All Equipment News articles – Page 75
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Plumb service
Tank cleaning specialist David Plumb & Co is offering a new service which aims to increase the intervals between the cleaning of fuel storage tanks and extend the tank life.The service requires fitting Petroman’s Softfill fuel distribution device onto the bottom of the fill pipe, allowing fuel to be delivered ...
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Kingston milestone
Demand for Verco’s low-front Kingston open chill cabinet has reached an all-time high. The company has sold more than 1,000 units since launch 12 months ago.Sales and marketing director Colin Jones says: “The demand for the Kingston has been unprecedented and exceeds our most optimistic forecasts.”He attributes the unit’s success ...
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Standesse creates warm and welcoming shop
JS Air Curtains’ Standesse model allows retailers to leave their doors open without letting heat escape. The Standesse creates a wall of warm air sealing the internal and external atmospheres but still allowing customers unhindered access into a warm environment.The curtain comes in 1m, 1.5m and 2m lengths and can ...
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Istobel jets into UK market
Istobal, the Spanish carwash manufacturer, has taken a controlling interest in Jet Technics in a bid to bring better service to the UK.Jet Technics managing director Alan Bennett explains: “Our remit is to sort out any problems forecourts have with Istobal car washes whatever they are. We’re here to look ...
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SMS marketing made easy with Textalert.com
Textalert.com has launched an SMS marketing solution for small and medium-sized businesses. Retailers firstly need their customers’ mobile phone numbers. They then log onto www.textalert.com, enter a message, input their customers’ numbers into an online address book and click the send button.The service operates on a pre-paid credits system and ...
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Forecourt clean-up
Karcher’s new HDS 745 Eco M pressure washer is convenient for operators as it has tanks for detergent, scale inhibitor and fuel that can be filled from outside without having to open the machine cover.It also has an ergonomically shaped easy-press trigger gun which requires less trigger-squeezing effort than usual. ...
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All systems go for VBi
VBi Retail Solutions, supplier of fuel management systems and retail solutions to forecourts, has signed an exclusive deal with County Down-based Forecourt Systems making it the exclusive distributor and agent for VBi technology in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.Forecourt Systems managing director Colin Doyle says: “We are looking ...
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Sainsbury picks Dione
Sainsbury is using a Dione solution for chip and pin implementation across its 550-store estate. As such, the Dione Xpress ‘Swipe & Park’ card readers and Xtreme pin pads are being installed at over 15,000 points of sale including self-checking lanes and petrol forecourts.Dione’s multi-lane chip and pin solution has ...
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Cut queue growth
The advent of chip and pin might necessitate retailers to double the capacity of their connections if they don’t want to keep customers waiting.The news comes from Transaction Network Services (TNS), which warns of possible delays at checkouts, particularly at peak times. Alan Stephenson-Brown, sales director at TNS reckons that ...
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Chip & pin for pay at pump
Secure Retail has introduced a new chip and pin terminal for unattended point of sale applications such as kiosks and petrol pumps.The Dione Secura Integration Module incorporates Secure Retail’s newly-patented SecuraCell technology for extra protection against fraud. Its tamper-resistant and tamper responsive enclosure is designed to meet the most stringent ...
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Gilbarco’s SPOT-on
Gilbarco Veeder-Root has announced that the new Secure Payment Terminal (SPOT) has received EMV Level 2 and VISA PIN (PIN Encryption Device) approval. This certification means the terminal meets the security standards required to accept payment cards at terminals used on petrol forcourts, in both European and Asian markets. SPOT, ...
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Rechargable card debut
Rechargeable card debut Retailers now have the opportunity to stock the new ITN rechargeable Phonecard, which is being launched exclusively through the Alphyra Payzone retail network which has 13,500 locations in the UK.Retailers can earn a 25% commission rate, and as the ITN Phonecard is a rechargeable product, they ...
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NewsFlexiline plans move as customer base grows
The customer-focused approach of Flexiline Forecourt Services has apparently proved such a hit with retailers that the company has grown out of its current base in Nuthampstead, Herts and is planning a move to more prestigious premises in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, in 2005.Flexiline was set up five years ago by ...
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Signs for the times
Signage and display specialist, Signwaves, has developed a new poster display unit for forecourts.The distinctive Sentinel unit has been designed to improve poster loading efficiency and reduce health and safety risks.“Sentinel is the ultimate large format poster unit – easy to use, no sharp corners or trip hazards and superb ...
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Coffee Nation in Tesco Express deal
Around 100 Esso-branded forecourts are among 150 Tesco Express stores to offer Coffee Nation’s self-serve gourmet coffee stations by March 2005. The deal marks Tesco’s first steps into the premium coffee-to-go market and Coffee Nation’s first major presence in the UK high street. Founded in 1999 by entrepreneur Martyn Dawes, ...
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NewsMoveable car wash
Eco Technical Services Ltd has come up with a new design for a portable car wash with oil/water separator and water recycling equipment.Branded Mobay, the system is supported by the international company Freylit who has granted sole UK distribution of their Class 1 oil/water separator and water recycling equipment to ...
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Money-making image
A new television advertising concept is being rolled out on garages in Scotland by Plato Systems, giving retailers the opportunity of an added source of income. The package consists of a 40-inch LCD display screen – on which a series of advertisements is played – mounted externally on the ...
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Doorway to DDA needs
As compliance with the new Disability Discrimination Act dawns, Horton Automatics is recommending retailers take a look at its range of swing and sliding doors.The company’s sales director Adrian Chamberlain says many products available from Horton Automatics offer reliable and economic solutions for easy access to and egress from buildings ...
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Chip and pin in seven days
Card payment technology company Commidea has introduced a chip and pin solution that requires no bank testing and can be set up alongside any pos system in less than seven days.Developed in partnership with VeriFone to EMV I & II specifications, Ocius can be operated by two of Commidea’s card ...
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Magnificent seven rebrand
Nationwide sign installation company Xmo Strata has completed a synchronised image change across seven service stations in Kent and East Sussex belonging to George Hammond plc.“Following an agreement with BP Retail, George Hammond had 12 weeks for planning and roll-out of the image change from Shell,” said Brian Madderson, managing ...