Following the latest information and guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UK government, Datateam Business Media has taken the decision to postpone The Vendies 2020, which was due to take place on Wednesday, June 3. Event...

The UK vending industry is calling on the UK Government for renewed and further support to help vending operators and their direct supply chain to survive the pandemic as research shows one in five jobs in the sector could...

Last year, Selecta analysed 16 million snack sales from our vending machines across 96 UK towns and cities, to find out which snack the UK public loves the most. The 10 snacks that came out on top: Cadbury Twirl...

Nestlé UK and Ireland has joined forces with Plastic Energy, a major chemical recycling company, with the aim of developing a plant in the UK. The two companies will come together to explore the scope for the first commercial...

Rhea Vendors Group has issued a call to action to the business world by inviting different entrepreneurial firms into a virtual setting to hold discussions, develop ideas and try to predict the new economic landscape. The company has decided...

Selecta Group, has installed its 200th micro market in Europe with the most recent launch at medical supplies manufacturer Renolit, based in the Netherlands.   Selecta’s micro markets, branded FOODIE’S in mainland Europe and Express HUB in the UK and...

Vendex Turkey, the vending technologies and self-service systems exhibition, will be held from 4-6 February 2021 in Istanbul. Organisers say that while 2020 was a different year for everyone, manufacturing companies took the opportunity to focus on research and...

The Automatic Vending Association (AVA) says it takes the issue of allergen labelling “extremely seriously” after a Torfaen Trading Standards report on milk content (and labelling) in ‘vending machines’. The investigation was reported in an article in Food Manufacture...

Global sustainable food packaging leader Huhtamaki is donating €600,000 to fund a project that aims to stop the flow of plastic into the Indian Ocean from the Mithi River in Mumbai, India. The project is one of three initiatives...