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Registered Name: CENTURION FIRE SAFETY SOLUTIONS LIMITEDRegistered No: 06890180Registered Place: England And WalesRegistered Address:48 Reading Road South Shields Tyne & Wear NE33 4UB Telephone: 0191 4241088 0844 8870631 Hours of business: 08:30 -17:30 Monday to Friday
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Friday 02 March 2012 10:02 Last week saw a landmark £210,000 fine for a hotel owner who failed to comply with fire regulations which make fire risk assessments the responsibility of the business owner. The fine was the first of its size for a hotel since the introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Chumleigh Lodge hotel in Finchley, London, and its sole director, Michael Wilson, had denied 12 offences under the order but were both found guilty at Blackfriars Crown Court. The offences date back to 18 May 2008, when a fire broke out at the hotel. The blaze had spread quickly from a first-floor guest bedroom, up a staircase to the floor above and along a corridor. Three people escaped from the fire, two by using the stairs and a third by climbing out of a second-floor window. Following the fire, London Fire Brigade fire safety inspectors visited the hotel and raised a number of serious fire safety concerns, including defective fire doors, blocked escape routes and no smoke alarms in some of the hotel's bedrooms. Chumleigh Lodge, as the corporate defendant, was fined £30,000 and individual defendant Wilson was fined £210,000. Together they were also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £50,000 and compensation of £2,000 to the guest who had to escape the fire through the second-floor window. Chairman of London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority Brian Coleman said: "This verdict sends out a clear message that if these responsibilities are ignored, we will not hesitate in prosecuting and people will face serious penalties."
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