Health & safety

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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

Manchester restaurant fined £10,000 for food safety breaches

Manchester restaurant fined £10,000 for food safety breachesAn Indian restaurant on Manchester's “Curry Mile” has been fined £10,000 after health inspectors found kitchens in a filthy state.
Posted: 15 September 2008 | 12:30

Punch punishes staff over hygiene exposé

MousePunch Taverns today confirmed that it has taken disciplinary action against individuals exposed in last night’s Rogue Restaurants programme for allowing poor hygiene at three Spirit pubs in Westminster and Chelsea.
Posted: 29 August 2008 | 15:26

Yates's staff resign after TV hygiene exposé

Yates's Reading branchThe owner of pub chain Yates’s has confirmed that the manager and kitchen team at its Reading outlet have resigned following a BBC exposé of poor hygiene standards on the Rogue Restaurants programme.
Posted: 22 August 2008 | 11:42

London restaurant in dispute with BBC over TV show

Little Italy, Soho, LondonThe owner of an Italian restaurant in London’s Soho is in dispute with the BBC after he claimed that his business was wrongly implicated during an episode of Rogue Restaurants earlier this month.
Posted: 20 August 2008 | 07:00

100 guests flee fire at Darlington hotel

King's hotel, DarlingtonAbout 50 firefighters have been tackling a fire at a County Durham hotel since the early hours of Friday, the BBC is reporting.
Posted: 15 August 2008 | 14:43

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

Restaurant closed by health inspectors while restaurant critic dines inside

mouseShocked diners – including a food critic – were told to abandon their meals as health inspectors shut down the restaurant in which they were eating, last week.
Posted: 08 August 2008 | 07:00

James Martin named and shamed after food hygiene inspection

James MartinJames Martin, presenter of Saturday Kitchen on BBC1, has been "named and shamed" after a food inspection at his Winchester delicatessen.
Posted: 05 August 2008 | 11:15

London councils relent on Peking Duck oven shut-down - 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: Share price fall interests CVC in Punch; Founder seeks to rescue Beanscene coffee shops from administration; Pubs and clubs lead quarterly rise in business failures
Posted: 04 August 2008 | 10:52

Scalding

McDonald's coffee cupThe safety responsibilities of caterers working with hot beverages have come to the fore again following the latest scalding case - this time to a 13-month-old baby.
Posted: 04 August 2008 | 10:34

Ten health and safety precautions every hotelier should know

With guests tramping through them daily, hotel rooms can easily fall below standard. Catherine Quinn discovers 10 health and safety precautions every hotelier should know about
Posted: 31 July 2008 | 00:00

MPs seek Europe-wide fair tipping rules - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Councils crack down on Peking Duck ovens; Dawnay Day sale slashes 45% off Premium shares; SATS exam markers headhunt Hilton bar staff
Posted: 21 July 2008 | 10:30

'Common sense' victory for operators on scores-on-doors hygiene scheme

Scores on the doorsIndustry bodies have hailed a “victory for common sense” after the House of Lords ruled that the London Authorities’ proposed compulsory scores-on-the-doors displays will have to comply with the system recommended by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Posted: 15 July 2008 | 08:00

Charles Wells hit by midlands water alert

waterCatering businesses in Northampton and Daventry face a further three weeks without water after a bug that can cause diarrhoea was found in the water system.
Posted: 02 July 2008 | 08:00

Official figures reveal drop in reported injuries in catering and hotel sector

Drop in injuries in catering and hotel sectorThe number of reported major injuries to employees in the hotel and catering sector fell in 2006/7, the first annual decrease since 2001/2, official figures have revealed.
Posted: 30 June 2008 | 17:07

Alan Yau’s Cha Cha Moon forced to close

Alan YauAlan Yau’s latest restaurant Cha Cha Moon in London’s Soho has been forced to close due to smoke damage, Caterersearch has learnt.
Posted: 30 June 2008 | 07:00

Hygiene rating must be fair

Stuart KnillA week after Yo! Sushi was forced to respond to media claims over its hygiene standards, Stuart Knill, food safety manager at stocktaking firm Venners, says the proposed "scores on the doors" must be fair
Posted: 26 June 2008 | 00:00

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

Restaurant hit with heavy fine after salmonella outbreak

chinese foodEnvironmental health officers have spoken of the difficulty of accurately tracing the origins of salmonella poisoning outbreaks, after a restaurant was fined nearly £30,000.
Posted: 18 June 2008 | 15:45

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