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More than four out of 10 fines imposed on companies for hiring illegal workers remain unpaid, it has emerged. Of the 3,164 illegal labour penalties handed out to employers - mainly restaurants and takeaways - by the UK Border Agency over the past 18-months, 1,301 have yet to be collected.
Posted: 09 November 2009 | 13:08
Oliver's iPhone cooking app tops the charts; Travelodge backs campaign to cut tourism VAT to 5%; Gordon Ramsay slams chains for ‘wiping out’ independents; Sir John Ritblat expected to buy back Merchant Inns; Pret a Manger faces inquiry over frozen foods labelled as fresh and more...
Posted: 09 November 2009 | 11:14
Lindley Group has revealed the full extent of the violence its catering staff faced when an angry mob of football fans ran riot during a match between Barnsley and Manchester United last week. Jan Framp, northern area manager for Lindley, which has catered at Barnsley’s Oakwell stadium since 1999,
Posted: 04 November 2009 | 07:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Masterchef to keep endangered fish off menus after row over eels; John Burton Race arrested for drink driving; Jongleurs founder to relaunch the comedy club chain; Kerzner still hopes to open super- casino and more…
Posted: 02 November 2009 | 10:41
Story of the week: Heston Blumenthal will not face legal action over the food poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck, Windsor and Maidenhead Council announced this week. Gordon Ramsay has parted company with the chief financial officer ...
Posted: 30 October 2009 | 14:54
Story of the week: UK recession claims three victims in bad week for hospitality. The hospitality industry was hard hit by the recession this week as three businesses collapsed into administration. Tootsies; Merchant Inns; Gold & Brown.
Posted: 16 October 2009 | 17:14
A federal grand jury is investigating whether Hilton Worldwide and a number of its former executives could face criminal charges in an ongoing legal battle with Starwood Hotels and Resorts over theft of ideas, the Wall Street Journal reports today. The grand jury will look into whether the hotel group...
Posted: 07 October 2009 | 14:26
A chef who impressed a hotel owner so much he was promoted to general manager turned out to be a high class conman who had previously used at least five different identities. Anthony Declerck who had been working at Graythwaite Manor in Grange-over-Sands, South Cumbria, was jailed ...
Posted: 07 October 2009 | 12:58
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Heston Blumenthal got by on three hours sleep a night; Rates bill for Dorchester set to double to £7.5m; Sports fan buys closed Altnaharra hotel; Hovis bakes jumbo bread-and-butter pudding and more...
Posted: 05 October 2009 | 10:18
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: McDonald's seeks greener spuds for its French fries; Luminar profits eclipsed by youth unemployment; Domino’s Pizza to report 25% boost in profits; Government gives go-ahead to three-quarter pints and more …
Posted: 28 September 2009 | 11:56
Ross Klein, the head of Hilton Hotel’s luxury lifestyle brands, who was accused of corporate espionage by his former employer Starwood Hotels and Resorts, has left the company. Klein, who was originally instrumental in the development of Starwood’s W brand, then controversially ...
Posted: 23 September 2009 | 10:18
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Michelin reviewers move into social networking in USA; Christian hoteliers charged for offending Muslim guests; IHG officially launches $1b Holiday Inn makeover; and more...
Posted: 21 September 2009 | 10:30
McDonald’s has lost an eight-year trademark battle to prevent Malaysian restaurant McCurry from using the ‘Mc’ prefix in a precedent setting judgement.
The ruling by the Malaysian Federal Court ends all legal avenues for McDonald's to protect its name from what it said was a trademark infringement...
Posted: 09 September 2009 | 08:00
Story of the week: Phil Howard is one of Britain's most accomplished and respected chefs - he's also a recovering drug addict. Watch Caterer's exclusive interview with the Michelin-starred chef. The future of VisitEngland's accommodation bookings system, EnglandNet, is in jeopardy and more...
Posted: 04 September 2009 | 16:30
The owners of an Indian restaurant in Yorkshire where more than 60 customers were hit with a rare food poisoning bug have been banned described as "criminally inept" by a judge. Mohammed Ayub and Abdul Ghafoor, of the Saffron restaurant in Ilkley, appearing before Bradford Crown Court ...
Posted: 04 September 2009 | 10:20
The licence of Guy Ritchie’s pub, the Punchbowl, could be in jeopardy after Westminster City Council received 37 complaints about noise since March last year. In an attempt to reduce the disturbance managers have now enforced a rule of bringing customers inside at 9pm ...
Posted: 04 September 2009 | 10:09
A convicted killer has been given permission to run a village pub in Scotland, sparking protests from his victim’s relatives. The Midlothian Licensing Board gave Paul Bootland the go-ahead to manage the Village Inn in Auchendinny, Midlothian, despite police objections.
Posted: 03 September 2009 | 16:00
Television chef Clarissa Dickson-Wright and racehorse trainer Sir Mark Prescott have both pleaded guilty to hunting offences in North Yorkshire. Dickson-Wright, who rose to fame after appearing in the BBC cookery programme Two Fat Ladies, admitted attending two hare coursing events near Malton ...
Posted: 02 September 2009 | 09:00
A round-up of the week's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Scottish alcohol reform costs licensees £60m; David Yeo to open first hotel; Punch to spend £45m on revitalising Spirit; Middle Eastern restaurants tipped to overtake curry houses in popularity; and more…
Posted: 01 September 2009 | 10:26
Restaurant chain TGI Friday’s has been fined £30,000 after pleading guilty to a catalogue of hygiene offences uncovered by Westminster Council health inspectors last year. The company’s flagship London restaurant in Covent Garden was shut down on 2 July 2008 after a pile of dead cockroaches...
Posted: 28 August 2009 | 14:07
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