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Bulls head denby

BBC News

A pub has been closed after inspectors found multiple food hygiene problems

The Bulls Head in Denby, Derbyshire, was told to improve its procedures following the inspection, including an instruction that food handlers “must not repeatedly touch/scratch their backsides”.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjvzp7y2qgo

Industry News

Daily Mail

Bar manager sacked after blowing the whistle on colleagues taking cocaine and drinking at work wins £33k

A bar manager who was sacked over alerting her bosses to colleagues drug use and drinking on shift has been awarded over £33,080 in compensation.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14077617/Bar-manager-sacked-blowing-whistle-colleagues-cocaine.html

Badger Box

Nottinghamshire Live

Nottinghamshire pub kitchen temporarily closed after receiving one star hygiene rating

A Nottinghamshire pub kitchen was temporarily closed after inspectors gave it a one star food hygiene rating. Managers at The Badger Box, in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, took the “immediate action” on Thursday, April 11, following a visit by Ashfield District Council’s (ADC) environmental health team.

Source: https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/nottinghamshire-pub-kitchen-temporarily-closed-10109906

Banter Ban

Daily Mail

Pub ‘banter ban’ is needed so anxious staff can feel safe at work, Labour minister claims

A ‘banter ban’ being brought in as part of Labour‘s controversial workers’ rights bill is needed to help anxious staff cope in the workplace, a minister has claimed. 

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14621285/pub-banter-ban-anxious-staff-labour-minister-warnings.html

Old Toll

BBC News

Payout for bar manager told she looked ‘very Aryan’

A bar manager told she looked “very Aryan” by her boss has won nearly £17,000 after a tribunal found she was discriminated against and unfairly dismissed.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyv63y946eno

Langdykes

Daily Record

Bisexual bar worker wins £10k over degrading ‘princess’ taunt by manager

A bisexual bar worker has won more than £10,000 in a discrimination case after his boss repeatedly referred to him as ‘princess’ at work.

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/bisexual-bar-worker-wins-10k-34556288