Britannia fined £36,000 over health and hygiene breaches

19 September 2007
Britannia fined £36,000 over health and hygiene breaches

The Britannia group has been hit with a £36,000 fine after management at one of its hotels in Stockport ignored repeated warnings over poor health and hygiene standards.

The company, which owns 33 hotels and employs more than 4,000 people, admitted a series of breaches of the food hygiene regulations at the 180 bed hotel in Offerton, during a hearing before Manchester Crown Court.

The court heard that health officers from Stockport council had found "filthy" kitchen and serving areas and food at risk of contamination.

The general manager and the chef at the hotel both resigned following the last inspection.

Michael Marten, group personnel and training manager at Britannia, said that kitchens at the hotel had now been upgraded.

"The Britannia Hotel, Stockport, regrets that standards slipped in October of last year," he said. "There was no accusation of food poisoning, nor was there a danger to the health of our guests."

Swansea restaurant charged with food hygiene offences >>
Hygiene cases can be costly >>

E&O restaurant fined £15,500 for health and safety breaches >>

Poor training blamed for low standards of hygiene >>
By Andrew Smith

E-mail your comments to Chris Druce](mailto:Chris.Druce@rbi.co.uk?subject=Britannia fined £36,000 over health and hygiene breaches) here.

[The Caterer Blog](http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/catering-news-blog/) Catch up with more news and gossip on the Caterer Blog here
[Newswire For the latest hospitality news, sign up for our e-mail news alerts.
The Caterer Breakfast Briefing Email

Start the working day with The Caterer’s free breakfast briefing email

Sign Up and manage your preferences below

Check mark icon
Thank you

You have successfully signed up for the Caterer Breakfast Briefing Email and will hear from us soon!

Jacobs Media is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

close

Ad Blocker detected

We have noticed you are using an adblocker and – although we support freedom of choice – we would like to ask you to enable ads on our site. They are an important revenue source which supports free access of our website's content, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.

trade tracker pixel tracking