BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions attended the Vendex North exhibition on the 15^th November held at Old Trafford, home of Manchester United Football club. Vendex North is one of the most established and respected events for the UK vending industry.

The EVA’s 2011 AGM and Workshop on: “European Vending – Understanding current market issues and trends” will take place on 12 & 13 December, in Brussels. This year is an election year for the EVA Presidency and its Executive Committee. For this reason, the EVA is expecting a larger-than usual turnout of its membership at the Annual General Assembly on 12 December.

Tim Varney’s idea to hold a ball in aid of his charity, Edukaid, became reality on Saturday 22nd October and raised an amazing £9,000 – almost enough to renovate an entire school in Tanzania. With the help of his family, encouragement from Alistair Price and others in the vending industry, and some marketing from the AVA, 130 of the great and the good from the vending industry met in Torquay. Golf was laid on by the irrepressible Paul Howard and an Agatha Christie trip by Richard Brinsley.

The leisure industry has been important to vending for many years, and some of the greatest examples of vending in action can be found in leisure centres, theme parks and other places where people go to have fun. Leisure Industry Week (LIW) first ran in 1989 and quickly established itself as the trade show for the UK out of home leisure sector. LIW represents the entire spectrum of leisure operators including health clubs, theme parks, gyms, play centres, sports clubs, farm parks and bars etc.

Aimia Foods is launching a new product and plans to tempt visitors with taste testing on stand D18 at Vendex 2011. Already the market leader in skimmed milk for vending machines, Aimia will be unveiling brand new product developments in its granulated milk range, under the well-known and respected Milfresh brand.

For the first time Crane Payment Solutions presented itself under its new name at the Eu’Vend 2011; the trade fair for vending professionals in Cologne. Many visitors visited the Crane Payment Solutions booth in order to learn more about the latest trends, technologies and solutions.

The coffee bar boom continues unabated — and not just in Germany. This dynamic development is benefiting both large chains and small entrepreneurs whose coffee bars have become popular meeting places everywhere from business districts to trendy neighbourhoods. But are coffee bars a competitive threat to the vending sector?

Satro will be presenting a large selection of hot and cold speciality beverages for vending, HoReCa and office coffee service under the brand Satro Quality Drinks (SQD) at Eu'Vend this year.

Now in its sixth year, Caffè Culture, the UK’s most comprehensive resource for the UK café and coffee bar market, took place in the National Hall, Olympia on 18th & 19th May 2011. On Friday 20th May the show also won the award for UK’s Best Trade Event at the prestigious Exhibition News Awards for Caffè Culture 2010.

The vending industry is continuously advancing with increasingly diverse products on offer across a huge range of user groups. These include organisations in both the public and private sectors with varying priorities ranging from healthy eating and employee ‘wellness’ to energy efficiency and green concerns. In order for professionals in the vending industry to provide and maintain the best possible service to their clients, it is essential that they have access to the most appropriate, cost effective and energy efficient products and services on the market.

The EVA held its 2010 Annual General Assembly and Conference “The ins and outs of European lobbying”, in Brussels. More than 60 companies and National Associations attended this 2-day event which commenced with a short but compact Annual General Assembly on the afternoon of 8 December. The Annual Report and the Business Plan for 2011-2012 were presented by Catherine Piana, and approved by the voters of the Association.

Vendex North took place in the Manchester Suite at Old Trafford, home to none other than Manchester United on Tuesday 16th November. Vending International was there to see the latest in machine technology, together with a wide range of vended products and services.

The latest session of Vending PARIS confirms the exhibition’s role as the mustattend event for the vending world and marks a significant milestone in the show’s history, with new themes and events reflecting the latest industry trends and developments.

The UK’s favourite one-day vending show returns this month (November 16) to Manchester’s Old Trafford, home of Manchester United Football Club. Vendex North, now into its sixth year, promises to once again deliver what the UK vending industry wants – a busy day of buying, selling and networking opportunities in a convivial and highly-charged atmosphere.

Automatic Vendors Ltd look forward to welcoming you to stand E30 on 16th November 2010 at Manchester United Football Club, where leading USI vending machines will be available for viewing and demonstration including Mercato, Alpine, Summit and Satellite ranges.

Leading German manufacturer of quality hot drinks dispensers, vending machines and product merchandisers, Sielaff, is exhibiting at Vendex North [Stand D12]. Star of the Show will be the recently launched Piacere bean-to-cup machine. Joining Piacere on the stand is the class-leading Robimat 75 robotic glass-fronted can & bottle vending machine and an entry level snack merchandiser, Snack 48.

Burton’s Foods are running a ‘Golden Ticket’ competition at this year’s Vendex North, offering visitors the chance to win a great selection of prizes, including an iPod Nano.

“To demonstrate how well our brands perform in vending we’re launching a unique Golden Ticket competition,” comments Chris Bampton, Business Account Manager for Burton’s Foods, Out of Home Snacking. “We’ll have a vending machine on the stand fully stocked with some of our leading products. A handful of these will have a Golden Ticket attached them – if a visitor picks a product with a ticket, they’ll win!”

Crem International UK Ltd have just launched the revolutionary C- Qube and C-Qube with Milk and will be exhibiting both machines at Vendex, Manchester, in November.

Both these stunning coffee machines are based upon new logic and vanguard technology and will change how people drink coffee in offices, canteens and board rooms round the world.

27-29 October 2010 - Paris Expo • Porte de Versailles • Pavillon 4

Vending PARIS 2010 will take on a whole new dimension, with events and themes in tune with the latest market trends. Quality and sustainable development will be the key issues tackled in talks and a new event, the Vending Canteen – a fully automated restaurant.

“Vending PARIS is the exhibition where all market players will be able to show how dynamic and inventive they are,” says Corinne Menegaux, Director of the Hotel & Catering Division and Director of the Vending PARIS exhibition.

Hotelympia runs from 28th February–4th March 2010 at ExCeL London and is organised by leading food and hospitality exhibition organisers, Fresh RM. Visitors to the show can expect to discover new ideas and solutions, access vital business information and interact with live features and world culinary competitions.

Crem International UK Ltd are exhibiting at the forthcoming show, HOTELYMPIA, London, from February 28th till March 4th showing their broadest range of machines from Instant, Freshbrew, Espresso and Bean to Cup.

A range of innovative technology solutions from Call-Systems Technology (CST) is on show at Hostec Hotelympia. Highlights include the UK’s most advanced hospitality automation system, ConnectSmart, which is demonstrated with the latest versions of its kitchen-proof hardware; and Genesis, the software package providing a complete communications solution integrating phones, mobiles, pagers and email.

The European Vending Association was pleased to have successfully delivered, what it considers the most influential event for the vending industry in 2009. The AGM and the round-table discussions that ensued, brought together top managers from the main companies and National Associations, representing the vending industry in Europe and abroad. The workshop gave much needed impetus to a dynamic industry ready to re-look and re-position itself in the world of automated trade.