All Equipment News articles – Page 69
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Important mat-ters
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
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BP adopts E-learning
E-learning company ThirdForce is providing BP Retail with a staff training package that’s delivered using a portable, touch-screen tablet PC called the El Box.The solution will be used to provide regulatory and compliance training to BP’s forecourt staff at sites across the UK.The El Box comes pre-loaded with a dedicated ...
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Plug in and play
Viseon has launched a web-based CCTV recording system that aims to remove the need for expensive on-site equipment.Viseon says its system is simple to plug in and play using existing cameras.It provides a virtual control room where retailers can view both live footage and past recordings, all accessed via an ...
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NewsStage II solution saves time
Tokheim UK has fitted an automatic monitoring Stage II Vapour Recovery solution - which it claims eliminates the need for weekly and annual compliance tests - on its first two UK sites.The new-build sites, Spar Battlefield in Shrewsbury and a Harry Tuffin Supermarkets forecourt in Ludlow, have been equipped with ...
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Kiosk with extras
Bank Machine has joined forces with digital content provider, the Felix Group, to launch an ATM kiosk that offers a range of extra digital services, including mobile top-ups, ringtone and music downloads, photo printing and interactive gaming.The Max Box is a free-standing, broadband-enabled kiosk with a fully-integrated cash dispenser. The ...