A RESTAURANT in Nailsea has been fined £40,000 for employing illegal workers.

Posh Spice Contemporary Indian Cuisine, on High Street, is part of a Government’s list of businesses fined for employing illegal workers.

These figures are released by the Home Office four times per year and the latest ones relate to a period that goes from October 1 2022 to December 31 2022.

The restaurant received the biggest fine among businesses based in Wales and the South West included in the Government’s list.

Immigration enforcement stated that on a visit in February 2023, people were found still working at the restaurant, still without the right to work in the UK.

Marcus Johnson of immigration enforcement said: “The fact that immigration enforcement have visited the address twice and informed the management of this after making four arrests and have then returned and encountered the same immigration offenders with no right to work working on the premises again, shows a blatant disregard for the conditions of their alcohol licence and the legal requirement to conduct immigration checks by the management of Posh Spice.”