Tesco fined on safety

The UK’s largest supermarket chain Tesco has been fined £48,000 plus costs for putting the safety of its staff at risk after a successful prosecution by Bracknell Forest Council.

The council’s environmental health team, in conjunction with the council’s legal team, prosecuted the firm for a string of health and safety offences.

The charges related to the unloading and loading of vehicles at one of its stores and failing to properly report three staff accidents at work at two different stores in the Bracknell Forest area.