All Car wash & Valeting articles – Page 11
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NewsSlavery squad carries out raid on Manchester car wash
Officers from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) have joined Greater Manchester Police in targeting a car wash in the south of the city suspected of exploiting workers. Eight workers were interviewed by the GLAA at the car wash on Monday 25 June, with referrals being submitted to the ...
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NewsMPs hear PRA evidence on hand car wash crimes
Many unregulated hand car washes (HCWs) are involved in tax evasion, polluting the environment and crime, PRA chairman Brian Madderson has told a committee of MPs. Giving evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into HCWs, Madderson said: “It is extraordinary that we are virtually the only EU country where ...
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Churches launch Safe Car Wash app to combat slavery
The Car Wash Association (CWA) has welcomed a church initiative, the Safe Car Wash app, that was launched last week, but has said the government needs to do far more to combat modern slavery.The Safe Car Wash app was launched by the Church of Englandand the Catholic Church in England ...
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Analysis
Alexander Russell: consultant, Car Wash Association (CWA)
The Car Wash Association, in conjunction with the Petrol Retailers Association, is continuing to work towards achieving a much greater level of compliance among unregulated hand car washes (HCWs) with employment law, fiscal law, Health & Safety regulations and, most recently, in dealing with the environmental hazards of trade effluent ...
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NewsCar Wash Association calls for action against car wash slavery
The Car Wash Association (CWA) has welcomed a church anti-slavery initiative, the Safe Car Wash App, that was launched this week, but has said the government needs to do far more to tackle the issue. Brian Madderson, chairman of the Car Wash Association, commented: “For too long, government agencies have ...
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NewsCar wash raid uncovers minimum wage breaches
A car wash in Southport has been raided by the authorities after it was suspected of carrying out human trafficking offences. Merseyside Police officers, along with partners from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Health and Safety, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and Operation Sanctuary joined forces in the ...
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Analysis
UK Hand Car Wash Market - Key Fact
Size >10,000 hand car washes (7,000 mechanical washes), around 60% of total>110 million washes per year (45 million mechanical washes), >70% of total>80% share of total car wash income (including valeting)>£200m potential annual loss to HMRC in unpaid taxesTrade EffluentOver 99% of solids entering surface water drains (SWDs) and groundwater ...
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NewsACS submits evidence to hand car wash inquiry
The Association of Convenience Stores (AC) has submitted evidence to an inquiry launched by the Environmental Audit Committee into the regulation of hand car washes, calling for better enforcement of existing regulations and the consideration of a licensing scheme. In the submission, ACS encourages the Environmental Audit Committee to consider ...
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Car wash access control system is winner for Touts
Installing the latest car wash access control system from PSD Codax has paid dividends for former Forecourt Trader of the Year, Touts Ltd, according to the company’s operations manager Darren Hamilton. He revealed that following a significant upgrade to the washing equipment at its Nailsea site last year which included ...
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NewsProposal that car washes should be licensed by GLAA
Proposals that car washes should be licensed by the Gangmasters & Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) have been welcomed by the PRA. The proposal came from the director of Labour Market Enforcement, Sir David Metcalf in his Strategy for 2018/19. The strategy sets out 37 recommendations to help stop the exploitation ...
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Christ exhibits its latest top of the range rollover car wash
Car wash specialist Christ will be exhibiting its latest top of the range rollover wash unit, the Aquatus Prime, at the UNITI Expo show in Stuttgart this week. The machine offers a range of options from conventional brush washing to touchless cleaning cycles, and new scanning technology, Scan-X, detects the ...
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NewsCar wash owner sentenced for tobacco tax fraud
A car wash owner who failed to pay £100,000 duty on more than 400,000 cigarettes has been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court. Pshtewan Sharef Ibrahim, 42, from Warrington, kept the illicit cigarettes at self-storage units in his hometown. The cigarettes were sniffed out by specially trained detector dogs during a ...
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NewsPRA welcomes investigation into hand car wash services
The PRA has welcomed news that MPs are to investigate the growth of hand car-wash services in the UK, following concerns they are damaging the environment and exploiting workers. The Environmental Audit Select Committee has launched an inquiry seeking written evidence ahead of a one-off evidence session examining hand car ...
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NewsMPs launch inquiry into hand car washing - deadline May 18
An inquiry into hand car washes has been launched by the Environmental Audit Committee to examine how hand car washes are regulated and what steps the Government might take to ensure hand car washes are operated sustainably. The inquiry will seek to establish how many hand car washes are currently ...
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NewsBig spend on car wash technology boosts sales for Touts
Installing the latest car wash access control system from PSD Codax has paid dividends for former Forecourt Trader of the Year, Touts Ltd, according to the company’s operations manager Darren Hamilton. He revealed that following a significant upgrade to the washing equipment at its Nailsea site last year – which ...
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NewsTwo man arrested after slavery raid at car wash site
Officers from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and Durham Constabulary have raided a car wash site in Burnopfield following allegations the workers there were being exploited. Two Albanian men, aged 32 and 42, were arrested on suspicion of modern slavery offences. A number of potential victims were spoken ...
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NewsFire fighters free van driver from collapsed car wash
Firefighters had to cut a van driver out of his vehicle after a car wash at a Staffordshire service station collapsed, according to the Burton Mail. The man was reported to be trapped in his vehicle on Monday morning, March 19, after the incident at the Shell garage, in New ...
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No cases of Legionnaires at UK car washes, says PRA
The PRA has reacted angrily to assertions that car washes in the UK may harbour Legionnaires’ disease. It followed a warning by a medical expert Dr Tom Makin, senior consultant at Legionella control who advises the Department of Health. He was responding to the discovery that two men became seriously ...
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Police raid hand car washes in the Midlands
Hand car washes in Milton Keynes and Bedford have been raided by police investigating people trafficking and modern slavery, and the supply of class A drugs.Thames Valley Police Serious and Organised Crime Unit and officers from the Milton Keynes carried out a number of warrants to tackle a potential people ...
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Analysis
David Charman: chairman Car Wash Association
Recently there have been several high-profile raids on unregulated hand car washes (HCW). In the largest, police raided hand car washes and 30 residential addresses in Milton Keynes. Officers found 36 "modern slaves", 13 people were arrested and large quantities of drugs were found. This confirms that government and the ...