News / Press Current news on fire safety court action Poundstretcher chain pays £55,000 for fire safety breaches National discount chain Poundstretcher Limited has been fined £51,500 and ordered to pay £3,450 costs at Leeds crown court for seven offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 For full story click here Court dismisses New Look appeal The Court of Appeal has ruled against high-street retailer New Look after the company appealed that the £400,000 fine it received last year in relation to fire-safety breaches was excessive For full story click here Fire Safety Prosecution Results in £200+k Fine for Co-Operative Group. The world's largest consumer-owned business, the Co-operative Group, was fined over £200,000 in April 2010 after pleading guilty in Southampton Crown Court to serious fire safety breaches at its store in Shirley Road, Southampton For full story click here Tesco Pays £119,000 for Fire Safety Law Breaches ... Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined £95,000 in April 2010 and ordered to pay over £24,000 in costs after pleading guilty to five breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) London Fire Brigade, prosecuting, said firefighters were called to a fire at Tesco's Colney Hatch store in Barnet on 14 October 2007. When they arrived found the premises locked but managed to gain access after attracting the attention of an employee who was restocking shelves. There had been a fire in the staff kitchen but it had been put out by staff using extinguishers and a fire blanket. There was still a significant amount of smoke in the kitchen, the corridor and staff locker rooms and crews had to ask staff several times to evacuate the premises. For full story click here