Greggs to trial a Shop at Lymm

Greggs is try a franchise at a MSA starting at Lymm in December 2011. If successful, it could mean more Greggs stores appearing at other Moto Sites   More...

Full Review

New Motorway Service Signs

Service areas are to be allowed to display up to six logos to indicate facilities available after a shake up of signing by the government Until now, only a generic logo like a petrol pump could be shown. And operators have in recent years taken to renaming themselves so the “operator” signage reflects some of the facilities at the site (e.g. “Starbucks KFC”) Operators now have to propose the signs they wish to display, but hooray for some common sense at...

Full Review

New M5 service area plans review set

Westmorland, who run Tebayare planning to build a new £35 Million service area just south of Gloucester on the M5 – between Junctions 11a and 12. and named “Brookthorpe” This is being contested in the high court on the grounds that when planning was approved, the council failed to take into account objections by Welcome Break and Roadchef  and Natural England when granting permission. The Judicial review is in January 17/18.   Full Planning details are available here:...

Full Review