All Car wash & Valeting articles – Page 11

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    Immigration swoop on Kent car wash

    2015-06-19T00:00:00Z

    A worker at a Kent car wash has been arrested by Home office officials who suspected he was working in the UK illegally. Officers from the Kent and Sussex Immigration Enforcement team visited the CPV Hand Car Wash, at Battle Road in St Leonards on June 18. A Home Office ...

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    Car wash caught in tax clampdown

    2015-05-22T00:00:00Z

    A car wash is among businesses that have fallen foul of tax rules after a clampdown by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in Essex on businesses and people who try to stay outside the tax system. An HMRC Hidden Economy Team swooped on businesses in Southend on May 15 and ...

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    Police raid car wash in stolen cars investigation

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    A car wash in St Helens was one of two premises raided in an operation involving Merseyside Police, St Helens Council, the UK Border Force and Trading Standards. Local reports identified Express Hand Car Wash on Pocket Nook Street and Jackson Street Tyres on Jackson Street as the premises where ...

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    Immigration charge centres on car wash

    2015-04-22T00:00:00Z

    A man has appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ court charged with being part of an operation to smuggle Iraqi illegal immigrants into the UK at a Shipley car wash. Ali Mahmood Ahmed, 37, is accused of running the conspiracy at the Pit Stop Car Wash in Valley Road with ...

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    Car wash shut down after brawl

    2015-04-17T00:00:00Z

    A car wash in Nottingham has been ordered to shut down after it was the scene of a brawl last week. A total of 17 people were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder in connection with the disturbance at the car wash on Thursday 9 April, and have been bailed ...

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    Car wash gives Legoland a hand

    2015-03-06T00:00:00Z

    A car wash in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, had an unusual commission when nearby Legoland decided that the miniature cars in its driving school needed a spring clean. Jim Platt, chairman of car wash, forecourt and car dealership Platts, explained: “Legoland contacted us and asked whether they could put them through our ...

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    Thieves steal CCTV system from car wash

    2014-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Thieves who targeted a car wash in Derby took the site’s CCTV system as part of their haul. Derbyshire Police are appealing for information after a break-in between 6.20pm on Friday, December 12 and 8.30am on Saturday, December 13 at the UK Car Wash on Chequers Road near to the ...