MFG and Ascona are among the latest operators to try Praveen Kumar branded ready-meal freezers, one of several suppliers to have entered this space since Cook introduced the concept 15 years ago.
Significant changes to UK immigration sponsorship routes, and a notable increase in enforcement action against individuals and UK businesses means that businesses have to ensure they are being proactive in their internal compliance measures where they employ overseas nationals, warns Winckworth Sherwood.
With almost every other type of retail outlet closed on Christmas Day, those that do open do very well. Of course, the supermarkets are forced to shut under the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 but smaller convenience stores are exempt from this and it seems forecourt retailers are cashing in.
More and more forecourts are finding that offering top-notch valeting facilities really pays off – in terms of attracting new customers who often go on to fill up at the pump and spend money in the store.
Not even a year into opening their first forecourt – a formerly derelict petrol station and car sales lot – Susannah Moffat and Oliver Arnold won not only one, but two coveted gongs at this year’s Forecourt Trader Awards.
Ask anyone who’s hands-on in the UK hydrogen sector and they’ll tell you that there’s a lot more paperwork than pipelines.
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