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Britannia Hotels has been fined £267,451 for a series of food safety breaches at its Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool.
The hotel brand admitted to breaching the Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations Act 2013 following inspections at the hotel in September 2015 and March and September 2016.
It pled guilty to all charges of failing to keep its kitchen clean and failing to have adequate procedures in place to control pests at Liverpool magistrates’ court.
Britannia Hotels was fined £232,000 for failing to have adequate procedures in place to control pests when the three inspections were carried out. The extra fines were to pay costs and victim surcharges.
Britannia Hotels argued that as the Adelphi was an old building, some parts of the kitchen were hard to clean.
Councillor Steve Munby, cabinet member responsible for trading standards, said: “The Adelphi is an embarrassment to the city and it’s really sad that the owners have allowed what was once a great establishment go to wrack and ruin.
“The way the Adelphi is run at the moment would make Fawlty Towers look like a five-star hotel.”
A spokesperson for the hotel group said it “acknowledged” the court’s decision and was confident that it had “addressed all issues.”
