Press Releases



WELCOME BREAK INVESTS IN SEDGEMOOR Welcome Break has invested heavily this year in Sedgemoor Services, at Junctions 21/22 on the M5.....
Posted 14/04/2008 15:03:52


APPIA EARNS A NEW WELCOME Motorway services provider Welcome Break has been sold .....
Posted 14/04/2008 14:56:32


WELCOME TURNAROUND

Motorway service stations and the food they offer travellers did not have the best of reputations when the new millennium dawned.  But change has been taking place...


Posted 12/03/2008 16:56:51


LISTEN TO LADY LOO LOVERS! Choosing where to eat and drink out can be a tricky business.  But it's not just pirces, ambience or popularity that influences decisions on where to drink it's also the quality of the loos!....
Posted 12/03/2008 12:01:44


SKY BLUE STARS WELCOMED Caring motorway service workers took time off to welcome two VIP visitors for a special charity launch....
Posted 20/02/2008 16:35:49


HARTSHEAD TOPS There is no better place to change a baby's nappy than Hartshead Moor ....
Posted 20/02/2008 16:31:46


SPEND A PENNY ... SPARE A PENNY Motorway service operator Welcome Break is aiming to raise £100,000 for BBC's Children in Need by asking customers to spare a penny when they use the service station toilets.....
Posted 20/02/2008 16:22:06


FLOODED HOTEL RE-OPENS Motorway service operator, Welcome Break, has re-opened its Days Inn Hotel at Warwick Services on the M40 (North)....
Posted 10/12/2007 15:31:41


WELCOME £6000 PRIZE Members of staff at three of Welcome Break's Coffee Primo outlets shared a £6000 prize jackpot - after topping a UK-wide incentive ....
Posted 02/11/2007 11:18:30


GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT Motorway service area operator Welcome Break has produced a guide to the food and drink on offer across its 26 UK sites ....


Posted 03/09/2007 11:31:34


WELCOME BREAK CREATES 60 JOBS AT CARDIFF GATE M4 SERVICE AREA A £650,000 investment by motorway services operator Welcome Break is creating 60 full and part-time jobs .....
Posted 02/08/2007 15:32:18


TEN YEARS ON, HELLO AGAIN.  REMEMBER ME? Welcome Break, the motorway services operator, seems to be enjoying a new lease of life now that its finances are on a firm footing ....
Posted 23/07/2007 15:45:09


WELCOME BREAK LAUNCHES PRE-PAY CARD FOR COFFEE PRIMO Roadside services operator Welcome Break has launched a pre-pay card for customers to use at its Coffee Primo outlets across the UK ....
Posted 12/07/2007 14:19:41


M6 SERVICES COOKS UP 50 NEW JOBS

 

 £500,000 SPENT ON MAKEOVER AT REST STOP
Fifty jobs are to be created after a major revamp at a motorway service station....



Posted 28/06/2007 14:48:16


WELCOME BREAK & JAMES IRLAM RAISE FUNDS FOR CHARITY Motorway service area operator, Welcome Break, has joined forces with national logistics company, James Irlan Logistics, to raise funds for a children's charity ....
Posted 18/06/2007 14:35:48


WH SMITH IN MOTORWAY DEAL WH Smith, the newspapers, books and stationery retailer, has struck a deal to open travel stores in all 33 of Welcome Break's UK motorway service areas....

Posted 10/05/2007 14:21:52


WELCOME SPLASHES £300,000 TO UPGRADE SHOWERS After a hot day in the cab there's nothing better than jumping into a refreshing shower ....
Posted 03/05/2007 11:15:13


NEW SIGNS AS SERVICES ARE GIVEN A FRESH LOOK The Birchanger Green services on the M11 is highlighting its proximity to Stansted Airport - as part of a rebranding project.....
Posted 20/04/2007 13:53:37


MOTORWAY SERVICES OPERATOR WELCOME BREAK HAS CONVERTED A 1966 ROUTEMASTER INTO ITS NEWEST OUTLET It will be the brand ambassador, reinforcing the Welcome Break strapline 24/7/365 as it travels around the UK.....
Posted 03/04/2007 11:09:49


COFFEE SHOP MANAGER WINS MINI COOPER! Cofee Primo manager David Bastin has won a £15,000 Mini Cooper car - thanks to his excellent business skills....
Posted 03/04/2007 10:52:19


SIGNS OF CHANGE AT M42 SERVICES Motorists pulling into Hopwood Park services on the M42 will notice a difference ....
Posted 03/04/2007 10:41:49


FROM TOILET STOPS TO COFFEE SHOPS The motorway service station is changing, with rules governing them set to be relaxed, writes Tom Braithwaite .....
Posted 15/03/2007 11:59:05


WELCOME BREAKS Hotel manager Donna Ashby has won a £15,000 Mini Cooper car ......
Posted 14/03/2007 12:00:39


WELCOME BREAK TO SEAL £300M RECAPITALISATION Welcome Break will this week complete a £300m leveraged recapitalisation that will value the UK's second-largest motorway service operator at about £500m ...

Posted 27/02/2007 12:19:31


MINI COOPERS FOR EIGHT WELCOME BREAK MANAGERS Eight Welcome Break managers won Mini Cooper cars worth £15,000 each - thanks to their excellent business skills....
Posted 13/02/2007 13:34:22


WELCOME BREAK STARTS WH SMITH TRIAL Roadside caterer and service station operator Welcome Break has entered into a trial with newsagent WH Smith ...
Posted 13/02/2007 13:24:42


WELCOME BREAK MOVES IN AT EUROTUNNEL Welcome Break has become the first motorway service area (MSA) operator to move off-road ....
Posted 05/02/2007 15:08:09


CAR INCENTIVE FOR SERVICE STATION MANAGERS Motorway service station operator Welcome Break is giving its unit managers the chance to win eight Mini Coopers worth £15,000 each.....
Posted 05/02/2007 14:52:41


WELCOME BREAK BACK IN THE BLACK Lower debt costs and a series of investments in new facilities helped Welcome Break, the motorway service area operator, reports its first pre-tax profit in years....
Posted 30/01/2007 10:34:59


WELCOME BREAK PROFITS Motorway service station operator Welcome Break is back in the black ...
Posted 30/01/2007 10:20:35


WELCOME BREAK SIGNS DEAL WITH EUROTUNNEL Motorway service station operator Welcome Break has signed a seven-year contract with Eurotunnel to operate the catering facilities at its Passenger Terminal Building at Folkestone ....
Posted 29/01/2007 16:39:56


NEW HOTEL TO OPEN A new look hotel is being unveiled at the Sarn Park M4 services on New Year's Day....
Posted 29/01/2007 16:24:37


DRIVERS GIVEN CRIME ADVICE Motorists travelling on the M40 were able to stop off for some crime reduction advice today as well as a cup of tea at a crime reduction exhbiition at the Welcome Break services, near Wheatley.....
Posted 29/01/2007 11:00:19


GARY THE DRAGON SLAYER The Dragon slayer has arrived at Hartshead Moor Services on the M62 ....
Posted 29/01/2007 09:46:09


WEBSITE 'OPENS THE DOOR' Campaigning website Truckersworld is pleased with the interest and response from Welcome Break and Moto after drivers met with senior managers ...
Posted 29/01/2007 09:29:55


HOME FROM HOME AT SERVICE LOO Any drivers caught short while driving north out of London will be delighted to know of a recommendation handed out to a service station in the borough....


Posted 21/12/2006 16:25:42


LOO OF THE YEAR AWARDS To many motorists it would not be uncommon to be relieved of a few pounds at a motorway service station - but when it comes to spending just a penny, Warwick is the best place to do it .....
Posted 21/12/2006 15:51:46


AWARD FOR TOP TOILETS A Chorley motorway service station has been acclaimed for standards of its toilets by winning three top awards in the Loo of the Year Awards 2006.....
Posted 19/12/2006 10:47:43


HOPWOOD FLUSHED WICH SUCCESS Toilets at Hopwood motorway service station have been awarded two five-star accolades in the Loo of the Year Awards 2006.....
Posted 05/12/2006 16:25:07


MSA REVIEW IS WELCOMED

 Motorway service area operators have welcomed the Government's decision to review roadside catering laws..... 
Posted 05/12/2006 12:28:47


SERVICE STATIONS BREAK WITH THE PAST Ministers open debate on the future of motorway signing ....
Posted 05/12/2006 12:14:01


SERVICES FLUSHED WITH SUCCESS A service station on the M4 near Swindon has proved its toilets are spick and span after winning two awards for cleanliness....
Posted 04/12/2006 17:00:20


M5 LOOS CLEAN UP AT AWARDS

 Staff at an M5 service station are celebrating after winning the five-star Loo of the Year Award for 2006....


Posted 04/12/2006 16:47:05


TEAM CLEANS UP IN AWARDS Accolade for toilets
A motorway service station in Telford is flushed with success after scooping an award for its toilets ...
Posted 04/12/2006 16:35:10


SITTING PRETTY AT THE SERVICE STATION A motorway service station has gained top honours in the Loo of the Year Awards 2006 ....
Posted 30/11/2006 16:12:21


IMAGINE - THE PERFECT SERVICE STATION They have become bywords for poor, overpriced food, family rows and snapshots of mankind at its least appealing.  But all is about to change for the hard-shoulder hells that are Britain's motorway service stations.....
Posted 30/11/2006 10:05:43


TEXT TOZER AND FIGHT CRIME

Truckersworld's Barrie Tozer wants industry help setting up a text alert service ....


Posted 21/11/2006 15:25:16


CLEANING UP TRUCKERS' ACT Wash station at Hartshead.  A TV entrepreneur is aiming to get dirty truckers to clean up their act with a new business in our region ....
Posted 21/11/2006 12:47:07


BRANDING NEWS: WELCOME BREAK ROLLS OUT IDENTITY REVAMP

By Melanie Godsell

 Welcome Break, the motorway services operator, has overhauled its corporate identity....
Posted 07/11/2006 16:10:35


MOTORWAY TEST RUN FOR SAINSBURY'S J Sainsbury is trying out its convenience store format at a motorway service station, in what could be the beginning of a venture with Welcome Break, the motorway services group...


Posted 07/11/2006 15:45:44


MOVEABLE FEAST - GRETNA GREEN SERVICES Where? Welcome Break, Gretna Green Services (M74, junction 21) ....
Posted 07/11/2006 15:31:04


HAPPIER BANK HOLIDAY ON THE ROADS
Posted 03/11/2006 16:53:10


CLEANING COMPANY OPENS UP ON M62 An entrepreneur who impressed the BBC dragons with his idea to introduce truck washing stations at motorway service networks has opened his first in the region ...
Posted 03/11/2006 15:55:47


NEARLY HALF OF YOUNG DRIVERS ARE 'RISKING THEIR LIVES'.  FEELING EXHAUSTED? JUST POP INTO A POD How's this for a novel idea to improve road safety ....
Posted 02/11/2006 12:01:12


WELCOME DEAL FOR LEISURE LINK Leisure Link has retained its contract as sole supplier to the Welcome Break Group ....
Posted 02/11/2006 11:38:46


A CENTRE WORTH WAITING FOR Establishing the national traffic control centre may have been held up but, as Luke Walsh finds out, it is now working hard to remove delays on the strategic highways network....
Posted 02/11/2006 11:03:01


WELCOME BREAK ON TRACK FOR RETURN TO BLACK Welcome Break, the UK's leading motorway service station chain, said it was on track to return to profit this year.....
Posted 01/11/2006 17:01:39


WELCOME RESULTS Welcome Break - the group that owns motorway service stations in memorable locations such as South Mimms, Keele and Membury - enjoyed a marked improvement in its financial performance last year ....
Posted 01/11/2006 16:47:53


WELCOME BREAK GETS UP TO SPEED As thousands of families get ready to take to the roads as part of the great summer holiday getaway, service station group Welcome Break is motoring towards its first net profit in years......
Posted 01/11/2006 16:35:36


WELCOME RECOVERY AT MOTORWAY CHAIN The motorway service-station chain Welcome Break will this week show that it is on the road to recovery with much improved financial results ....
Posted 01/11/2006 11:59:06


HOSPICE GET £35,000 FROM M6 MOTORISTS A trust that operates a hospice for terminally ill children in Walsall has been given more than £35,000 collected from weary motorway travellers ....
Posted 01/11/2006 11:16:28


TOP TRACK 100

 Welcome Break are No. 55 in the list of Britain's 100 Biggest Private Companies.  A familiar name to motorists, the Welcome Break service-station chain says it attracts more than 80m visitors a year to its 24-hour facilities ...
Posted 01/11/2006 11:01:00


STARS SUPPORT TOMMY'S The stars came out in their droves recently to show their support for Tommy's, the baby charity.....
Posted 01/11/2006 09:46:58


WELLINGTON SEEN AT WELCOME BREAK SERVICES Recently, travellers stopping to stretch their legs at Welcome Break services have been pleasantly surprised to find a gourmet range available ....
Posted 01/11/2006 09:22:21


FAST FOOD IN THE FAST LANE A popular fast food restaurant opened in Gretna Green on Friday....
Posted 01/11/2006 09:17:16


MOTORWAY SERVICES

 Service stations have largely overcome their perception problem to deliver attractive audiences ....
Posted 31/10/2006 17:03:05


TAKE A BREAK Watford fans travelling to Cardiff for the Play-off Final on Sunday will be able to stretch their legs at a 'Hornets-friendly zone' on the M4.....
Posted 31/10/2006 16:40:01


M-WAY SIGNS COULD INCLUDE FOOD AND HOTEL ADVERTISING

 Service Station operators could start plugging their full range of food and hotel brands on motorway signs under proposals ministers will study this summer ....
Posted 31/10/2006 16:27:55


FOOD GLORIOUS (HOT AND COLD) FOOD The £85 sandwich might be a bit of a push for most fuel retailers to consider selling, but even so the potential for food-to-go is vast ....

Posted 31/10/2006 16:02:54


A WELCOME BREAK FOR CARD CONNECTION ADDS DISTRIBUTION Consignment card publisher Card Connection has been appointed as the sole card supplier for leading motorway service station chain Welcome Break.....
Posted 31/10/2006 12:20:22


NEW PRIMO Welcome Break is opening its latest Coffee Primo Italian coffee shop at Michaelwood services on the M5 this month.
Posted 31/10/2006 12:05:47


NEW CONTROL CENTRE WILL HELP BEAT HOLIDAY M-WAY JAMS

 A £160 million National Control Centre giving the fullest real time picture ever of what is happening across the motorway network will help drivers to plan their journeys better ...
Posted 31/10/2006 11:46:18


TAKE THE BRAKES OFF MSA OPERATORS "Road users would back any moves that help standards of food improve"...

Posted 30/10/2006 14:47:54


NEW KINGS OF THE ROAD?

 News that Little Chef may ditch its iconic Charlie logo heralds the long-overdue modernisation of the roadside chain .....
Posted 30/10/2006 12:40:13


BEST AND THE WORST A duck pond, views across the Cumbrian fells and upmarket food at Tebay were highly praised by Holiday Which? reviewers.....
Posted 30/10/2006 11:06:54


WELCOME BREAK STRIKES DEAL WITH STARBUCKS Roadside group Welcome Break has confirmed its franchise deal with Starbucks, as exclusively revealed in Caterer last week...


Posted 30/10/2006 10:49:25


WHICH MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION? Extract:  We've travelled the length and breadth of Britain to bring you the lowdown on the nation's motorway service sations.... 
Posted 30/10/2006 10:39:43


STARBUCKS is teaming up with Welcome Break to open its first coffee shops at motorway service areas ....
Posted 27/10/2006 15:54:20


DRIVE FOR QUALITY PROMISES BETTER DEAL FOR MOTORISTS Service stations boss revs up, reports Manfreda Cavazza.....
Posted 27/10/2006 15:45:55


THE GREAT TRADITION OF GREASY MOTORWAY BURGERS IS UNDER THREAT Last night I deamt I had broken a long drive home at a motorway services station.  I had expected to wolf down a greasy burger in blessed anonymity, a newspaper propped against a tomato-shaped ketchup bottle.  Instead, a French waiter led me through a Michelin-starred restaurant to a table covered in spotless linen ...
Posted 27/10/2006 15:20:09


2005/06 TOP 55 COFFEE BAR PLAYERS IN EUROPE

 Coffee Primo is number 25 in Europe ...
Posted 27/10/2006 14:48:25


SECRET SERVICE Mystery shopping isn't just a way for head office to weed out the worst stores.  Liz Morrell finds it can also be an ideal way to improve the customer experience and reward staff ......
Posted 27/10/2006 14:30:27


M62 SERVICES SHORTCUT CLOSED A country road used by commuters as a shortcut to the M62 has been closed for safety reasons ...
Posted 27/10/2006 13:52:21


OFFICER WILL PATROL SERVICES A police community support officer has been appointed to provide foot patrols at the M11 Birchanger service area ....
Posted 27/10/2006 13:43:58


ON PATROL IN VILLAGE THAT NEVER SLEEPS Special Hartshead mission for Elaine ....
Posted 26/10/2006 16:15:28


DAVID'S WELCOME YEARS David Robinson, after a 31-year police career including personal protection of members of the Royal Family, is coming up to five years in private security..... 
Posted 26/10/2006 15:32:12


LUXURY LOOS PRAISED A set of loos at an M62 service station has been given three stars .....
Posted 26/10/2006 11:08:02


ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL! Welcome Break claims it has "received the Royal seal of approval" .....
Posted 26/10/2006 10:56:15


CHICKEN DRIVES MOTORISTS TO WELCOME BREAK Motorway service operator Welcome Break has completed a roll out of new motorway header signage boards depicting the dual-branded Welcome Break and KFC logo .....
Posted 25/10/2006 15:22:28


TAKING A CLOSER LOOK How can temperatures remain under control during an increasingly lengthy food chain? ....
Posted 24/10/2006 16:32:18


BARTUF GETS A WARM WELCOME Bartuf Systems has won a new contract with motorway services provider Welcome Break .....
Posted 24/10/2006 15:24:03


GINSTERS EXTENDS CONTRACT Savoury food manufacturer Ginsters has agreed an extension of its contract to supply Welcome Break ...
Posted 24/10/2006 15:12:40


HEAD FOR A SECURE FUTURE
Posted 01/09/2006 09:42:05


WELCOME BREAK'S £1/2M FORECOURT INVESTMENT Motorway service area operator Welcome Break has ploughed £550,000 into its forecourts, with plans to expand further over its other sites across the UK ...
Posted 31/08/2006 15:58:19


STAFF GET SET TO CARRY ON FUNDRAISING Motorists taking a break from driving on the M54 through Shropshire are facing a proper Carry On this bank holiday weekend ...
Posted 31/08/2006 15:49:53


PATROLS CUT CAR CRIMES Thefts from cars at an Oxfordshire service station have fallen since the new police community support officer joined its staff ....
Posted 31/08/2006 15:39:45


M11 SERVICE AREA GETS EXTRA SECURITY The Birchanger services on the M11 are to get a permanent police community support officer to combat shoplifting, theft from cars and anti-social behaviour....
Posted 31/08/2006 15:11:07


TURN OFF AHEAD FOR COFFEE AND BURGERS Motorway signs showing beds, knives and forks, and petrol pumps - a feature of the network for almost 50 years - could be changed under proposals put forward by service station operators...


Posted 30/08/2006 15:52:17


WELCOME BREAK RENOVATIONS

 Several of the mtorway service areas operated by Welcome Break have undergone renovations ...
Posted 30/08/2006 15:31:19


SIGNS OF CHICKEN AND FRIES AHEAD

 Motorists seeking a welcome break from motorway driving will be pointed in the right direction in future, thanks to some new signs....


Posted 30/08/2006 15:10:13


WELCOME BREAK & KFC DUAL SIGNAGE ON THE MOTORWAY

 The rollout of Welcome Break and KFC dual-branded motorway header signage boards has been completed....
Posted 30/08/2006 14:53:08


REVAMP FOR M5 GORDANO SERVICES

 Welcome Break have spent £1million revamping their M5 Gordano Service Area at Bristol ....
Posted 30/08/2006 14:42:19


BEST PROVISION OF GROUP FACILITIES - HOPWOOD PARK

 Group Travel Awards Review
Welcome Break's Hopwood Park site at Junction 2 of the M42 is now in its sixth year of trading and, as the voting this year has proved, seems to be an ideal destination for groups.
Posted 30/08/2006 13:58:53