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‘Toque’ marks for five colleges through to the Grand Finals
By vendinginternational on March 7, 2011Nestlé Toque d’Or®, the UK’s premier student catering competition – announces the FIVE talented and successful colleges to have WON a once in a lifetime opportunity to compete at the 2011 Grand Final; University College Birmingham, Blackpool & The...
Walkers flavour promotion drives serious sales for Comic Relief
By vendinginternational on March 7, 2011Walkers is supporting Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day and driving some serious crisp sales with its ‘Clash of the Comics’ campaign. This engaging new flavour promotion is seeing four of Britain’s best loved comedians: Stephen Fry, Jimmy Carr, Al...
Isis take the Pure Dorset Water plunge and move to new larger premises in Poole
By vendinginternational on March 7, 2011UK water cooler company, Isis Total Office Hydration, is relocating its head office, to a new high tech purpose built warehouse in Poole, Dorset. The impressive new site will provide a fitting home for the enlarged organisation, which has seen...
Get Involved With Your Association & Join The AVA Regional Meetings!
By vendinginternational on March 7, 2011Are you making use of your AVA member benefits? Being a member of the AVA gives you the right to participate in regional meetings – an informal opportunity to network with fellow members and discuss the issues affecting the...
Successful lobbying by the AVA delays implementation of new coinage until 2012
By vendinginternational on March 7, 2011The AVA has been informed by Justine Greening, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, that the implementation of the new 5p and 10p coins will be delayed until 1st January 2012. This successful lobbying of the Government is fantastic news...
Erwin Wetzel is the new EVA Regulatory Affairs Manager
By vendinginternational on March 7, 2011Erwin Wetzel joined the European Vending Association (EVA) mid-February. Both an Austrian and French national, he speaks German and French at native speaker level and is also fluent in English, with conversational level Spanish. He studied law at the...
EurOps 2011
By vendinginternational on March 7, 2011The European Vending Association will hold its bi-annual conference, EurOps, on 14 and 15 April in Lisbon, Portugal. To open the EVA’s 2011 edition of its flagship conference, participants will be invited, on 14 April, to an ice-breaking cocktail,...
Keeping its cool in a difficult climate
By vendinginternational on March 7, 2011The UK soft drinks market grew overall by 1.7 per cent in 2009, according to figures in the British Soft Drinks Association’s 2010 UK Soft Drinks Report. The two previous years had seen slight falls, so this was a...