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Welcome Break Welcome Break, the chain of 24 motorway service stations, has been acquired by an investment group led by Dutch bank NIBC for an estimated £500m. 31-Mar-2008 Welcome Break, the operator of 23 motorway service stations, has been put up for sale by Investcorp with a price tag of about £500m. 22-Oct-2007 Welcome Break is to create 50 new jobs at the Keele service station on the M6 this summer, following a revamp of facilities. 18-Jun-2007 Welcome Break is planning to open WH Smith stores at all 33 of its motorway service station sites. 03-May-2007 Welcome Break has agreed a franchise deal with Starbucks to open coffee bars in its service stations. 06-Mar-2006 Welcome Break is to sell nine motorway service stations to Rotch Property, in a £270m sale and leaseback arrangement. 03-Jun-2004 Welcome Break is planning a £248m sale and leaseback deal for eight of its service stations with Rotch Property Group, as part of a rescue proposal announced by parent company Investcorp. 12-Feb-2004 Welcome Break is creating 80 jobs with the opening of a new motorway service station on the M54 in Shropshire next month. 21-Feb-2003 Welcome Break is to invest £5m converting 33 Granary restaurants at motorway service stations into new quick-service outlets called Food Connection. 04-May-2001 Welcome Break is to convert its 19 motorway lodges and hotels to the Days Inn brand under a strategic agreement with Premier Hotels. 06-Aug-1999 Welcome Break has awarded a £9.5m contract to the Try construction group to build the Hopwood motorway services area on the M42. 04-Dec-1998 Roadchef, the motorway service station operator, is up for sale for about £150m, and prospective buyers are expected to include Welcome Break and Granada. 02-Feb-1998 Granada has said it will try to sell its Exclusive hotels and Welcome Break motorway restaurants in May, but will not sell the 84 Meridien hotels until later this year. 25-Apr-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008