All Equipment News articles – Page 63
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Fairbanks’ big coup
Fairbanks, the wetstock management specialist, has announced that following the successful re-signing of its contract for BP company-owned and dealer sites, the expansion of its MRH contract and securing the Tesco PFS contract during 2009, it has been engaged by Murco Petroleum to provide wetstock monitoring, SIR-based leak detection and ...
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SATO’s new printer
SATO UK has launched a new tag printer, the DR3, to cater for what it says is the retail market’s increasing need for more visible and flexible price marking and in-store promotions.The printer can be used for all types of product tickets and tags, including price labels and shelf-edge labels.The ...
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Help with new rates
WashTec has developed a tool to help independent retailers understand what the impact of the government’s new Business Rates system is likely to be on their business.The new Business Rates are due to come into effect in April and many independent retailers and industry experts have criticised the criteria used ...
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Murco cleans up
Murco Petroleum has chosen Hampshire-based waste management specialist Cleansing Service Group (CSG) for a major forecourt-servicing contract. According to Murco, CSG will be cleaning forecourt and car wash interceptors as well as the silt traps and associated surface and underground drainage channels and gullies.The company also uses mobile ’de-watering’ units ...
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Eco certificate
Dresser Wayne has been awarded the International Standards Organisation 14001 certification for major locations in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Europe.The company said the ISO14001 is an environmental management standard that specifies environmental management requirements it aims to help organisations identify the impact and risks associated with carbon ...
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Amscreen expands with exclusive MRH deal
MRH (GB) has named Amscreen as its exclusive digital signage partner. The close proximity signage units will be installed across the Top 50 Indies retailer’s sites as part of a five-year deal.The screens will carry customer information such as live traffic updates as well as advertising for MRH’s products and ...
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Getting in the swing
Signwaves’ pavement sign ’the Swinger’ is being changed to make it more user friendly. All poster versions of the sign are now fitted with top-opening poster pockets, which replace the existing bottom-opening oness. The company said this will make it much easier to get to the posters.Simon Harvey, product design ...
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Protect your fags
National crime prevention initiative Raid-control has expanded its robbery deterrent package to include tobacco products within cigarette gantries. According to the organisation, some criminals have been targeting the tobacco gantries within c-stores and demanding that the person behind the counter hands over cigarettes.John Birkenshaw, Raid-control chairman, says: "The smoke and ...
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Dragons’ Den star enters prepay cashcard market
Dragons’ Den’s Peter Jones has launched a prepay cashcard called On-X Go prepaid MasterCard via his mobile distribution company Data Select. The company has teamed up with prepaid programme manager M-Cube for the project. George McPherson, chief executive officer of Data Select, said: "Major players have entered the card market ...
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Online car wash
PDQ Manufacturing has launched its latest touch-free car wash live on the internet. The US company hosted LaserWash Live online where viewers could see the equipment and ask questions about the new system via a chat room.PDQ said LaserWash is available in the UK and uses Smart 360 Technology that ...
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Raising the bar
GS1 UK, a not-for-profit supply chain standards and solutions organisation, has launched a new online resource to raise awareness of the new GS1 DataBar bar code due to be introduced as a global standard in 2014.The new bar code will be used throughout the retail sector and GSI UK says ...
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A real winter warmer
Pantheon has recommended that retailers invest in its heavy duty PSK soup kettle this winter.According to the company, the pot heats up to 10 litres of soup and holds it at the optimum serving temperature until needed. The unit is easy to use with a neon light indicating that it ...
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Festive chiller tips
Geoff Thomasson (pictured below), chief executive of chiller company Husky, has these festive chiller tips:Drinks need to be chilled effectively maintain a minimum temperature of 5C.Keep your storage equipment tidy and, where possible, matching in colour and style.Keep stock at the front of glass cabinets and have drinks labels ...
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Moto cashes in
Moto Hospitality has appointed G4S Cash Services to provide cash collection and delivery services. The three year contract started this summer making G4S the sole provider to Moto’s 58 sites.Amanda Lees, treasury manager at Moto Hospitality, said: "As a business with a national network, we need to make sure our ...
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Indigo Retail’s solution for Big Media screens
Mabco Petroleum has been working with Indigo Media to find a way of using its former Big Media Group screen. The screen at the retailer’s Lancashire Hill site in Stockport was left redundant after Big Media went into voluntary liquidation. According to Indigo Retail, Mabco managing director Usman Patel spoke ...
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One size fits all
UK POS has launched an Independent Point Of Sale Starter Kit as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations.The company said the ’one size fits all’ pack includes one A1 pavement sign, 10 A4 and two A1 snap frames to promote special offers and deals using interchangeable posters, 100 shelf talkers ...
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Husky goes green
Husky says it has given its long-established bottle and snack cooler range a major eco upgrade.The higher-specification C range has been designed to save energy costs. According to the company, the range of four compact counter-top impulse coolers and three upright glass door bottle chillers now benefit from natural gases ...
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Get the whole picture
Software firm CV Retail is targeting UK forecourt operators with its online accountancy service CounterBooks. The company says it aims to give retailers an ’up-to-the-minute overview of the whole business’ by not just looking at the profit margins on sales but the overall profitability of the business.According to CV Retail ...
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ISA keeps its cool
Refrigeration company ISA (UK) is launching a chilled multi-deck cabinet range featuring new technology which it says offers big energy savings.According to the company, its In-Touch technology can offer 35-40% energy savings over existing designs.Its patent-pending ’In-Touch’ technology incorporates an automatic, transparent shutter system. As a customer approaches the cabinet, ...
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New lottery bubbles
Signwaves has introduced new wall and pavement signs for The National Lottery as part of Camelot’s £16.5m investment in refreshing its permanent point of sale. About 6,000 of the ’bubble’ pavement signs, 5,500 Ecoflex pavement signs and 15,000 wall signs are being distributed around the UK.Signwaves said its ideas appealed ...