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31/08/2010
Landlord still breaching regulations despite £3,000 fine
A landlord who has paid £2,000 in fines and £1,000 in costs for failing to maintain his property to a reasonable standard is still falling foul of safety rules.
31/08/2010
Landlord fined £4,500 after tenant dies in house fire
A Birmingham landlord has had to pay £4,500 after failing to maintain smoke alarms at a property he had rented out on a multi-occupancy basis to four tenants, one of whom died in a fire.
31/08/2010
Gas fitter fined £8,000 for working illegally
A workman who falsely claimed to be a registered gas engineer has been fined £8,000 after installing gas appliances at an address in Hackney.
11/08/2010
Workshop burns down on heritage railway
A large workshop and rolling stock have been severely damaged in a fire on a heritage railway line in Hampshire.
27/05/2010
Former pub landlord fined £16,000 for fire safety breaches
A former pub landlord has been ordered to pay a total of £16,015 in fines and costs for serious breaches of fire safety law following a prosecution brought by London Fire Brigade.
27/05/2010
Hotel Company fined £36,000 after fire rips through premises
The management company of a Sussex hotel pleaded guilty to five separate charges contravening the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
27/05/2010
Two fire fighters die in tower block blaze
The deaths of two fire fighters at a 15-floor tower block in southern England, has sent shockwaves through the fire community and raised further concerns over risk management in high-rise residential buildings in the UK.
27/05/2010
Leicester hotel fined more than £41,000 for fire safety failings
A hotel and its manager have been ordered to pay more than £41,000 over a string of safety failings discovered after a fire.
10/03/2010
Hotel chain fined £21,000 for fire safety failings
A hotel chain has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to six offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
10/03/2010
Pub management company fined £15,000 for fire safety offences
A pub management company has been convicted of offences under fire safety law following a hearing at North Wiltshire Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
10/08/2009
Record fine of £345,000 for major oil company
An international oil company has been fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs.
10/08/2009
Six months at Her Majesty’s, and £10,000 in fines for landlords
Two landlords of bedsit accommodation in North London have been sentenced to six months' imprisonment each and ordered to pay £5000 costs each for breaching fire safety legislation.
10/08/2009
Director fined for fire safety breaches
A director of a high street fashion chain has been ordered to pay £5,500 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to breaches of fire safety legislation.
18/06/2009
£20 million in damages and 360 redundancies due to fire.
A fire is the final nail in the coffin of a frozen food manufacturer in Newcastle.
18/06/2009
Care home fined £80,000 after fire
A care home company has been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay costs of £20,000 under fire safety legislation following a boiler room fire last January at one of its homes.
