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Manager and wife arrested over fatal Cornish hotel fire

hotel firePolice probing the cause of the fire at the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay last summer, where three people died, have arrested the hotel manager and his wife.
Posted: 16 May 2008 | 15:59

Chef stole more than £10,000 of meat from employer

A chef stole more than £10,000 worth of meat from the North-east pub restaurant where he worked, a court heard.
Posted: 16 May 2008 | 12:46

Former MP in court over unpaid restaurant bill

A former MP is being taken to court for alleged non-payment of restaurant bills.
Posted: 13 May 2008 | 12:15

Businessman duped into buying London's Ritz hotel

Ritz hotelA businessman was duped into spending £1m to buy the Ritz hotel in London by an unemployed man with no connection to the five-star property, the High Court heard yesterday.
Posted: 18 April 2008 | 16:00

Red Carnation hotel executive escapes extradition to care for sick wife

Red Carnation hotel executive Stanley Tollman, wanted in the US in connection with a $100m bank fraud, was discharged by a judge yesterday preventing his extradition.
Posted: 09 April 2008 | 15:10

Killer chef to appeal

Mark DixieMark Dixie, the former Mitchells & Butler’s chef who was found guilty of the murder of Croydon teenager Sally Anne Bowman, is to appeal against his conviction.
Posted: 02 April 2008 | 17:37

McDonald’s fined £40,000 after worker badly injured

McDonald's Golden ArchesMcDonald's has been fined a total of almost £40,000 after a worker was badly injured following a fall.
Posted: 02 April 2008 | 15:00

Jamaica Inn hotel fined for health & safety breaches

Jamaica InnA famous South-west hotel has been heavily fined after environmental health inspectors found kitchens in a filthy state.
Posted: 25 March 2008 | 14:31

Chinese restaurant owner jailed over money laundering

chinese foodThe owner of one of the largest Chinese restaurants in South Wales has been sent to prison after he failed to comply with the terms of an assets confiscation order.
Posted: 18 March 2008 | 12:11

Manslaughter change raises employer risks

Hospitality employers are particularly at risk from toughened corporate manslaughter legislation, which comes into force in less than a month, experts have warned.
Posted: 13 March 2008 | 10:00

Indian restaurant owner hospitalised after attack

The owner of an Indian restaurant in Leicester was so badly beaten by customers that he was hospitalised.
Posted: 28 February 2008 | 16:02

M&B to help staff who worked with sex killer

Mark DixieMitchells & Butlers does not expect any fallout from the high-profile murder conviction of former employee Mark Dixie but has stressed it will do everything it can to assist any staff member affected by the case.
Posted: 26 February 2008 | 07:30

Wetherspoon boss slams pub 'entrapments' - 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: Home Office to concede that licensing changes bring few benefits; police chiefs call for abolition of 24-hour licensing; Labour MPs support new rights for agency workers
Posted: 25 February 2008 | 10:24

Police get leads after Penhallow fire features on BBC's Crimewatch

fire at Penhallow HotelPolice investigating the fatal fire at Penhallow Hotel in Newquay have some new leads, following a reconstruction on the BBC’s Crimewatch programme.
Posted: 21 February 2008 | 14:30

Men arrested after shots fired at restaurant at Birmingham restaurant - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

What the weekend papers sayA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Major fire at Brighton hotel once bombed by IRA; Von Essen in talks to buy Inverlochy Castle and hotel in Monaco; Clapham House considers sale of some restaurant brands
Posted: 18 February 2008 | 10:58

Bouncing back from a bomb

ambulanceA terrorist attack is always a terrible thing and can have an awful human cost. But there is also the danger to businesses, both in terms of being the focus of an incident and in the commercial repercussions. Christopher Walton reports
Posted: 14 February 2008 | 00:00

Arrests made over Newquay hotel fire

Fire at Penhallow hotel, NewquayPolice have arrested two men in connection with the hotel fire in Newquay, Cornwall, last summer in which three people died.
Posted: 25 January 2008 | 16:36

Fatal Cornish hotel fire now a murder investigation

Penhallow Hotel fire, NewquayThe deaths of three people from a fire that destroyed a hotel in Newquay last August are now being treated as murder.
Posted: 22 January 2008 | 17:23

Hotels warned to be vigilant over fake credit cards

credit cardsHoteliers have been warned about fake credit cards after Bristol Crown Court heard that a con man was able to run up bills at hotels throughout Bristol using specially adapted fake cards.
Posted: 11 December 2007 | 13:30

Police now treating Hotel du Vin fire as arson

Malmaison NewcastleA blaze which badly damaged the Hotel du Vin development in Newcastle is now being treated as arson by police.
Posted: 30 November 2007 | 10:22

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17th May 2008