The franchisee of a branch of fast food chain Subway has been fined for selling hot food out-of-hours.
Haraldo Limited, owners of Subway, in High Street, Blackwood, failed to renew their late night refreshments licence in November 2016 and in March 2017 the licence was suspended.
In December 2017 Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Trading Standards team carried out an exercise testing premises within the county borough for compliance with the Licensing Act 2003.
During the exercise, hot food was sold to an officer after 11pm and staff at the store confirmed that the business was open until 1am on Friday and Saturday nights.
At Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court last month, Haraldo Limited, whose registered office is in Llanbradach, admitted one offence under the Licencing Act 2003 and were fined £660, ordered to pay a surcharge of £66 and to pay costs to the council totalling £638.30.
Sole director of the company, 35-year-old Nicolii Peter Panayi from Caerphilly, also pleaded guilty to causing the company to commit the offence by reason of his neglect.
He was fined £200 and ordered to pay a surcharge of £30.