News - Retail

Co-op fined £210,000 after fire safety breaches 27/04/2010

The Co-operative Group - the UK's largest mutual retailer - has been fined £210,000 after pleading guilty to six breaches of fire safety legislation at Southampton Crown Court yesterday. It follows an investigation in 2007 at one of the Co-op's Southampton branches.   more info

Tesco pays £119,000 for fire safety law breaches 21/04/2010

Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined £95,000 and ordered to pay over £24,000 in costs after pleading guilty to five breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO). London Fire Brigade, prosecuting, said fire-fighters were called to a fire at Tesco's Colney Hatch store in Barnet on 14 October 2007.   more info

Record £400,000 fine for retailer's fire safety breaches
Record £400,000 fine for retailer's fire safety breaches 26/11/2009

High street retailer New Look has been fined £400,000 and ordered to pay £136,052 in costs after pleading guilty to two breaches of fire safety legislation, following a serious fire at its Oxford Street store in London. more info