Home Office fines Peterborough car wash £15k for employing illegal worker

The car was was visited to immigration officers.

A car wash in Peterborough has been fined £15,000 by the Home Office for employing an illegal worker.

Cobden Avenue Shiny Hand Car Wash, owned by G E M Hand Carwash Ltd, on Cobden Avenue was fined after an enforcement visit which found that they employed a worker with no right to work in the UK.

The car park was visited on March 7, 2023.

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Cobden Avenue car wash.

Europe Store on Holbeach Road, Spalding was also hit with a £10,000 fine.

The latest data that has been released by the Home Office covers the period from October to December 2023.

Penalties have since risen up to a £45,000 for a first breach.

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