GLASGOW�S dirtiest businesses have been hit with almost 250 fines in the last seven months, the Evening Times can reveal.
GLASGOW'S dirtiest businesses have been hit with almost 250 fines in the last seven months, the Evening Times can reveal.
City wardens slapped £50 littering fines on some of the UK's biggest high street names, including shops, banks and food chains.
But the council's zero tolerance policy seems to be working - as many businesses previously named and shamed appear to have cleaned up their act, and the number of fines issued is down.
Our list of shame features 245 firms, some of whom - such as sandwich chain Subway and Carphone Warehouse - are repeat offenders.
The names of the city's dirtiest firms are revealed as Glasgow City Council announced the launch of a specialist team of enforcers to deal exclusively with commercial littering.
Unsurprisingly, takeaways and corner shops across the city were among the untidiest businesses, according to the latest figures, given to the Evening Times by the council and Glasgow Community Safety Services.
But dozens of big names also make an appearance on the list, including city centre stores like Vera Moda, Evans, Zavvi, Thorntons, River Island, Coast and FootLocker, as well as trendy restaurants and bars such as 29 in Royal Exchange Square, Bouzy Rouge in Renfield Street, Firewater in Sauchiehall Street and Brel in Ashton Lane.
Supermarket the Co-op was also issued with fixed penalty notices, as were two city post offices.
Mobile phone seller Carphone Warehouse was the biggest offender, with seven fines, while city centre recruitment agency Stafffinders was second worst with six, and Phones 4 U had five between January and July this year.
Six different branches of bookies' Ladbrokes were also caught out, as were five branches of Subway.
All those caught by enforcers committed at least one of the following offences:
- dumping rubbish on the pavements in black bags
- leaving bags on the streets outside designated uplift times
- chucking out unsecured cardboard boxes
- allowing wheelie-bins to overflow Earlier this year, the Evening Times told how 450 firms were fined between May and December 2007.
Surprisingly, some of Britain's biggest banks featured prominently on the list, with multiple fines at various branches.
However many appear to have improved their waste policies.
This time around only four banks appeared on the list; the Bank of Scotland, Royal bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB, with one fine each, and the Nationwide building society with two.
The crackdown is part of the council's ongoing Clean Glasgow campaign, which is fully supported by the Evening Times.
Last October they set up the Business Charter and urged all 20,000 city firms to sign up - so far only 800 have done so.
From this autumn a new commercial unit will work closely with companies to develop good practice in waste disposal and recycling.
However the officers will also have full enforcement powers to fine businesses polluting city streets with rubbish.
Despite the recent reduction in fines issued, a spokesman for Glasgow City Council described the number of firms still flouting the rules as "unacceptable".
He said: "The fines being issued to businesses of all kinds, from local firms to big corporate names, make it clear that no-one will go unchallenged in Glasgow's campaign for clean streets and communities."
Land and Environmental Services Executive Director Robert Booth added: "The Clean Glasgow Business Charter is a very important part of the overall campaign.
"We are close to launching a small commercial team that can concentrate solely on that job and, in doing so, improve the performance of our businesses sector in dealing with waste.
"While they will be there to help, they will have full enforcement powers to call on if they need them."
Some of the worst offenders on the list moved to defend their waste policies.
A spokesman for Carphone Warehouse said: "We take litter collection very seriously but unfortunately the company contracted to collect from the Glasgow stores in question were unable to gain access to the store locations during the time slots allocated by the council.
"We have now rectified this situation and are confident that there should not be further issues."
Stafffinders said they had had problems with their cleaning contractors, which were now resolved. A spokesman added: "The incidents which gave rise to the penalties were not the fault of Stafffinders and as a responsible business we would never set out to intentionally commit any offence.
"Stafffinders entirely supports the Clean Glasgow and the Evening Times' War on Litter campaign."
A spokeswoman for Subway said the company supported litter patrols and trained all staff in "refuse management".
She added: "Subway stores in Glasgow have a contract with the council for refuse uplift on a daily basis.
"Subway is investigating the recent refuse fines on five of its stores."
A spokesman for Ladbrokes said since the fines were issued the company had educated staff and improved waste disposal procedures.
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29 at Royal Exchange Square, 29 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AJ 7 Spices Takeaway, 975 Carntyne Road, Glasgow, G32 6LY 21st Property, 30/32 Albert Road, Glasgow, G42 8DN | Abbey, 271-273 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TU A Taste Of Grace at Yarrow Cafe, 1915 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G14 0YS Abacus, 7 Gibson Street, Glasgow, G12 8NU Ad Lib, 33 Ingram Street, Glasgow, G1 1HA - FINED TWICE Afzal Mohammed, 26 Herriet Street, Glasgow, G41 2RH Alexandra 15 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 5AH Alliance Pharmacy, 693 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8RE Alpine Bikes, 6 St Georges Place, Glasgow, G20 7PW x2 Anniesland News, 1611 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G13 1LT AntiPasti, 305 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HQ Argyle dental surgery, 950 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8LU Atta Jewellers Scotland Ltd, 265 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9EG Au Naturale, 63-65 St Georges Road, Glasgow, G3 6JA Avalanche Glasgow, 34 Dundas Street, Glasgow, G1 2AQ | Baguette Sandwich Bar, 476 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G11 6SQ Bank Of Scotland, 575/577 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 1PY Barbeque Kings, 488 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8EW Bargo, 80 Albion Street, Glasgow, G1 1NY Bell & Scott LLP, 9 George Street, Glasgow, G2 1DY Birthdays, 133 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EW FOUR TIMES Bissets Ltd, 135 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JE Bloody Marys, 28 Vinicombe Street, Glasgow, G12 8BE Blue Sky Hostel, 3 Bank Street, Glasgow, G12 8JQ Blue Triangle Housing, 100 Berkley Street, Glasgow, G3 7AV Band of Scotland, 76 Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3RS Bouzy Rouge Seafood and Grill, 71 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 1LP FINED TWICE Brechin Tindal Oatts, 48 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5HS Brel, 39 Ashton Lane, Glasgow, G12 8SG Broomfield Service Station, 572 Broomfield Road, Glasgow, G21 3HN Building Design Partnership, 15 Exchange Place, Glasgow, G1 3AN Bunker, 193-199 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HU FINED TWICE Buongiorno Pizzeria, 1012 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2GH Business Gateway, 170 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2LW | Cafe Euro, 549 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 1DL Caffe Nero, 91 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 6LL Calder Stores, 868 Shettleston Road, Glasgow Caro World Food Store, 289 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 Canadian Affair, 91 Mitchell Street, Glasgow, G1 3LN Captain Nemos, 2129 Paisley Road West, Glasgow, G52 3JL Carlton George Hotel, 44 Dundas Lane, Glasgow, G2 1DH Carphone Warehouse, 99 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 3HF FINED FIVE TIMES Carphone Warehouse, 144 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3DH FINED TWICE Cash Generators, 11 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5EZ Chardon Hotels Ltd 142 West Nile Street, Glasgow, G1 2RQ Chillies 178 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6LL Chip Chick Inn 419 Hawthorn Street, Glasgow, G22 6EN Cineworld, 7 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3AB Clarks, 114 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3DE Club 30, 26 Cambridge Street, Glasgow, G2 3DZ Coast, 34 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 3LB Colour Vision, 72 Maryhill Road, Glasgow Communitics United, 311 Paisley Road West, Glasgow, G51 1LU Cookies, 31 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 6AE Cool Counter, 384 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 10N Co-op, 470 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8EW FINED TWICE Co-op, 403 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3LG Co-op Food Store, 1158 Shettleston Road, Glasgow, G32 Chinwags Cafe, 981 Tollcross Road, Glasgow, G32 Costa Coffee, 8 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AB FINED TWICE Countrywide Estate Agents, 612 Alexandria Parade, Glasgow, G3 | Daata Halla Meat, 293 Maxwell Road, Glasgow, G41 1PJ Diamond Fruits, 218 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2NJ Dr Hong Oriental Tattoo, 34 Clarendon Place, Glasgow, G20 7PZ |
Evans, 137-143 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8BX Everest Tandoori, 149 Garrioch Road, Glasgow | Fads Sit in Take Away, 302 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 Fiesta Chip Shop, 981 Carntyne Road, Glasgow, G32 6LY Firewater, 341 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HW Fish Bar, 666-668 Eglington Street, Glasgow, G5 9RP Flera International, 1863 Paisley Road West, Glasgow, G52 3SX Fone Valley, 147 Allison Street, Glasgow, G42 8RY FootLocker, 132 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8BL x2 Fopp, 358 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8AP x3 Forum House, 460 Paisley Road West, Glasgow, G51 1PX Freddies Food Club, 2139 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G13 2XX Fruit and Veg, 505 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 1 DL Fruit Junction ,265 Allison Street, Glasgow, G42 8HB | Gallus, 80 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G11 6NX G1 Interiors, 27 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5EZ GD Lodge and Partners, 131 West Nile Street, Glasgow, 01 2RX Gillespie Butchers, 1601 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G13 1LT Glasgow Ass for Mental Health, 32 Mansfield Street, Glasgow, G11 5QP Golden Star, 3 Barrachnie Road, Glasgow, G69 6HB Govan Carpets, 887 Govan Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX Grants The Bakers, 100 Belgrove Street, Glasgow, G31 1AA Grosvenor, 26 Ashton Lane, Glasgow, G12 8SJ Guitar Guitar, 36 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5ES FINED TWICE | Hair by Tracey, 407 Hawthorn Street, Glasgow, G22 6EN Happy Days Take Away, 629 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 Hays Resource Management, 134-138 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G2 2RQ Heritage Highland Clothing, 8 South Vesalius Street, Glasgow Hindu Mandia, 1 La Belle Place, Glasgow, G3 7LH Home and Away Travel, 354 Duke St, Glasgow, G31 Hot Tanning Salon, 2027 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G14 0HN | I Cafe, 223 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9AW FINED TWICE I Cafe, 15 Gibson Street, Glasgow, G12 8NU Ifull, 531 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G3 7PQ i10 Design Ltd, 135 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JA Iceland, Knightswood Shopping Centre 776 Anniesland Road, Glasgow, G14 0YU IKRA Newsagents, 147 Springburn Way, Glasgow, G21 1DT Il Pavone, Princes Square, Glasgow, G1 3JN Integrated Dental Holdings LTD, 286 Paisley Road West, Glasgow, G51 1BQ |
Jaconelli, 566 Maryhill Road, Glasgow, G20 7EE Jaskooner Singh, 193 Maryhill Road, Glasgow, G20 7XJ Jonathan Harvey, 1101 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8ND | Kama Sutra, 331 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HW Kelvinator, 492 Alexandria Parade, Glasgow, G31 KRK Continental Cash & Carry, 284 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NE | La Raphael Glenroy, 166 Archerhill Road, Glasgow, G13 3JG La Vita 161 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3BJ FINED THREE TIMES Ladbrokes Ltd 682 Edinburgh Road, Glasgow, G33 3PU Ladbrokes Ltd 200 Saracen Street, Glasgow, G22 5EP Ladbrokes Ltd 559 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 1PY Ladbrokes Ltd 587 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, G31 3DB Ladbrokes Ltd 2135 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G13 2XX Ladbrokes Bookmakers, 329 Westmuir Street, Glasgow Laura Lunches, 401 Hawthorn Street, Glasgow, G22 6EN Lebowskis, 1008 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 7LT Lettuce Eat, 361 Argyle Street Glasgow, G1 5AZ Libby Wallpaper Shop, 130 Gallowgate, Glasgow, G1 5AZ Lindsays, 1 Royal Bank Place, Glasgow, G1 3AA Lloyds TSB, 1105 Maryhill Road, Glasgow LNC Property Ltd, Jones Lang La Salle 150 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5ND FINED TWICE Londis Store, 120 Baldwin Avenue, Glasgow, G13 2QU | MacDonald & Henderson, 94 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 6PH Magnet, 249 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EZ Mail Marketing (Scotland), 42 Methil Street, Glasgow, G14 0SZ Manchurian Restaurant, 494 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G11 6SL Mark Elliot, 470 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8EW Massimo, 57 Elmbank Street, Glasgow, G2 4PQ Matalan, 41 Jamaica Street, Glasgow, G1 4NN McCraken Framing Ltd, 19 Argyle Court, Merchant House, Glasgow, G3 8ND McDonald and Company, 1607 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G13 1LT McDonalds, 209 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8DL McDonalds, 101 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3DD Mega Amusments, 437 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 Minar Superstore, 313 Maxwell Road, Glasgow, G41 1TD Mister Singhs India, 149 Elderslie Street, Glasgow, G3 7JR MOKA, 291 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TL Monster, 100 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3DW Morrisons Surfaces, 91 Milnbank Street, Glasgow, G31 | Nationwide Building Society, 106 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2NB Nationwide Building Society, 1 Royal Bank Place, Glasgow, G1 3AA NCS Group LTD, 65 Rodney Street, Glasgow, G4 9SQ NewsBusters, 1507 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G14 9XQ Number 16, 16 Byres Road, Glasgow, G11 5JY |
Office Angels, 48 West Nile Street, Glasgow, G1 2NP O'Neills, 155 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3BJ Orchid, 427 Balmore Road, Glasgow, G22 6LJ | Parkhead Laundrette, 940 Springfield Road, Glasgow, G32 4HE Paperinos, 227 Byres Road, Glasgow, G52 1DB Park Carpets, 1286 Paisley Road West, Glasgow, G52 1DB Parkview Supermarket, 1278 Paisley Road West, Glasgow, G52 1DB Paul Murphy & Cliff Dunn, 82 Coustonholm Road, Glasgow, G43 1TZ Pearson Brothers, 14 Minard Road, Glasgow, G41 2HN Peking Inn, 191 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 2UL Peters Snacks, 237 Saracen Street, Glasgow, G22 5JW FINED THREE TIMES Phones 4 U, 131 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JA FINED FIVE TIMES Phones 4 U, 96 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3DE Physics and Astronomy Dept Glasgow University, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Pizza Express, 151 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3BJ Pizza Hut, 85 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1QG Pizza Hut (UK) Ltd, 108-112 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 1NH PKF UK, 78 Carlton Place, Glasgow, G5 9TH Polish Taste, 19-21 Hyndland Road, Glasgow, G11 5QE Post Office Ltd, 1929 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G14 0YT Post Office Ltd, 47 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5QX FINED THREE TIMES Pound Zone, 899 Shettleston Road, Glasgow, G32 Pricecutter, 100 Smithycroft Road, Glasgow, G33 2RQ Princes Square Glasgow, 48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 3JX | R S McColls Ltd 40 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3DS R S McColls Ltd 37 Clarence Drive, Glasgow, G12 9QN Rainbow Room International, 23 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AB Rebel Rouge, 387 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HU Registers of Scotland 9 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY Reverb Retail Ltd 61-67 Jamaica Street, Glasgow, G1 4NN River Island 20-24 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8AD Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Mortgage Admin 90-92 Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3RP Royal Bank of Scotland, 609 London Road, Glasgow, G40 1NE Rubadub Ltd 35 Howard Street, Glasgow, G1 4BA x2 Ruby's 1767 Cumbernauld Road, Glasgow, G33 1AA | Sahotu Newsagents 150 Atlas Road, Glasgow, G21 4SP Sams Compare Super Store 180 Smithycroft Road, Glasgow, G33 2RF Sandalwood Shoes 149 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TS Satinet Bhat Community Centre 94 Milnpark Street, Glasgow, G41 2DL Sarti 42 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 1NE Scottish Consumer Council 100 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3DW Sin Nightclub 3444 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3DX Soho Take Away, 287 Springburn Way, Glasgow, G21 1JX Spar 629 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8RE Spar 24Hr 258 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9ET Spectrum Mortgage Solutions Ltd 52 St Enoch Square, Glasgow, G1 4AA Speirs Gumley 192-194 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4LE St Jude's 190 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HG Staffinders 125 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JA SIX TIMES Star Convenience Store 564 Broomfield Road, Glasgow, G21 3HN Steak & Cherry 415 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3LG Stravaign 2 8 Ruthven Lane, Glasgow, G12 9BG Studio 98 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3DE Subway, 11 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow, G2 1QY Subway, 529 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8HN Subway, 293 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HQ Subway, 1097 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8ND Subway, 11 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, G1 2DW Sun King Tanning Salon, 2 Kings Place, Glasgow, G22 6LL | TPAS, 74 Saltmarket, Glasgow, G1 5BR Tailoring Alterations, 290 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9EJ Tandoori Flavour, 1069 Tollcross Road, Glasgow, G32 Ten Design, 520 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8EL The Beat Club, 375 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HU The Carlton George Hotel, 44 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1DH The Edge, 55 Cochrane Street, Glasgow, G1 1HL The Griffin, 266 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JP The Grosvenor, 24 Ashton Lane, Glasgow, G12 8SJ The Jewellery Box, 533 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 The Junction Bar, 14 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1DR The Shafton Laundry, 122A Baldwin Avenue, Glasgow G13 3QU The Social, 27 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AJ The Truffle Club, 24 Drury Street, Glasgow, G2 5AA Thorntons PLC, 120 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3DH FINED FOUR TIMES Three Steps To Heaven, 15 Cresswell Lane, Glasgow, G12 8AA Tibo Cafe, 443 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 1RY FINED TWICE Tollcross Sizzlers, 1077 Tollcross Road, Glasgow, G32 Tollcross Community Advice Centre, 937 Tollcross Road, Glasgow, G32 Top Girl Hair and Beauty, 207 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2NB Torres, 327 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HW Totesport, 315-317 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3HW Totesport, 125 Cathcart Road, Glasgow, G42 9HA Tote Bookmakers, 464 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 Trongate News, 97-101 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD Two Fat Ladies, 88 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G11 6NX |
Uz Ltd, 125/129 High Street, Glasgow, G1 1PH | Vera Moda/Jack Jones, 122-126 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3DH FOUR TIMES Vodka Wodka, 31-35 Ashton Lane, Glasgow, G12 8SJ | Walker Fraser & Steele, 125 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JA Waxy O Connors, 44 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1DH FINED TWICE Welcome Financial Services, 70 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 3JS William Hill Bookies, 390-392 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 William Hill, 44 St Enoch Square, Glasgow, G1 4DH Wine & Whisky Shop, 116 Saltmarket, Glasgow, G1 5LB | Zavvi Glasgow, 235 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2NG |
