NEWS | Industry Updates Dan Varney joins Vendmanager


as client success manager SB Software, the makers of Vendmanager, appointed Dan Varney, formerly of Revive Vending, to a key new role within the company, client success manager. Managing director Simon Black explains: “We have long been


known for our diligent customer support team, and its fast and effective response to any customer issues. We plan to keep it that way and also to go further. “Client Success is all about pre-empting problems before they


Evoca Group has announced that La Reale, the flagship model of Gaggia Milano coffee machines has won the Chicago Museum of Architecture and Design’s Good Design Award


La Reale, designed by the Bonetto Design Center, is described as having a unique style, which enhances the reliability of the elements and materials. It appears to be entirely shaped by light, both in the reflection of


the details of its copper and steel bodywork, as well as in the lighting of the LED profiles and in its backlighting. La Reale will be included in the Yearbook of the Chicago


Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, becoming one of the most distinguished projects in terms of design. Created in 1950 by the Museum of Architecture and Design in


Chicago, the Good Design Award is an award given to the most innovative and creative products of the year. In 2019, the Museum of Chicago received a record number of


entries from the world's leading manufacturers and industrial and graphic design companies: just think that the 69th GOOD DESIGN jury selected over 900 projects from 47 countries!


even arise and helping our cus-tomers to achieve their own commercial goals. After all, that is the reason that they invest in Vendmanager in the first place – to make their own business more successful. Dan will be in charge of leading that programme – with the full support of everyone at SBS.” Dan has long been a hands-on “power-user” of Vendmanager


himself – as an operator in his po-sition at Revive with his experience spanning a full range of commercial challenges facing the vending sector. Dan is in post already and has relocated from Salisbury to


Sheffield.


Dan Varney: newly appointed client success manager at Vendmanager – helping customers to achieve their own commercial goals by pre-empting problems before they even arise.


Wrap report shows progress on plastics


The Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap) has published its an annual report and baseline data for The UK Plastics Pact, giving an indication of members’ starting position towards four set targets, as well as where the biggest challenges lie.


The UK Plastics Pact is a unique, collaborative initiative that will


create a circular economy for plastics. It brings together businesses from across the entire plastics value chain with UK governments and NGOs to tackle plastic waste. The 2018/19 report and data show: • one billion problematic and unnecessary single use plastic items are to be eliminated by the end of 2020;


• pact members are over halfway towards all their packaging being recyclable, and the UK is over half-way towards recycling 70% of plastic packaging;


• members are a third of the way towards an average of 30% recycled content in their plastic packaging;


• Highly complex challenges remain, such as developing a recycling system for films and flexible packaging;


Marcus Gover, WRAP CEO, said: “The way that we make, use


and dispose of plastic is transforming, and I am proud of the progress that the Pact has made so far. But there is no magic wand – we’re unpicking a highly complex and well-established system and making sure that we don’t simply displace the environmental cost elsewhere. Retaining the valuable role plastic packaging plays, especially in preventing food waste, is crucial. We can’t gamble with the climate in our desire to tackle plastic pollution. “Our Pact members have shown that they’re committed to this


challenge and our new report demonstrates the breadth of action so far on tackling plastic waste. These aren’t token gestures – changes like these require a huge amount of investment and innovation. It shows that our members are working collaboratively towards the same goal. “Moving forward we face significant challenges, particularly


around films and flexible packaging, increasing recycling, and development of re-use and refill models. These will be our top priorities as we work urgently towards a world where plastic is valued and doesn’t pollute the environment.”


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