanley and Beatrice Tollman extradited to face charges in the USA in connection with a $100m (£48.6m) bank fraud.
Posted: 21 November 2007 | 16:07

Restaurateur pays a high price for playing unlicensed music

Performing Right Society logoA restaurateur has paid a heavy price for failing to take out a music licence for his premises.
Posted: 06 November 2007 | 07:00

First landlord fined over smoking ban

Hugh 'Hamish' HowittHugh ‘Hamish’ Howitt will have to pay £2,500 in fines after becoming the first pub landlord to be prosecuted in England for defying smoking ban legislation.
Posted: 05 November 2007 | 15:27

New drinking laws cut alcohol fuelled violence

New drinking laws cut alcohol fuelled violenceNew drinking laws in England and Wales have led to “significant” falls in late night alcohol related violence in central London.The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive, Rob Hayward, has written to all London MPs detailing ...
Posted: 24 September 2007 | 11:54

Britannia fined £36,000 over health and hygiene breaches

Britannia hotel in StockportThe Britannia group has been hit with a £36,000 fine after management at one of its hotels in Stockport ignored repeated warnings over poor health and hygiene standards.
Posted: 19 September 2007 | 13:06

Former McDonald’s manager avoids jail after stealing nearly £40,000

McDonald'sA manager at a McDonald's outlet in the South West has avoided a jail sentence despite stealing £39,000 in takings.
Posted: 11 September 2007 | 07:00

Former Smiths of Smithfield employee jailed for robbery

A former kitchen worker at Smiths of Smithfield has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after a robbery at the London restaurant during which a member of staff was held at gunpoint.
Posted: 07 September 2007 | 15:54

London restaurants warned over dry-cleaning scam

London restaurants should beware a letter requesting payment for a bogus dry-cleaning incident.
Posted: 22 August 2007 | 10:30

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