Laws facing the hotel industry have one leading Torbay business leader fuming.
Carol Smith, who runs the 72-bedroom Belgrave Hotel, Torquay, a Victorian building, says there are a number of legal calls on her business to improve health, disabled access, employment and fire safety.She claims she is coming under pressure from fire safety chiefs to complete work ahead of schedule.
She says she has taken her concerns up with the fire service, Lib-Dem MP Adrian Sanders, and his Conservative rival Marcus Wood.
Mr Wood said: "How can we hope to encourage business with this kind of mindless bureaucracy gone mad?"
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