All Euro Garages articles – Page 14
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Euro Garages picks Fairbanks as preferred WSM supplier
Wet-stock management provider Fairbanks has entered into an agreement with Euro Garages to provide the Top 50 Indie with a real-time wetstock management service.The deal will see Euro Garages take advantage of Fairbanks’ intelligent real-time data collection and monitoring service following the installation of the Fairbanks ibank technology at all ...
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Euro Garages founders win Asian business award
Forecourt Trader of the Year winners Mohsin and Zuber Issa have been named entrepreneurs of the year at the first English Asian Business Awards.The founders of Top 50 Indie Euro Garages picked up their award at the Midland Hotel in Manchester in a ceremony that recognised the outstanding business achievements ...
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RMI Petrol secures Euro Garages HQ for regional meeting venue
Retailers are invited to Forecourt Trader of the Year Euro Garages’ head office in Lancashire for RMI Petrol’s next regional meeting on Wednesday February 22.The meeting at The Beehive Conference Centre in Blackburn, BB1 2EE, will start at 10am with coffee, and a free buffet lunch will be provided afterwards.The ...
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Euro Garages’ new Starbucks deal
Starbucks will open 200 new drive-thru outlets in the next five years 100 of which will be operated under licence by Top 50 Indie Euro Garages.The 2011 Forecourt Trader of the Year winner will operate drive-thru Starbucks stores in the Midlands and north of England adding to the ...
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Euro Garages appoints finance director
Euro Garages, current Forecourt Trader of the year and one of the UK’s largest operators of petrol forecourts and convenience stores, has appointed James Thornton as finance director.James, who originally qualified with accountancy firm PwC, was previously FD at Blackburn-based Cloverleaf Restaurants Ltd, which was acquired by listed pub ...
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NewsEuro Garages set to open 100 roadside Starbucks outlets
Starbucks is to open 200 new drive-thru coffee shops in the next five years – 100 of which will be operated under licence by Top 50 Indie Euro Garages. The 2011 Forecourt Trader of the Year winner Euro Garages will operate drive-thru Starbucks stores in the Midlands and north of ...
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Euro Garages to host RMIP regional forum
Euro Garages, this year’s Forecourt Trader of the Year winner, and one of the UK’s largest independent forecourt retailers, has joined RMI Petrol.During 2012 all 81 of Euro Garages’ sites will be given membership status, and the company will also subscribe to the fuel-price analysis system Big Oil.RMIP will also ...
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Euro Garages takes top prize at forecourt awards
Euro Garages became the latest winner of the Forecourt Trader of the Year awards when its Beehive Service Station site in Blackburn, Lancashire, emerged as the best forecourt in the UK, following a tough judging process.The presentation to founders and directors Mohsin and Zuber Issa was made at a glittering ...
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NewsEuro Garages takes top prize at Forecourt Trader of the Year awards
Euro Garages became the latest winner of the Forecourt Trader of the Year awards when its Beehive Service Station site in Blackburn, Lancashire, emerged as the best forecourt in the UK, following a tough judging process. >>See the Video Interview The presentation to founders and directors Mohsin ...
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NewsEuro Garages on expansion trail in the wake of buoyant trading and £110m funding agreement
Euro Garages, the privately owned forecourt retail group chaired by former Asda chief executive Andy Bond, has reported continued growth in sales and profits and announced a £110m funding agreement to step up its site acquisition programme. In its latest annual trading update, the Blackburn-based group ...
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Euro Garages opens £12.3m M61 site
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has completed the redevelopment of Rivington Services on the M61. Previously called Bolton West Services. the £12.3m project represents the group’s biggest investment to date.The Blackburn-based group, which operates a portfolio of 70 freehold-owned sites, made the move into the motorway services market when it ...
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NewsEuro Garages completes £12.3m M61 motorway services project
Euro Garages, one of the UK’s largest independent operators of petrol forecourts and convenience stores, has completed the redevelopment of Rivington Services on the M61, previously called Bolton West Services. The £12.3 million project represents Euro Garages’ biggest investment to date. The Blackburn-based group, which operates a portfolio of 70 ...
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Former Asda boss Bond joins top indie Euro Garages
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has appointed the former chairman and CEO of Asda as executive chairman. Andy Bond has invested an undisclosed sum in the business alongside Mohsin and Zuber Issa. Euro Garages operates 70 freehold sites across the North of England and the Midlands, has increased ...
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Former Asda CEO joins Euro Garages
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has appointed the former chairman and CEO of ASDA as executive chairman.Andy Bond will make an undisclosed investment in the business alongside owners Mohsin and Zuber Issa, who founded the company in 2001 with a single petrol filling station in Bury, Lancashire.Euro Garages is one ...
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Euro Garages boss in line for business award
Top 50 Indie boss Mohsin Issa, director of Euro Garages, has been shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year in the Growing Business Awards 2010.This particular award is sponsored by Coutts and judges are looking for “outstanding entrepreneurs whose vision, charisma and achievements merit national recognition”.Mohsin Issa ...
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Euro Garages upgrades to Access payroll system
Euro Garages is to use the Access SelectPay solution to manage its payroll. Software solutions provider Access said that the Top Indie retailer, whose partners include Burger King, Spar and Starbucks, had been looking for an alternative system that would simplify its payroll needs and provide better control and visibility ...
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Euro Garages opens ’drive-thru’ Starbucks
Euro Garages has opened a ’drive-thru’ Starbucks coffee store at one of its forecourts in Wales. The Blackburn-based independent retailer said it had signed a licensing deal with Starbucks to open up to 30 such coffee stores in the UK – some on forecourts, some as standalone outlets. The first ...
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Wilcomatic signs Euro Garages deal
Wilcomatic has been awarded the maintenance of all Euro Garages’ Washtec, Christ and Ceccato car washes. According to Wilcomatic , the move to make the company Euro Garages’ preferred maintenance provider came on the back of an exclusive chemical supply deal agreed earlier in the year.Zuber Issa, Euro Garages managing ...
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Euro Garages to spend £6m to revamp motorway site
Euro Garages plans to spend £6m to give a motorway services on the M61 a major overhaul after getting the green light from Chorley Borough Council. The Top 50 Indies retailer said it aimed to start work in the spring after gaining permission to refurbish the northbound and southbound ...
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Redevelopment drives growth at Euro Garages
Euro Garages has reported a 5% year-on-year rise in fuel and retail sales for the year to July 31 a figure it attributes to its ongoing site re-development programme. Fuel and retail sales increased from £231.5m in 2008 to £242.2m in 2009. Profits (EBITDA) were up 26% ...