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Unilever to take legal action over BNP use of Marmite image

Marmite (Source: Rex Features)Unilever is to begin legal action against the British National Party after it used an image of a Marmite jar in a political broadcast. The jar was used in the top corner of a video available on the BNP’s website without permission..
Posted: 22 April 2010 | 14:52

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

The Digital Economy Bill  may end hospitality's free Wi-Fi offeringStory of the week: Hotel, café, pub and restaurant customers all face the risk of being unceremoniously shunted off the information superhighway by a heavy-handed piece of government legislation passed hurriedly last week.
Posted: 16 April 2010 | 15:34

Machete gang targets KFC

KFCAn armed gang has held up security staff as they collected cash from a KFC restaurant in Manchester. The three men, one of whom was armed with a machete, waited outside the KFC on Chester Road, Stretford, in a stolen van before they struck on Friday night, according to the BBC.
Posted: 13 April 2010 | 14:47

British chef beaten and left for dead in Dolomite ski resort

Caterer NewsPolice are trying to piece together the events that led to a British chef being beaten up and left for dead in a ski resort in the Italian Dolomites. Officers spoke to John Harris, 45, from Cornwall, yesterday after he was found unconscious in a resort car park in freezing temperatures wearing just a singlet...
Posted: 13 April 2010 | 10:18

Two arrested after Cumbrian hotel blaze

FirePolice have arrested two men on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at a hotel in Cumbria. Fire crews rescued an 82-year-old woman from the blaze at the Cumberland hotel, in Workington, after they were called to the scene at just after 21:15 on Friday evening. Local newspaper the Times & Star reported that two fires had been started on either side of a fire break on the first floor.
Posted: 12 April 2010 | 12:02

Fears grow that bill threatening free wi-fi in restaurants and hotels will be fast tracked

Hotels and cafés will be held responsible for internet crimes commited by their customersA controversial bill that could threaten free wi-fi connections in restaurants and cafes could be rushed through Parliament, as it heads for its second reading in the House of Commons today. The 24,000-word Digital Economy Bill contains a clause that would allow internet service providers to suspend...
Posted: 06 April 2010 | 11:51

Pub landlord arrested after body found in freezer

Caterer NewsThe landlord of a Norfolk pub five miles from royal residence Sandringham House has been arrested after the body of a woman, believed to be his fiancé, was found in the freezer in a put outhouse. Mike Tucker, 49, and Becky Thorpe, 29, had run the 18th-century Compasses Inn in Snettisham ...
Posted: 29 March 2010 | 12:22

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

Heston BlumenthalStory of the week: Heston Blumenthal has received £200,000 compensation following a food-poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant. A young sous chef at the Tate Modern has died after suffering from tonsillitis. Nathan Laity, 23, of Penryn, Cornwall continued to work long hours...
Posted: 26 March 2010 | 17:57

Police seeking missing chef Claudia Lawrence mount three-day search in York

Claudia LawrencePolice looking into the disappearance a year ago of chef Claudia Lawrence are searching an area of York, where she went missing. Officers said the operation, which started yesterday in an area known as The Outgang in Heslington, would take three days.
Posted: 24 March 2010 | 17:27

US fish restaurant closes after selling illegal whale meat

Caterer NewsA top US fish restaurant has closed after it was caught selling illegal whale meat in a film-makers' sting. The Hump, a sushi restaurant near Santa Monica airport in California, was caught selling the meat for £57 a plate, billed as 'omakase' - a Japanese term for 'chef's choice'...
Posted: 23 March 2010 | 11:03

Police continue search for missing chef Claudia Lawrence

Claudia LawrencePolice are continuing to investigate the disappearance of chef Claudia Lawrence, a year after she went missing. The York University chef is thought to have disappeared at around 5.30am on 18 March 2009, after she left home with no money, cards or passport to walk three miles to her job...
Posted: 22 March 2010 | 18:26

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

James Berresford, VisitBritain chief executiveStory of the week: England's visitor economy can grow from £97b in 2010 to £147b and create 225,000 more jobs over the next decade, according to VisitEngland. John Footman is to become the new chef at the Goose in Britwell Salome, which was forced to close ...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 16:36

Kitchen porter arrested over poisoning claims at Stowe School

Stowe SchoolA kitchen porter at Buckinghamshire’s prestigious Stowe School has been arrested over claims some soup was poisoned. The BBC reported that Stowe had contacted the police last week and that a 58-year-old man from Brackley in Northamptonshire had been arrested.
Posted: 17 March 2010 | 12:22

Country pubs under threat from proposals to limit drivers to one pint of beer - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

The weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: tourism could lead UK growth with government support; Punch to shake up board to reconnect with shareholders; Center Parcs believed to be heading for flotation; Titanic menus reproduced for memorial cruise...
Posted: 15 March 2010 | 10:13

English councils crack down on takeaways - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

The weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: pub landlord jailed for defying smoking ban; Grosvenor House hotel tipped to become residential scheme for ultra-rich; Yo! Sushi looks to expand in Scotland; Rocco Forte Collection posts £35.8m annual loss...
Posted: 01 March 2010 | 10:23

Realpub discriminated against gay employee, finds tribunal

The Pembroke ArmsPub operator Realpubs has been forced to pay a former employee thousands of pounds in compensation after a tribunal ruled that he had been discriminated against because he was gay. Charles Lisboa, ex-assistant manager of former gay pub the Pembroke Arms in Earls Court, London...
Posted: 25 February 2010 | 10:56

MPs debate beer duty, beer tie, planning laws and Sky TV in pubs

Pubs and beer were high on the agenda at Westminster yesterdayMPs reinforced the call to take the fight for a lower rate of duty on draught beer to Europe, as part of a wide-ranging debate in Parliament yesterday. Tory MP Nigel Evans, who called the debate, said: "I have asked Ministers about it and every time they say, 'Brussels won't allow it. There's a problem with Brussels....
Posted: 24 February 2010 | 12:13

Police question Saudi prince over servant’s death at Landmark hotel

The Landmark hotelPolice have opened a murder inquiry after the servant of a Saudi prince was found beaten to death at London’s five-star Landmark hotel. The unnamed Saudi prince, who has not claimed diplomatic immunity, was arrested on Monday evening after a 32-year-old Saudi national...
Posted: 17 February 2010 | 13:00

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

Chris HorridgeStory of the week: Two major chef departures this week as rumours surround Cliveden and the news that Chris Horridge, star of the Great British Menu and head chef of the property’s Waldo’s restaurant, is to leave, while earlier in the week Michelin-starred chef Ryan Simpson – and his brigade – quit the Goose...
Posted: 12 February 2010 | 14:33

London restaurant closed by rat infestation

RatA London council has used emergency powers to close a restaurant after a customer spotted a rat scurrying around the premises. Camden Council health inspectors found that the Lords Indian restaurant in Whitfield Street was severely infested with rats and posed a “serious risk” ...
Posted: 09 February 2010 | 17:21

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