From this month The Kenco Coffee Company is adding a new freshbrew product to its sustainable farmed, ethically sourced vending range. New Kenco Sustainable Development Freshbrew is sourced entirely from coffee farmed on Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM farms, and has...

Westomatic Vending Services is showing all the signs of getting warmed up already for AVEX, with the launch of not one but two new machines in one month. First comes the ‘Sigma’, a new hot and cold drinks unit...

Bravilor Bonamat is bouncing back following a major burglary that saw the removal of tens of thousands of pounds worth of beverage equipment, plus major damage to CCTV and server hardware. Now back in business following a two-day shut...

Crane Merchandising Systems (CMS) been named ‘Vending Equipment and Component Supplier of the Year’ by Associated Vending Services (AVS), for the third time in the past six years.AVS comprises of 28 independently-owned vending businesses that create a network of...

As this issue of Vending International was about to go to press, the Automatic Vending Association announced the publication of its 2008 Census which, of course, reflects the figures for 2007. While some of the main findings of the...

A proposal to tackle business crime by forcing offenders to pay for losses and damage to property is only a first step to protecting small firms, warns the Forum of Private Business (FPB). Following its 2008 crime survey, the...

Crane Merchandising Systems (CMS) is launching a new multi-lingual Product Configurator, set to revolutionise the vending machine ordering process for Europe.The development offers customers a unique multilingual portal through which they can place and process orders online. CMS customers...

Moving into recession? With inflation running high and growth slow, should we be looking to raise the interest rate to reduce inflationary pressures, or lower it to stimulate growth? Minutes from a recent Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee...