A HOTEL OWNER has received a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, with 180 hours of unpaid work for the community, after pleading guilty to seven breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The Hotel Owner, who runs The Earl Howe pub in Nottingham, England, continued to use the upper floors for bed and breakfast sleeping accommodation,… read more →
A landlord has been fined £1,550 for failing to ensure his property was fire safe. Jawid Sied, of Northdown Road in Cliftonville, was prosecuted at Margate Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. Kent Fire and Rescue Service said the fine was for failing to ensure fire safety measures were in place at a property in Northdown Road he was renting out to… read more →
In what is the largest penalty under the legislation to date, Shell International Ltd has been fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs after pleading guilty to breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order at its UK headquarters in central London. Sentencing took place at the Inner London Crown Court yesterday after the company pleaded guilty to three… read more →
Owners who let out their properties as ‘holiday homes’ are being urged to improve their fire safety after a recent landmark case. Mid/West Wales Fire & Rescue Service has recently won a case in which a District Judge held that premises let for holiday purposes fell within the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Following an audit at a location,… read more →
The cost of fire damage in the UK rose by 16% last year to a record £1.3 billion, according to figures recently announced by the Association of British Insurers. Commercial fire damage cost £865 million, up 15% on the previous year, while school fires alone cost £33 million, with a serious school fire occurring – on average – every month.… read more →
The owner of a company from East Sussex has become the latest person to suffer imprisonment under the corporate manslaughter act . Colin Cooper, the owner and director of IC Roofing Ltd, has been sentenced to 12 months following a recent prosecution by Sussex police and the Health and Safety Executive . In November 2005, Darren Hoofe was killed while… read more →
A company from Cheshire has become the latest to be charged under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) 2005. Central Recycling – based in Widnes – were fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to five fire safety offences. It was the first prosecution to be brought by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, under the legislation, and they are hoping it will… read more →
A Yorkshire landlord has been fined £10,000, and ordered to pay £1,185 in costs, by Scarborough magistrates after pleading guilty to breaking fire safety laws. Nader Tehrani admitted eight contraventions of fire safety rules in a case brought by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Mr Tehrani was issued with a prohibition notice by fire officers, following a complaint about… read more →
The government has continued with its campaign to make Great Britain a safer place by offering new guidance to owners of small hotels, B&Bs and guest houses. The new document helps ensure that the above businesses comply with the current fire safety laws. Newly appointed Fire Minister Sadiq Khan is behind the recently launched booklet, ‘Do you have paying guests?’,… read more →
Every day the newspapers are full of depressing stories. We wake up, scan our daily edition and read the news that something bad has happened. The piece of news we are about to bring to your attention is harrowing but it could’ve been avoided. Please read on… Property company director first to be jailed under new fire safety regulations A… read more →
