‘Quality rental property’ landlord guilty of safety breaches
A housing company claiming it “provides quality rental properties that are fully maintained at all times” has been fined nearly £40,000 after inspectors found that the flats breached several health and safety regulations.
Councillor Rizwan Malik who is the Director of Premier Housing was forced to resign from his position and is now also under investigation by the Labour party leaders.
The flats that are predominantly occupied by Eastern Europe immigrants were found to have faulty fire alarms and the general safety of the building was severely lacking putting all tenants at risk.
Councillor Louise Baldock said “I believe we should take every form of action against any landlord who breaks the law, irrespective of who they are or what party they are from”
£125,000 fine for safety blunder hotel
A hotel in Wilmslow has been fined more than £125,000 after a routine visit by fire officers discovered a catalogue of serious fire safety breaches.
The Belfry was closed immediately over fears for the safety of staff and guests. It was found that the hotel had faulty fire alarms, substandard fire exits and staff had not been trained sufficiently to deal with fires.
The hotel claims that after buying the hotel in 2007 they had inherited a ‘legacy’ of problems but told the court that the safety issues were “not a question of corner-cutting”.
Within days of the April 2008 inspection the hotel had installed all of the fire safety equipment needed and was permitted to reopen. There have been no further incidents.
The hotel was fined £25,000 for each of the offences, and £52,000 in costs. Judge Elgin said “With a certain cavalier disregard, it appears the company carried on trading and taking guests when quite clearly these guests were put at substantial risk.”