Crime
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In March the annual Festival Culinaire Bernard Loiseau took place in Mauritius. Christopher Barber, managing director of Leiths Food Solutions, represented the UK as a judge, with Michael North, chef-proprietor of the Michelin-starred Nut Tree in Murcott, Oxfordshire, competing. Barber reports
Posted: 17 June 2011 | 17:53
Two former employees of a Marston's pub in Wales have been jailed after admitting carrying out an arson attack on the pub they used to work at. The pair started the blaze at the Running Hare in Ewloe, Flintshire, which caused £500,000 of damage, in order to cover up a £200 theft from a gaming machine.
Posted: 27 May 2011 | 13:19
Four major alcohol producers have pledged half a million pounds of funding for the Best Bar None awards scheme, which aims to tackle alcohol-related crime...
Posted: 16 May 2011 | 10:28
A Coventry publican has had his personal licence suspended following a successful prosecution against him by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) for showing Sky Sports programmes illegally at his premises.
Posted: 12 May 2011 | 14:27
The owners of a Cornish hotel destroyed by fire which killed three people have been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay £62,000 costs for failing to meet fire safety standards. Firefighters described the fire at the 54-bedroom Penhallow hotel in Newquay, on 18 August 2007, as the worst British hotel fire in 40 years.
Posted: 05 May 2011 | 12:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: walkout chefs at Ramsay Manhattan restaurant accused of sexism; Firmdale board appointments spark flotation or investment rumours and more...
Posted: 26 April 2011 | 10:08
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Protestors smash Ritz hotel windows; Ego and Rocket restaurant groups...
Posted: 28 March 2011 | 10:42
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Jamie Oliver brands Sarah Palin a 'Froot Loop'; breast milk ice-cream debuts in London salon and more...
Posted: 28 February 2011 | 10:34
A London wine bar owner who invented an online crime reporting system because he was fed up with the level of petty theft in pubs, bars and shops has seen crime at his own business drop 40% since its introduction.
Posted: 23 February 2011 | 16:00
A father and son who run 11 pubs in Hull face a bill of £116,000 for streaming Premier League games over the internet at the venues. Alister Darroch and his son, Charles Darroch, were fined £33,000 each at Hull Magistrates Court following a prosecution bought by law firm Media Protection Services.
Posted: 17 February 2011 | 15:07
The owner of a London wine bar has created a new online system for pubs and restaurants to report low-level crimes like bag theft in a bid to help operators...
Posted: 17 February 2011 | 12:17
The Government has unveiled new plans to give local residents more control over licensing as part of its Crime and Policing Bill. The bill would allow communities and local authorities new powers to restrict premises from selling alcohol late at night if necessary, and to clamp down harder on premises that persistently sell to children - doubling the fine to £20,000.
Posted: 01 December 2010 | 12:50
The Metropolitan police has arrested a couple suspected of running a scam of visiting high-end restaurants and leaving without paying after pretending to go outside for a cigarette. Last week, L'Autre Pied in Marylebone fell victim to the fraudsters.
Posted: 16 November 2010 | 13:13
A Saudi prince had been found guilty of murdering his servant at the Landmark hotel in London. Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud will be sentenced tomorrow for the murder of Bandar Abdulaziz, 32, on 15 February 2010. He denied murdering Abdulaziz, but admitted manslaughter.
Posted: 19 October 2010 | 17:02
The owners of the Penhallow hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, where three people died in a fire three years ago, are to be prosecuted. Together with three other individuals, they will appear at Bodmin Magistrates Court on 21 October for breaches of fire precautions under the Regulatory Reform Order (Fire Safety) 2005.
Posted: 29 September 2010 | 13:02
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been reasserting itself gradually as a champion of consumers' rights and an enemy of vested interests. Traditionally seen as a bit of a toothless tiger, its chief executive John Fingleton has steered the government watchdog...
Posted: 24 September 2010 | 13:09
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Richard Shepherd puts Langan’s Restaurants on the market; Premier Inn launches £199 wedding and honeymoon deal; GMB blames pub tie for decline of rural pubs and more...
Posted: 20 September 2010 | 11:06
An unnamed member of staff at the Michelin-starred Star Inn at Harome, North Yorkshire, has been released without charge following allegations of bullying at the restaurant. The 26-year-old, who is believed to be a chef, was arrested in June following claims that two chefs had been "tortured" in the kitchen at the renowned pub.
Posted: 23 August 2010 | 19:22
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Posted: 19 August 2010 | 14:35
A hotel worker who defrauded her employers of more than £76,000, which she "frittered away", has been spared jail. Jill Calder was ordered to perform 300 hours of community service, having pleaded guilty to embezzling the money...
Posted: 18 August 2010 | 15:18
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