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How easy is it for children to buy cigarettes in pubs? Unchallenged? This British Heart Foundation video lays bare the disturbing facts.
Manchester Vending Services support the campaign for an immediate ban on the sale of cigarettes from vending machines.
You can find out more at http://www.bhf.org.uk/outoforder
Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung has teamed up with U.S. food giant Kraft to build a new breed of 21st-century vending machines. The snack machines use a specially built 46-inch LCD panel, which functions as a giant touchscreen, bringing up a host of nutritional information on the food inside.
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Remember that gold vending machine we reported on? Well, they are coming to the UK, according to The Telegraph.
Vending machine businesses that embrace change are booming despite the economy, says Manchester Vending director John Broderick.
"I see the credit crunch as a great opportunity for vending companies who know what they're doing," says Mr Broderick as he walks through his company's spotless new premises.
"I see it not as a recession but as a market correction where the old-fashioned companies who don't change with the times will die out like the dinosaurs. The forward-thinking companies, the companies who evolve new ways of doing business, those companies will rule the earth. It's simply Survival of the Fittest. And Manchester Vending are in pretty good shape."
Here's a gizmo we wish we'd installed at our recent Golf Day Classic...
We started Summer 2009 with smiles all round at our annual Golf Day Gala. During the day, the sun shone and the greens were great. And after all the golf buggies were parked and the clubs put away, we decorated the opulent clubhouse in a big-top circus theme with stilt-walkers, jugglers, show girls, performers and singers.
The highlight of the evening came when we launched the Broderick Trust, pledging £20,000 to the fund. We wanted to appoint the people we most admire in business as trustees of the trust, so we nominated Manchester Airport's Andrew Cornish and Nestle's Wayne Wanklyn. We also gave recognition to our Special Friends in Vending, namely Richard Brinsley from Westomatic and Gary Unsworth from Aimia Foods.
Just in case you missed the live show, here's a clip of the state-of-the-art juggling double-act, Feeding The Fish, who performed at the Manchester Vending Annual Golf Day at Mere Golf Club last week. Bright sunshine made for a great day on the greens. Fabulous guests ensured that the evening festivities were good fun for all. We'll be adding a link to photographs from the day soon, so stay tuned!
We at Manchester Vending have previously expressed our intention to clean up the vending industry by banning cigarette machines in the UK. And now it seems the British Medical Association are also backing the campaign, as reported in The Telegraph today.
The BME are urging MPs to support proposals in the Health Bill which is debated in the House of Commons for the first time today. The move comes after aYouGov poll found that 65 per cent of Brits supported a complete ban on cigarette vending machines.
