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The deadline for the RSPCA good business awards, which recognise ethical business approaches to animal welfare, is looming. The 2009 Hotel Cateys entry process is now in full swing as well. So to be considered for one of these prestigious awards, get your entry in now.
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 15:35
A Chinese restaurant in Leicester was warned eleven times over a three-year period to improve its hygiene standards, a court heard.Shong Qiang Wang, owner of the Great Wall Chinese restaurant in Welford Road, admitted breaches of the hygiene regulations during a hearing before magistrates in Leicester.
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 08:00
The owners of an Italian restaurant in Scotland must pay £25,000 in compensation after an employment tribunal ruled that a chef did not resign but was sacked. The tribunal sitting in Edinburgh ruled that statutory procedures were not complied with and that Salvatore Trano, head chef ...
Posted: 09 June 2009 | 07:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: New tipping laws may not benefit staff; Pret and Itsu ban bluefin tuna ; Starwood seeks €300m for landmark Paris hotel; profits fall at Firmdale Hotels;; detective seeks male partners of missing chef
Posted: 08 June 2009 | 10:20
Hilton Hotels is rumoured to be looking at settling out of court in its corporate espionage case with Starwood, rather than entering into a legal battle. American hotel group Starwood, which operates lifestyle brand W, alleges that two of its former executives, Ross Klein and ...
Posted: 05 June 2009 | 14:19
A Suffolk hotel has been fined a total of £38,000 after health inspectors found appalling conditions in the kitchens. Oxford Hotels and Inns Management, owners of the Riverside Hotel at Mildenhall, admitted breaches of the hygiene regulations during a hearing before Bury St Edmunds ...
Posted: 02 June 2009 | 11:07
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Pub report triggers fury and libel claims; Hutton Collins is Carluccio’s mystery suitor; Ramsay protégé launches cook book for moods; Crimestoppers to reconstruct ...
Posted: 18 May 2009 | 10:09
A Midlands restaurant manageress who went on the run to Spain for four years has finally been jailed for a £20,000 fraud. Sarah Hunt, 34, from Tamworth, skipped bail in 2004 while awaiting trial for defrauding a shopping centre restaurant in Solihull and a ...
Posted: 15 May 2009 | 08:00
JD Wetherspoon has been awarded £4.5m in damages and almost £3m in costs against former property advisor Van de Berg (VdB) and its three directors Christian Braun, George Aldridge and Richard Harvey. The award - around 80% ...
Posted: 11 May 2009 | 10:55
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Body found in river is not missing York chef; Scottish chef sets up consultancy to help restaurants weather recession; AB InBev shelves new drinks products as recession bites.
Posted: 20 April 2009 | 10:24
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has filed a lawsuit against Hilton accusing its rival of theft of trade secrets and demanding the company stops the promotion and roll out of new boutique brand Denizen.
Posted: 17 April 2009 | 16:41
Pubs and clubs in York are to join the search for missing chef Claudia Lawrence by carrying pictures of her on table-top boxes used for discarded crisp packets and chewing gum.
Posted: 15 April 2009 | 08:30
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has warned the hospitality industry to keep a close eye on property agents, after winning a High Court action against the pub group’s former property adviser Van de Berg (VdB).
Posted: 08 April 2009 | 07:00
High street pub operator JD Wetherspoon today secured a victory in its fraud case against its former sole property agent Van de Berg and VdB director Christian Braun.
Posted: 07 April 2009 | 11:41
The general manager at the Glasshouse in Worcester has insisted it’s business as usual, despite the arrest of owner Brandon Weston.
Posted: 07 April 2009 | 07:00
Two owners of a Yorkshire restaurant tried to obstruct an investigation by health officers into a rare food poisoning outbreak that affected almost 90 people, a court heard.
Posted: 27 March 2009 | 15:34
The Beatles-themed Hard Days Night hotel in Liverpool is on course for a legal dust up with its cleaners at London’s High Court.
Posted: 27 March 2009 | 10:26
The majority of pub and club owners are failing to protect their staff from excessive noise at work, running the risk of falling foul of legislation, experts have warned.
Posted: 25 March 2009 | 07:30
A French restaurant manager who almost ruined a Norwich restaurant by a pattern of systematic theft has been jailed for a year.
Posted: 11 March 2009 | 07:30
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Health tests could keep Fat Duck closed for weeks; Pasta Hut reverts to Pizza Hut; UK fast-food operators eye up Nando’s; Westfield London tenants in revolt; convicted ex-Belgo director maintains innocence
Posted: 09 March 2009 | 10:17
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