Owner of famous hotel told the taxman he had no staff

A the owner of a famous seaside hotel accused of pocketing his staff’s tax and national insurance told a taxman that his company did not have any employees, a court heard. HMRC officer Stuart Small said Michael Stainer, 75, informed him there was no point in him inspecting The Grand hotel in Folkestone, Kent, because no-one worked there. Stainer and his wife, Doris Stainer, 65, deny cheating the public revenue and defrauding their employees out of £473,097.07. Giving evidence at…