Health & safety
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Staff at a Chinese restaurant in mid Wales used a cricket bat to stir curry, a court heard.
Posted: 16 January 2009 | 17:47
Hospitality employers that flout health & safety legislation face fines of up to £20,000 and the risk of 12 months in prison from today after tougher new laws came into force.
Posted: 16 January 2009 | 14:28
The VisitBritain executive chairman’s criticism of the service levels offered in UK hotels and restaurants has been described as “spectacularly ill-timed”.
Posted: 13 January 2009 | 11:08
Italian restaurant chain Carluccio’s has been fined nearly £40,000 after a diner lost part of her finger when it was crushed in a toilet door.
Posted: 09 January 2009 | 12:59
The chairman of VisitBritain has condemned the “poor value for money” and “grumpy staff” in Britain’s hotels and restaurants, in an interview published today.
Posted: 08 January 2009 | 11:36
A gas explosion ripped apart a hotel in Aberdeenshire, Scotland last night seriously injuring three people, including two members of staff.
Posted: 08 January 2009 | 11:12
Hospitality workers look set to be banned from working more than 48 hours per week from 2011 after MEPs voted overwhelmingly to scrap the UK’s opt-out from the Working Time Directive.
Posted: 17 December 2008 | 14:25
A London restaurant owner has been banned from ever running a food business again after serious health and safety breaches.
Posted: 17 December 2008 | 12:45
A Lincolnshire hotelier has received a suspended 12 week sentence for flouting health and safety laws.
Posted: 15 December 2008 | 08:00
Hospitality industry leaders have attacked the Food Standard Agency’s (FSA) decision to go with a six-tier “scores on the doors” scheme.
Posted: 12 December 2008 | 07:30
A Bradford hotel and leisure complex has been hit with a £17,000 fine after health inspectors found a series of potentially life-threatening safety breaches.
Posted: 12 December 2008 | 07:00
Restaurants, takeaways and cafes will be graded via a six-tier voluntary “scores on the doors” scheme in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced today.
Posted: 11 December 2008 | 12:41
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) will today announce that six leading fast-food chains have signed up to its commitment to providing healthier meals outside...
Posted: 20 November 2008 | 10:01
Employees are only legally entitled to a 20-minute break - even if they work for 12 hours straight, an Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled this week.
Posted: 24 October 2008 | 07:00
The number of businesses in Westminster with top standards for food hygiene has risen from 15 to 132 since the implementation of the ‘Scores on the Doors’ rating system 12 months ago.
Posted: 06 October 2008 | 12:15
The overwhelming majority of workers (91%) in the catering sector would go to work stressed, while almost half would go to work with a migraine due to fears over job security, research revealed today.
Posted: 06 October 2008 | 07:00
A hotelkeeper in Scotland has been fined £900 after he failed to clean up his premises despite seven separate visits from environmental health officers.
Posted: 30 September 2008 | 08:00
The Thistle Hotel in Brighton was evacuated in the early hours of this morning due to a suspected chemical leak
Posted: 19 September 2008 | 11:47
A Manchester restaurant has been devastated by a fire just days after opening following a £3m investment.
Posted: 18 September 2008 | 17:14
Clive Brearley, sales manager of Weatherite Building Services' Kitchen Ventilation Division advises kitchen operators on how to stay within the law and save energy costs.
Posted: 18 September 2008 | 11:42
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