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years, so much so that we have now had to relocate to bigger premises”. Still based in Lincolnshire, but now in the coastal town of Sutton
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on Sea, Instance Automatics have moved to land with larger workshops offering plenty of room for further growth. “It’s been a really hard few months”, according to Ian Eason, Managing Director of Instance Automatics. “Getting the new premises ready, the machines and stock all moved (and not forgetting EAG right in the middle of it all) but now the offices have been moved over and so we are ready to go.” Instance Automatics Ltd new contact details are: Crabtree Lodge,
Crabtree Lane, Sutton On Sea, Lincolnshire LN12 2RS. Tel: 01507 441144
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Great jukebox profits on offer from Soundnet
overwhelmed by choice. However, there is always good advice to be found from the Soundnet team. “We may be the largest music supplier to jukeboxes in the UK but we always
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have time to talk through the many options available to operators,” said the company’s James Luck. “Toby Hoyte and I can help with all sorts of enquiries from picking out the right jukebox for your site, to picking and profiling the music, to going online and using the various extra features to maximise cashbox.” Sean Kelly, from Pat Kelly Machines, added “Sound Leisure Jukeboxes have
become an integral part of our business; backed up by the superb service we receive from Toby and his team.” “The relationships we establish with our customers form the foundation of the
service we provide,” explained Hoyte. “People know that when they call us we will pull out all the stops to help them – whether it be by providing music for a special event in just a few days with our free Venue Favourites service to providing a free Booster pack to bring an old jukebox bang up to date.” Tony Garret, Account Manager, Essex Leisure has always found it good to talk
to the team at Soundnet. “After many years of outlandish requests from me I did finally think that my request back in very late September might have hit the rails!” he admitted. “Not so and they rose to the occasion admirably I might say.We ordered some German Oompah music on the Monday, they supplied it on the Friday; just in time for the site’s beer festival.We have requested many Venue Favourites over the years but this one deserves a special mention as Soundnet surpassed even their usual excellent support and advice.” Chris Haley, MD, Dransfield Novelty Company
agreed: “We have been using the Venue Favourite service from Soundnet for many years. It has been crucial to the ongoing success of our jukebox sites. In recent months we have noticed that the service has got even better – requests are processed in days with all songs being supplied.”
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s digital jukeboxes become more sophisticated and boast an increasing number of features and music package options, operators may feel
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t has been a hectic year so far for Instance Automatics. “Business is good and has been building ever stronger over the last couple of
Safety is Comestero's strong suit
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talian coin change and winnings cash-in machine manufacturer Comesterogroup chose Enada Primavera to reiterate the common theme
across its product range - the guarantee of the highest levels of reliability and safety in money recognition and changing. The main spotlight on the company’s impressive stand fell on the Rock and
Swing winnings cash-in machines. Security is designed into the units, thanks in the main to the ccTalk protocol, the secure connection with the units’ peripheral devices and those peripherals’ high level of counterfeit currency detection. The units can be easily updated in situ, and new firmware is regularly released free of charge to detect any new counterfeit currency circulating in the market. Importantly for cash-handling industry, the European Central Bank is
introducing the Europa Series banknotes from May this year, and the Rock and Swing machines, as well as the NV9 USB and NV10 USB readers will be able to manage the new £5 banknote and, subsequently, all the other denominations with a simple update free of charge. Safety is also at the heart of the new HS KIT, specifically designed for
Newslot3. Comesterogroup has developed with its partners an entire range of products that fully meet the new security requirements for components in Comma 6a+ machines. The RM5 HS is the new
electronic coin mechanism with AES protocol as standard, which combines the highest safety performance in the category with advanced counterfeit currency detection and the reliability of the HD range.
Academic's addiction work leads to national award
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n academic at Nottingham Trent University has received a prestigious national award from the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS). Dr Mark
Griffiths – a chartered psychologist and the university’s Professor of Gambling Studies – has been named an ‘academician’ of the AcSS, which aims to promote the public benefit of social science in the UK. The award is reserved for distinguished scholars and practitioners from
academia and the public and private sectors, for outstanding impact in their field of study within the social sciences. Professor Griffiths, who was nominated for the honour by the British
Psychological Society, is internationally known for his work into gambling and gaming addictions and has now won 13 major awards. “I am absolutely delighted to receive recognition for my work by such a
prestigious organisation as the Academy of Social Sciences,” said Professor Griffiths, who is based in the university’s School of Social Sciences. He said: “Although I don’t do what I
do to get awards and prizes, it’s always highly rewarding when I do. This latest award is a great honour for me and I look forward to promoting the social sciences outside of academic circles.”
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