12 December 2008
Christmas Spirit
Serial hygiene and safety offender Spirit Group has been slapped with its biggest ever fine for running a ‘squalid and filthy’ pub and ‘learning absolutely nothing’ from its 32 previous court appearances.
The national pub chain, which has been charged with 87 food safety offences and 25 health and safety offences since 2003, was fined £32,250 after admitting eight charges at Worcester magistrates court last week.
Spirit Group, which was ordered to pay costs of £11,784, admitted failing to keep the Castle Hotel in Droitwitch, clean, ensure the safety of its staff and implement an enforcement notice
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