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Banknotes are changing - the new fiver is coming
In September, r, The Bank of Engla nd will be issuing a new
polymer £5 note featuring Sir Winston Churchill, which will be followed by a new £10 note in 2017 and new £20 note by 2020.
Details of the design and security features for the #newfiver will be unveiled around three months before he issue date, when the Bank will issue its extensive uite of education materials.
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The new notes will be printed on polymer, a thin and r,
flexible plastic material that fits into wallets and purses just like paper notes. The polymer notes will incorporate advanced security features that make them more difficult to counterfeit. As well as bein g secure, they will be cleaner and durable, so better quality.
WILL YOU BE READY?
Machines that handle cash need to be updated. For most machines, that will be a software update. With less than nine months to go until the #newfiver is issued, The Bank of England encourages all business that handle cash to start thinking about how they can make the transition as smooth as possible for their business and customers .
IIn Brief… Yogurt
n Brief … producer stake Chobani
rejects PepsiCo's offer to buy a majority company, as
in the it announces
plans to self-fund its new growth initiatives.
In the UK United Biscuits launch McVitie’s Digestives Nibbles,
a In
wa lin
the Spring bite-sized
confectionery format for the McVitie’s biscuit brand.
UK, Montgomery Water
Company
acquires a complete bottling e for still and sparkling ter from Sidel.
BWCA turns attention to hot beverages The British Water Cooler Association, the BWCA, has
issued its members with boiler guidelines to ensure best practice for water boilers as well as coolers. This reflects the fact that a number of members are now installing and maintaining hot water machinery. The guidelines are available only to BWCA Members.
Ever keen to follow the needs of the market as it matures, the BWCA is also this year for the first time introducing the topic of coffee into the 2016 BWCA Trade Show. Coffee is also on the agenda in the seminar programme which runs in tandem with the Show. The event will be held on the afternoon of 17 March at the Nottingham Belfry and follows the BWCA’s annual conference, held in the morning at the same venue.
BWCA general manager Phillipa Atkinson-Clow said: “Coolers of course remain the backbone of our industry and of our members’ businesses but we are keen to support those who are exploring the hot beverage market too by ensuring that the same hi gh standards are maintained for boilers as there are for coolers. ”
In the UK FrieslandCampina rolls out its 'Thank Goodness' marketing campaign for the Optiwell line of yogurt drinks, featuring sampling and out- of-home advertising acros s London station.
Waterloo train
In the UK, Freedom Brands partners Highland
Spring
Group as it looks to expand the po
rtfolio of brands within the Coco's
reach
retail Co
of Go
co Coconut Water and the including Go
sector,
newly-launched Shakes.
Go Coco
British company Vegesentials partners US-based Natural Freshness and Ve
to manufacture
gesentials range of cold the
distribute
pressed juices North
March 2016.
New financial controller a t Ex el Vending r,
Excel Vending
financial control Excel Vending is
department.
Jane MacDonald, managing director at Excel, said: “Excellent stewardship over the past 23 years has got us to the stage we are at today, however we are continuing to expand and we are bringing in the right people throughout the business to ensure continued growth. Thomas Ward’s appointment is indicative of how seriously we take our relationship with the customers It’s more than just an efficient account manager on the other end of the phone, we are keen to ensure that
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our customers receive the best possible attention even in financial and administrative matters”. Thomas Ward brings a new level of expertise to the business, the company claims. Vending solutions are evolving all the time, and Thomas’s financial expertise will ensure its customers get the most financially efficient deals for them, and that they get a level of reporting that is second to no ne in the industry.
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delighted to announce the arrival of Thomas Ward as ler, heading up a team of five in the finance
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its
ep Sea Water International nounces plans to introduc e drinking water
brand
‘Kona Deep’ to the US market in 2016, as part of expansion plans.
PepsiCo launches
calorie version of En
a added vitamin C, set Berry low
ergy drink in the US with its AMP
to be
available in Mandarin-Orange a nd Wild variants.
Cherry Kellogg’s launches gluten-
free versions of its Special K and Corn Flakes cereals in A ustralia .
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