News 3rd September - 2009

A national pub group has been ordered to pay over £17,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to serious breaches of fire safety legislation following a prosecution brought by the London Fire Brigade. Punch Pub Company Limited (formerly known as Spirit Group Limited) admitted guilt on two contraventions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Sentencing occurred on Thursday 3 September 2009 at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court. more info