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RRO Breaches: Cheshire Hotel Fined £75,000

Thursday, 7 October 2010 Hoteliers are being warned to check fire safety equipment and procedures at their premises after The Belfry Hotel in Cheshire was fined £75k for breaching fire safety codes. A routine visit (in April 2008) by the fire service to the 160-bedroom Hallmark Hotel revealed such severe…

Landlord fined for fire safety breaches at HMO

14 October 2010 A private sector landlord has been fined for breaching fire safety regulations and managing a 'house of multiple occupation' without a licence. Mr Warwick Armsby-Ward pleaded guilty at Brighton Magistrates Court and was fined £2,000, plus £750 costs. It follows concerns raised by East Sussex Fire and…

Nightclub closes after failing fire safety review

7 October 2010 A nightclub in Barnsley is to close down after owners were told to improve fire safety or lose their licence forever. Citrus Rooms was found to have "defective emergency lighting, defective electrical installation and locked emergency exits," Barnsley Council told info4fire. At an initial review hearing on…

Two jailed for firefighter deaths

A father and son have been jailed for manslaughter following an explosion at a fireworks factory in which two fire-fighters lost their lives. Alpha Fireworks owner Martin Winter, 52, was jailed for seven years, and his 25-year-old son, Nathan Winter, sentenced to five years for the deaths of retained fire-fighter…
Company director fined for fire safety breach

Company director fined for fire safety breach

A director of Maureen O’Brien Ltd – the company which formerly owned the high street chain Joy – has been ordered to pay over £5,500 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to transgressions of fire safety legislation. Girish Chadha was fined £500 for 11 contraventions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire…

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