All Equipment News articles – Page 68

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    Sign of the times

    2007-09-06T00:00:00Z

    Sign installation and maintenance company Xmo Strata has been made the exclusive UK agent for a new-generation sign refurbishment system.Xmo Strata - which claims to have the most highly trained sign installation and maintenance engineers working on petrol forecourts nationwide - has launched the Vicom HQ system, which restores the ...

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    The perfect gift

    2007-09-06T00:00:00Z

    PayPoint retailers can now sign up to sell some of the UK’s most popular gift cards. The Gift Card Programme follows a deal between Paypoint - which is now used by more than 1,200 forecourt operators in UK, and Coinstar E-Payment Services, an affiliate of Coinstar.Retailers receive a display rack ...

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    Number cruncher

    2007-09-06T00:00:00Z

    Balvin has developed the UK’s first refuelling by Vehicle Number Recognition (VNR) system priced at less than £5,000.The service is designed for fleet operators and car hire companies which have their own refuelling depots. It works by the vehicle being detected and photographed when it arrives at the ...

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    New plant room kit

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Istobal has teamed up with Esso to bring out a pre-prepared plant room for car wash or jet wash equipment.The unit comes with the relevant equipment pre-installed so the retailer just needs to add it to a prepared slab and connect the services. This reduces time on site as ...

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    Important mat-ters

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Gripfit is offering retailers a fixed-frame mat which it claims is an easier and cheaper alternative to traditional entrance mats.Instead of the loosely-fitted matting placed into floor recesses, businesses can now fill in the well and replace the mat with a fixed-frame mat. A low-profile frame is fitted onto the ...

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    Chilled efficency

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Verco has introduced a new integral and energy-efficient open-chill refrigerated cabinet.The Inline Merchandiser fits within the 1.2m module of an ambient shelving system and is based on the company’s existing Cambridge range.It offers high efficiency with low running costs and noise output due to its use of the latest compact, ...

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    Cap fits for advertisers

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    MagneCap is targeting forecourts with its latest advertising method - which also aims to help drivers avoid misfuelling.The MagneCap system helps advertisers catch customers’ attention with an eye-line platform to promote products and services.Designed to cut the estimated 1.5 million misfuelling incidents in the UK every year, it uses specially-designed ...

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    Inflationary tale

    2007-07-01T00:00:00Z

    A new ’green’ tyre inflation system that aims to conserve energy, save fuel and extend the life of car tyres has been launched by Buckinghamshire-based Car Wash UK.Nitrogen instead of conventional compressed air is pumped into a tyre, a method used to inflate tyres by Formula One teams because of ...

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    PIN extended at BP

    2007-07-01T00:00:00Z

    All BP sites will be capable of accepting PIN verification for all purchases made via fuel cards by the end of the summer."PIN is part of BP’s desire to bring its offer in line with customer expectations on card security as well as align with industry payment security standards," ...

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    Cranes’ juggling act

    2007-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Six old upright super-market tanks were juggled by giant cranes as part of David Plumb & Co’s latest project to decommission them for reuse.The tanks - two x 60,000ltr and four x 90,000ltr - used to serve the refuelling site for Safeway delivery lorries at the company’s giant depot at ...

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    Real-time service

    2007-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Fairbanks is providing real-time wet stock management for about half of the Malthurst Group’s UK network using the new generation Ibank service. Fairbanks managing director, Steve Jones, said: "We’ll be utilising our years of experience integrating with a wide range of on-site equipment from Indigo, Torex, Vbi and H-Tec to ...

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    Driving loyalty

    2007-06-01T00:00:00Z

    PSD-Codax has come up with a flexible solution for rewarding loyal customers and driving carwash use. Its new Codax Smart Card can be used for multibuys, wash clubs and loyalty promotions.When a card is inserted, the Codax terminal can offer members-only prices that are not available to walk-up customers. ...

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    BP speeds up checkout

    2007-06-01T00:00:00Z

    BP Retail aims to speed up transaction times at its service stations with the installation of new software at the tills.Six forecourts in and around London are using an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, which will be rolled out to the rest of the UK network before the end of ...

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    Charging ahead

    2007-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Customers can charge their mobile in minutes while filling up, by using a new supercharger.OneCharge is said to charge 99% of mobile phone batteries, digital camera and PDA batteries.It is operated by inserting £1 for a 10 minute charge which will half- or quarter-charge a mobile phone; or £2 for ...

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    Shelfmax website

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Shelfmax has launched a new website to help c-store retailers gain easier access to its products.Called Shopmax (www.shopmax.co.uk), the site has four components: dealmax lists exclusive offers; posmax includes pos items, which can be ordered free for direct delivery to store; catmax gives advice on 14 different categories; and shelfmax ...

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    Win with Husky

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Anyone buying a Husky chiller during this month or next will be entered into a prize draw where they can win tickets to a top cricket match.The luxury hospitality tickets are to the Nat West Series International England versus India match on August 21, 2007.The event at the Rosebowl, Hampshire, ...

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    Securing your cash

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Tidel’s Sentinel BCD cash management system, which was unveiled at IFFE, is being used by Esso. The first UK site to adopt it is Kings Croft, Leatherhead, Surrey.Tidel sales director Godfried Hendriks said: "The Sentinel BCD will help reduce internal theft and robbery risk and at the same time save ...

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    Plumb passes BP’s test

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    David Plumb & Co passed a stringent BP health and safety inspection while decommisioning the former Admiral Service Station in Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex.The site, which was being reclaimed for redevelopment, was one of eight being decommissioned by David Plumb for BP via main contractor NAP Construction. One of ...

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    Self-check this out

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The Henderson Group is piloting a self-checkout service at its Spar Dundonald forecourt store in Belfast which, if successful, could be rolled out to Spar stores across the UK.This is the latest innovation at the six-lane site, which already has pay-at-pump facilities for fuel customers.The new system has been developed ...

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    Major contract for Edensure

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Edensure has won a contract which will see the company’s ES3 wet-stock management service installed at around 140 Malthurst and Pace sites.The deal, which follows a long-running trial on several sites, will more than double the number of UK forecourts using the service, which was only launched here in February ...