Overview

• Home Office officers carried out an intelligence-led visit to the Hale restaurant and checked staff documents after a tip-off.
• The premises licence holder has withdrawn an appeal and paid a £56,000 civil penalty to the Home Office.
• Three workers were arrested on suspicion of working illegally during the visit, according to the reports.
• The company admitted a former worker used a false identity for three years without the right to work in the UK.
• Trafford Council kept the licence but imposed conditions including verified right-to-work checks, no unpaid shifts, HMRC registration, wages paid to bank accounts, five-year record retention, and warned of possible licence consequences for future breaches.