Our major food stores are putting our lives at risk by breaching Fire Safety Laws.  Greggs the nationwide Bakers, fined £50,000 for not following serious fire safety breaches

After pleading guilty to serious Fire breaches at one of its stores Greggs the well known bakers has been fined £50,000 and ordered to pay a further £20,326 in costs .

The London Fire Brigade prosecuted Greggs following an audit at their Brentford Branch in November 2008.

Fire safety investigations that were carried out at the Brentford Branch found a number of breaches to Fire Safety Law including a Emergency Fire Door that was locked using 4 padlocks, at the other side of a Fire Exit was a secure door that was locked and corriders were partially blocked with catering crates.

Greggs pleaded guilty to two breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 after appearing at Illsworth Crown Court on the 13th December. These were under point nine, for failings found in its Fire Risk Assessment, and point 14, which referred to emergency routes and exits.

In January 2009a notice was sent to Greggs highlighting a review of their current Fire Risk Assessment, emergency plans and appropriate staff Fire Safety Training.

At Macdonald Martin we wnat to make sure that no business is taking their eye of the ball in the current financial climate, putting peoples life at risk is very serious and every prevention should be put in place to prevent Fire.

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