Load mobile navigation

Courts

McCain Foods fined £700k after East Mids worker had to have fingers amputated following accident
Food and Drink
Tom Matthews, from Grantham, had part of his left index and middle finger amputated after the accident
Bookmark
Food company fined £20,000 after worker's arm got caught in machinery
Legal
Worker's right arm was drawn into poultry processing machinery and his wrist was crushed
Bookmark
Liverpool among seven Premier League football clubs in £100m claims against insurers over 'Covid losses'
North West
The early stage legal action is being brought against insurers Allianz, Aviva, CNA, Liberty Mutual, MS Amlin and Zurich
Bookmark
Tax agent jailed for £750,000 fraud
Courts
Robin Moss spent small fortune on gold coins, jewellery and collectible pottery
Bookmark
East Midlands movers and shakers at Marrons, East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre, Oberoi Consulting, Wake Smith Solicitors, Magma, Sort Group and William Davis
Appointments
Changes include a new heritage director at Marrons and a steward to an historic Derbyshire court
Bookmark
Tarmac says improvements made after man killed at quarry
Courts
Tarmac Aggregates Limited, part of the Tarmac group, was fined £1,275,000 at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday
Bookmark
Tarmac Aggregates ordered to pay £1.47m after 26-year-old quarry worker crushed to death
Courts
Luke Branston died after becoming trapped between a conveyor and a feed hopper at Mountsorrel Quarry
Bookmark
Leicester businessman Simon Hill suffered possible ‘cardiac event’ before crash that killed him and son Harry
Automotive
Father and son were part of senior team at family-owned fleet management business Total Motion
Bookmark
Former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers accused of fraud
North West
Flowers, a former Methodist minister and Labour councillor in both Rochdale and Bradford, was chairman of Co-op Bank between 2010 and 2013
Bookmark
Former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers to appear in court on fraud charge
North West
Flowers was chairman of Co-op Bank between 2010 and 2013
Bookmark
Competition watchdog confirms £880k LCFC fine for replica kit price fixing
Retail & High Street
The club and JD Sport both admitted acting illegally to fix replica kit prices over two-and-a-half years
Bookmark
Parliament to look into way multi-million pound pension fraud under ex-Norton Motorcycles owner was investigated
Courts
Ex-owner Stuart Garner was spared jail after moving millions of pounds of investor’s pension money into failing business
Bookmark
Asbestos conman told to repay more than £82,000
Courts
Environment Agency says Lee Charles targeted 40 towns and cities to dupe customers with high-value contracts
Bookmark
Appeal against Bristol Airport expansion dismissed by courts
Transport
The transport hub said the court's decision was 'excellent news' for the region's economy
Bookmark
West Midlands a hot spot for employee fraud, says RSM
Crime
Reported employee fraud in the West Midlands hit almost £7.8 million in 2022
Bookmark
Rogue traders sentenced after conning elderly homeowner
Courts
'The court heard that the work was unnecessary and did not meet relevant British Standards'
Bookmark
'Dr Death' life insurance ad banned for causing 'serious and widespread offence'
Marketing
Ad showed Harold Shipman and the words 'Life insurance. Because you never know who your doctor might be'
Bookmark
Retailer closed down for selling dodgy tobacco
Retail & High Street
Anyone found in the premises could face up to 51 weeks in prison, a fine or both
Bookmark
East Midlands businessmen banned over Covid Bounce Back loans
Courts
The men were disqualified following separate investigations into tens of thousands of pounds worth of fraud
Bookmark
Wilkin Chapman law firm wins £12.5m in medical negligence settlements for two clients
Law
Cases involved a man born with permanent brain damage and a woman who ended up with a permanent tracheostomy
Bookmark
Administrators called in at Derbyshire mountain bike builder Stanton Bikes
Insolvency and Administration
The business continues to trade while a potential buyer is sought
Bookmark
Shopkeeper sentenced and tagged for selling potentially dangerous toys, electrical products and cosmetics
Courts
Trading standards seized 753 items including hair straighteners, power tools and robot vacuum cleaners
Bookmark
Takeaway and building supplies bosses disqualified after falsely claiming tens of thousands in Bounce Back Loans
Crime
Business owners 'completely abused the government-backed loans to further their own interests'
Bookmark
Caravan hire firm boss guilty of fraud after customers forked out on vehicles that never turned up
Courts
Council said the boss claimed a friend was running the business at the time, who had run off with his money
Bookmark
Story Saved
You can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.