Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the articles that appeared on the site over the last week.

This week at theEHP we report on a prosecutions & RPT Decisions.

 
[relatedPosts title=”Related Posts”]

This weeks newsletter is a little shorter and later than normal. We’ve had a busy weekend preparing the site for future updates. Hopefully, you will see some changes soon.

Risk Led Safety: Evidence-driven Management, by Duncan Spencer and Chris Jerman has been released. Read about the book here. You can get your copy now at Amazon or Blackwell’s Bookshop Online for just £21.99.

If you would like to submit an article to theEHP, Contact Us for details.

Looking forward to seeing you at theEHP.

Food Safety

Food Safety: Tiffany’s fined for food hygiene breaches
Visiting council environmental health inspectors were shocked to find numerous breaches of food hygiene regulations at Tiffany’s, 22 North Road, when they inspected the café on the 8 March 2012 (Photo on Flickr).

Food Safety: Takeaway owner fined for operating unhygienic food business
The owner of a takeaway in central Middlesbrough has been hit with a hefty court fine for operating an unhygienic food business (Photos on Flickr).

Food Safety: Shop owner fined for mice infestation
The owner of a Coventry Polish Deli has been ordered to pay more than £4,000 for an infestation of mice at his shop.

Food Safety: Cafe owner fined for poor hygiene standards (Updated 19/07/2012)
The owner of a Middlesbrough cafe has been fined £3,500 after breaching food hygiene rules. Environmental Health Officers from Middlesbrough Council’s Community Protection Service visited Manolia Shawerma, a cafe on Gresham Road, Middlesbrough in August, 2011 to carry out a routine food hygiene inspection. (Photos on Flickr added).



Housing

Housing: Landlord fined for illegal ‘bed in shed’
Hillingdon’s clampdown down on illegal back garden homes and rogue landlords has scored a court victory. Jam al Uddin of 36 Gloucester Road, London, has been ordered to pay £15,377 for using an outbuilding as accommodation following a Hillingdon Council investigation.

Housing: Home ownership is a pipe dream for many people
Home ownership is all but a pipe dream for many people, with 42% of UK renters confessing they cannot afford to save for a deposit, according to new research carried out by flat and house share website SpareRoom.co.uk.

Housing: Landlord fined for operating HIMO without a licence
A local landlord has been prosecuted by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council for operating a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without a licence.

 


theEHP Store

Business IT Online Office Shop

£99 voucher for Trexus 4-drawer steel filing cabinet:

  • Trexus 4-drawer steel filing cabinet
  • Stylish brown and cream
  • 7 year guarantee
  • All units are lockable and supplied with two keys
  • Anti-tilt mechanism
  • Free UK delivery

£99 ex VAT (RRP: £267.00)

Just enter voucher code BIOCAB1 before proceeding to checkout

Vouchers can be redeemed here.

Get it now on Amazon or Blackwell’s Bookshop Online for just £21.99.

Risk Led Safety: Evidence-driven Management
Modern day managers and health & safety professionals are bombarded with advice and pressure from every angle. Phone calls from companies trying to sell services or training and implying that without their help managers could face imprisonment. There is a whole industry trying to sell you compliance with national and international standards, sometimes falsely claiming that their standard will provide that suit of armour to fend off enforcement and litigation.

Blackwell’s Books Best Sellers!
We just wanted to let you know about the amazing choice of best sellers that Blackwell’s Books have, check out what has been selling well!

With so many amazing offers on the site currently, £’s off travel, children’s, Springer Yellow and Penguin you can’t go wrong!

Visit Blackwell’s Books for bestsellers & special offers.

Vouchers codes for Office Stationery
Here are a couple of discount voucher codes for use on Office Stationery at www.officestationery.co.uk and valid until July 2012.

  • 5OFF0712 will take £5 off your next order over £100
  • 10PER0712 will take 10% off your next order over £200

Also, check out their Special Offers.

Amazon Deals

British Standards Online Shop

Training

Training: Increase rent the proper way

Training: How to draft section 21 notices

How to win deposit disputes – An essential guide for landlords

Training: The Novice Guide to Court Hearings ebook

RPT Decisions

RPT Decision: Prohibition Order Appeal (LON/00BB/HPO/2102/0001)
Respondent: London Borough of Newham
Applicants: Mr Parmjit Singh & Mrs Jaswani Singh
Subject Property: 76 Boleyn Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9QE

This case involves an Appeal against a Prohibition Order served by London Borough of Newham. The London Panel had no jurisdiction to hear the Appeal because the Respondent Local Authority had since revoked the Prohibition Order.

RPT Decision: Rent Repayment Order (BIR/00FY/HMA/2011/0015)
Respondent: Graduates Property Management Limited
Applicants: Mr James Walker, Mr Jake Cox, Mr Jihad Khan, Mr Peri James Brandon (formerly Young), Mr Edward Poon & Mr Jack Clark
Subject Property: 1 Alpha Terrace, Nottingham NG1 4EP

This case relates to an Application for a Rent Repayment Order made by 6 Tenants. The Midland Panel awarded the Rent Repayment Order and the Respondent was to pay each Applicant £1,480.

.