by Admin | Jul 19, 2012 | News
A hotel manager who breached fire safety laws and put the lives of his guests in danger has been given a community order. Sultan Chaudhry, 55, was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work when he appeared at Manchester Crown Court on Wednesday 11 July. He was...
by Admin | May 23, 2012 | News
Three people died as a result of the fire. The owners of a Cornish hotel destroyed by fire have been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay £62,000 costs for failing to meet fire safety standards. Three Staffordshire people died in the blaze at the Penhallow Hotel in...
by Admin | May 23, 2012 | News
Lanarkshire Residential Care Home inquiry concludes lives could have been saved with a proper fire risk assessment. Fire safety plans were “systematically and seriously defective” at the Lanarkshire residential care home where 14 residents died in a blaze...
by Admin | May 23, 2012 | News
Draft guidance on fire safety for purpose built blocks of flats has now been published Fire safety guidance for purpose built blocks of flats has now been published for discussion and comment prior to 31st May 2011. The guidance is relevant to private sector and...
by Admin | May 23, 2012 | News
Building managers fined £100,000 after failing to act on fire risk assessment The managing agent of a block of flats in London has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay almost £13,000 in costs after pleading guilty to breaches of fire safety law. Douglas and Gordon...
by Admin | May 23, 2012 | News
Fire risk assessor gets 8 month prison sentence for failing to provide a suitable and sufficient risk assessment which placed occupants at serious risk An external fire risk assessor and a hotel manager have both been jailed for eight months for putting lives in...
