Machines are once again doing the car-washing in Britain
Blame (or credit) Brexit and covid
WHAT WARM weather is to ice-cream vans and popcorn is to dentists, Saharan dust storms are to car washes. A big dust cloud like the one that reached Britain on March 16th boosts revenues by about a quarter, according to Kevin Pay of Wilcomatic, which runs about 800 automatic car washes in Britain. “You love to see it,” he says, as a dusty red Ford Ka joins the queue in Hove in East Sussex, on the south coast.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “All in a lather”
Britain March 26th 2022
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