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Toby Carvery boss apologises after centuries-old tree felled outside one of its restaurants
The chief executive of Toby Carvery has apologised for "all the upset that it has caused" after it felled a 400-year-old oak tree outside one of its restaurants.
The tree, in Whitewebbs Park, north London, on the border of a restaurant car park, had its branches cut off on 3 April after the company's owner, Mitchells & Butlers, said specialists had advised that it was "a potential health and safety risk". However, an Enfield Council boss claimed its own team of experts had checked the tree in December and found it was "healthy and posed no risk to the neighbouring car park and its users".
The remains of the trunk, surrounded by its severed branches, were discovered by council workers on 3 April. Now, Mitchells & Butlers chief executive Phil Urban has written to residents saying the company had "acted in good faith" when it greenlit the work.
He said: "Clearly the felling of a beautiful old tree is a very emotive subject and is not something that any of us would undertake lightly. "I can only apologise for all the upset that it has caused." Mr Urban claimed penalties for failing to "act on all health & safety issues" were "too great to contemplate.
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