Health & Safety
Wake-up call: You can’t be too careful about health and safety
A spate of six-figure fines after customer accidents should urge operators to look again at risk management, says Richard Salvini
Restaurant fined £70,000 after boy’s hand trapped in mincer
A restaurant director has been given fines totalling more than £70,000 after an eight-year-old boy suffered life-changing injuries when his hand became trapped in a mincer.
Death of asthmatic chef prompts calls for inhalers to be kept in kitchens
Consumers ‘at risk in using Airbnb’, says QC
Wellbeing tool launched to support employees returning to work
A new tool has been launched for the hospitality industry to support the physical and mental[...]
Is your restaurant ready?
By Peter Teska, global infection prevention application expert, Diversey
How to protect your business through Covid-19 and beyond
The outbreak of Covid-19 has profoundly affected the restaurant and foodservice industry. Many businesses have had[...]
Wake-up call: How to manage risk during a pandemic
With the end of lockdown in sight, operators must now form a viable plan for health[...]
UKHA develops Covid-19 secure housekeeping standards
The UK Housekeepers’ Association (UKHA) has introduced a housekeeping framework that is designed to provide an industry-wide approach to cleaning to Covid-19 secure standards. "
Covid-19 safety Kitemark explored by Downing Street
A Covid-19 safety Kitemark to build customer confidence is a ‘distinct possibility’, the prime minister’s business unit head Oliver Christian has told hotelier Robin Hutson.
Experiment demonstrates how buffets could aid spread of coronavirus
An experiment has set out to show how buffets can spread infection, following reports they could have been a major transmission point of Covid-19 on cruise ships.
The view from China: how have hotels coped with lifting the lockdown?
As the first country to experience the lifting of the lockdown, China acts as a test[...]
Study to examine how pubs and restaurants can safely reopen when restrictions ease
A new study by the University of Stirling is to look at how licensed premises, including[...]
Mind the gap: practical ways of creating social distance
Restaurateurs have been told that social distancing will be a condition of reopening, but how are[...]
Wake-up call: Can you handle a coronavirus outbreak?
Make sure you are prepared now so you have policies about travel, pay, home-based working and[...]
Coronavirus advice issued for hospitality industry
Specialist advice to help hospitality businesses reduce the risks presented by coronavirus has been issued by UKHospitality’s health advisor. "
Restaurant bosses slapped with suspended sentences after oven exploded in chef's face
Two restaurant bosses have been slapped with suspended prison sentences after a chef suffered serious burns when a tandoor oven exploded in his face.
A third of employers only relatively confident in allergen procedures
A third of employers are only relatively confident in their allergen procedures, while 68% of employees say they need more information, according to new research by Fourth.
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