AKV Garages buys Cotswold service station Print
6th January 2021
AKV Garages UK has bought Rowborough Service Station, a Shell-branded forecourt located on the A429, between Moreton in Marsh and Shipston on Stour in the Cotswolds, for an undisclosed sum.
Retailer Sritharan Manickavasagan bought the site from John Eaden, who put the 0.4-acre plot on the market in early 2020 in order to retire. The sale faced many hurdles, as one week before launching to market, the store was the victim of a ram-raid burglary. Further delays followed as the Covid-19 outbreak forced the nation into lockdown in March.
Eaden said: “The new owner is an experienced operator and is already building a store extension. I wish him well and I’m sure he will make a great success of a filling station in a superb location.”