All Equipment News articles – Page 72
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Evidently correct
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has issued new guidance for end-users to help them ensure that their digital CCTV images can be used as evidence in court. The BSIA Code of Practice aims to assist in the specification, selection, installation and operation of digital video recording equipment. The advent ...
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Evidently correct
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has issued new guidance for end-users to help them ensure that their digital CCTV images can be used as evidence in court. The BSIA Code of Practice aims to assist in the specification, selection, installation and operation of digital video recording equipment. The advent ...
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Arrival at Istobal
Car wash manufacturer Istobal has recently appointed Dave Lindon as its new business development director.Lindon brings with him 16 year’s experience in the car wash industry. He says: “I want to build the company to a stage where Istobal is as synonymous with car washing, as Hoover is to vacuums.” ...
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Dynamic technology
Panasonic System Solutions has unveiled its latest range of equipment including CCTV, IP cameras and EPoS solutions, as well as iris recognition and digital signage.An innovative solution for the retail sector is the company’s WINICS Retail software – which can link till transaction data with employee activity as recorded from ...
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Clean seat every time
A self-cleaning toilet seat has been launched by new company, Invest in Health.The Eyegiene seat fits onto standard toilet pans and comes with a sanitising dispenser that automatically cleans it after each use. Built-in sensors trigger the process, with the seat rotating through the cleaning mechanism in less than 10 ...
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Real Deals chill out
Spar Scotland has introduced a new solution for merchandising chilled promotions within its convenience stores.With fresh foods a priority growth area for the symbol group this year and many of its Real Deals promotions including fresh products, Spar has launched a new Real Deals chiller unit.Traditionally, chilled promotions have been ...
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Honeywell eyes up BP
BP has chosen Honeywell Video Systems to supply all CCTV equipment for its co-owned forecourts in the UK. Over the next 18 months all 400 BP-owned sites will be upgraded, on a priority basis, to the Honeywell digital video recorder (DVR).The Honeywell HRHD 16-way multiplexing DVR was trialled for four ...
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Xmo Strata takes safety advice from pilots
Signage specialist Xmo Strata has consulted professional pilots about how its health and safety procedures can be made even tighter. Steve Martin, (pictured above) managing director for the company which provides specialist sign installation and maintenance services across the UK, says the aviation industry can teach other industries a lot ...
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Lifting the lid on ads
Ad Lid, a company specialising in adverts on lids for take-out coffee, is hoping to expand its coverage by working with forecourt operators.The adverts are stuck on the plastic lids with special stickers. The lids are provided by the company, which says forecourt businesses would benefit from association with brand ...
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NewsVBi new solution
VBi Retail Solutions has gone into partnership with YesPay, suppliers of electronic funds transfer payment services, to accelerate card payment authorisation. YesPay’s Emboss bureau service, which is an online EMV chip & pin and magnetic credit/debit card transaction processing service, has been integrated into VBi’s Illumina 3000 outdoor payment terminal ...
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Maintenance service overhaul success
Gilbarco Veeder-Root has overhauled its repair and maintenance service and as a result reports a 30% rise in call response rates. The company’s team of 200 engineers makes more than 9,000 service visits a month, and depending on the service level agreements taken out, reponse times vary from four hours ...
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An eye in the sky
Skyguard is a new personal safety service for lone workers at risk. Ideal for forecourt staff, particularly at night, Skyguard combines a pocket-sized personal safety device, called a Skyminder, with a 24-hour emergency response centre. A staff member in trouble raises the alarm using the Skyminder and the response centre ...
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Sterling detector
Tellermate has unveiled the PoundMate counterfeit note detector, said to be the first of its kind as it’s able to detect the security thread in sterling notes and decipher the unique magnetic code embedded in the thread.Cashiers pass the notes through the detector and a green light and audio signal ...
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Top display by Bartuf
In a bid to drive retail sales Welcome Break has awarded retail display solutions company Bartuf Systems a contract to supply a range of display solutions. As part of the contract Bartuf will design, manufacture and install an innovative mobile counter unit plus a range of display solutions including magazines, ...
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Sign of Skill
Specialist sign installation and maintenance company Xmo Strata has won the contract for 650-plus forecourts managed by ABB Ltd.The deal covers maintenance on any signware and graphics, as well as on the forecourt canopy, and also includes a national four-hour emergency response capability. Xmo Strata claims to have the most ...
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Rational response
New from Rational UK comes the SelfCooking Center, which it says is ideal for convenience outlets. The Center claims to deliver better cooking quality and is much faster than a conventional oven. The user simply selects the food to be cooked and pushes a button. The machine then automatically selects ...
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EPOS update completed
Supermarket chain Morrisons has completed the installation of its new Toshiba and HTEC epos solutions at its 300 forecourts. The changeover was necessary because the old system did not allow the integration of petrol sales into the company’s overall sales analysis. Morrisons had been using Toshiba hardware in its stores ...
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Spar Bank Machine
Spar has named Bank Machine as its new preferred ATM supplier. The symbol group’s retail controller, Barry Wallis, says the new deal is the most competititive one for its retailers so far.Ron Delnevo, managing director at Bank Machine, comments: “We have been proud to have worked with Spar on an ...
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Greenberg’s glass act
Greenberg Glass has launched a range of high security systems using a combination of Tego, a glass-polycarbonate composite and SGS, Greenberg’s security glazing beading.Tego, constructed using a patented resin to form a chemical bond between the glass and the polycabonate, can provide a virtually indestructible and absolutely transparent glazing solution ...
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Zoom, zoom, zoom
Bosch has improved its AutoDome camera systems with enhanced optical zoom range up to 26 times without loss of sensitivity and picture quality. In addition, the AutoDomes have an extra x12 digital zoom boost, to give a total zoom range of over 310x. The improved cameras are said to offer ...