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Employment Records
Right-to-work, working time, and tipping records.
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Fire Safety
Fire risk assessments, alarm tests, and drill records.
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Food Safety
Temperature logs, HACCP, and allergen records.
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Licensing
Licence conditions, refusals log, and incident records.
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Martyn's Law
Public protection procedures, drills, and staff awareness records.
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Reports
Original data analysis on enforcement patterns and penalties.
Real Prosecution Cases: Fire Safety Failures in UK Hospitality
48 documented fire safety prosecutions from UK hospitality premises, 2022 to 2025. Grouped by failure pattern: ignored notices, sleeping accommodation, false records, degraded systems.
Named and Shamed: Hospitality Employers in HMRC NMW Naming Rounds
Three recent HMRC NMW naming rounds, the hospitality brands named, the breach categories that caught them, and how the scheme works.
Briefings
Short, practical explainers on inspections, licensing, age verification, and day-to-day compliance.
Martyn's Law: Does Your Venue Meet the 200-Person Threshold?
How to calculate whether a venue meets the 200-person capacity threshold under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025.
Food Hygiene Prosecution Fines Have Risen 70% Since the Sentencing Guideline
MOJ court data shows the mean company fine for food hygiene offences is now £12,056. What gets prosecuted, what it costs, and the enforcement ladder below prosecution.
What Happens When the Fair Work Agency Inspects You
What the Fair Work Agency's published enforcement policy commits it to when it investigates you, why fixing pay before first contact matters, and what's still not published.
The Accommodation Offset: Getting Staff Housing Right for NMW
How the accommodation offset works under the NMW Regulations, why hospitality operators miscalculate it, and what HMRC does when they do.
The Enforcement Ladder: From Verbal Advice to Prosecution
How the fire safety enforcement system escalates from informal advice through enforcement and prohibition notices to prosecution, with statistics and named cases.
What to Do After a Failed Fire Safety Inspection
You've received an enforcement or deficiency notice. What it means and how to respond.
What Happens During a Fire Safety Inspection
What the officer checks, what they ask your staff, and what the outcomes look like.
What Is Challenge 25?
The age verification policy that's written into most premises licences. How to run it properly.
Right to Work Checks for Pubs, Bars, Restaurants and Hotels
Hospitality is the number one enforcement target. How to get the checks right.
The Fair Work Agency: What Hospitality Operators Need to Know
The FWA launches 7 April 2026. What changes, what doesn't, and what records you need ready.
What to Do After a Failed Licensing Inspection
You've breached a licence condition and the council has put it in writing. Here's what to do next.
April 2026 Employment Law Changes: What Hospitality Operators Must Know
Six changes take effect on 6 April 2026. SSP overhaul, day-one paternity leave, doubled redundancy penalties, and more.
Fire Risk Assessor Competence: What the Standard Says and What Changes on 31 March 2026
BAFE SP205 v6 takes effect 31 March 2026. What the Fire Safety Order requires today, what the new tier structure changes, and where Article 9A sits.
Alerts
Time-sensitive notices on deadlines, announcements, and enforcement actions.
Martyn's Law: The Statutory Guidance Is Out
The Home Office has published the section 27 statutory guidance, and the SIA's enforcement guidance is open for comment until 12 June. What the document settles, and what still has to wait until commencement.
Martyn's Law: The Commencement Clock Has Started
The first commencement order under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025. What S.I. 2026/320 does and does not trigger.