Members of the AVA Environment Committee joined in force to represent the vending industry to discuss paper cups and plastic in vending. The team were joined by Alex Hattersley, a Policy Adviser in the Energy & Transport division and Silas Gedner, an advisor for the Policy Group at DEFRA. David Llewellyn said “our aim was…
Eight Vending Operators get the chance to go FREE to EVEX 2018
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Lobbying – News (Cashless & Digital Payments)
The HM Treasury states that we are on the road to cashless as purchasing behaviour has changed as 64% of retail sales in 2016 were without cash. This will have a huge impact, the new pound coin cost the vending industry £32million, the movement towards cashless and digital payments could cost the industry £170 million! Read the…
The AVA Northern Golf Day
The AVA 39th Northern Golf day, took place at the beautiful Wetherby golf course. The whole team took advantage of the courses new 17th and 18th holes and the top two winners were; Peter Langstaff (P&G Consultancy) with 1st place followed by a close 2nd place with Robert Gormley (Nestlé). Key winners from yesterday:…
Neil Thomas, Richard Gilbert & Robert Gormley Are Appointed To The AVA Board
The Automatic Vending Association (AVA) is pleased to announce that three new board members have been appointed to the AVA Board. Neil, Sales Director at Care Vending, has been appointed as the AVA Operator Representative. He has played a very active role on the board over the last 5 years and will continue to do…
The AVA’s Meeting Turns Into A Vending Bake Off
The AVA’s South East Regional Meeting and AGM were graciously hosted at Scobie Mcintosh, in Horley this year, as the AVA have continued with the new style format regional events at members locations. The day started off with a tour round Scobie Mcintosh, learning their histories which go all the way back to 1881,…
AVA Board Nominations Are In! Get Voting…
Please Click to Download AVA Board Voting Form 2018 (ONLY Full Members can vote, this excludes Associate, Honorary, Personal & Affiliates Members from voting) Please send completed form by Midday on Monday 18th June 2018 and return to: Email: Nadine.Al-Ahmad@the-ava.com OR Post: Automatic Vending Association, Concept House, Cromwell Office Park, York Road, Wetherby, Leeds, LS22 7SU…
The AVA Board has 3 Vacancies…
The opportunity has arisen to join the AVA Board as 3 positions are due for election; Vending Operator Representative Machines & Components Representative Commodities Representative Should the company you represent be a full member of the AVA, there is now the opportunity for you to apply for a position on the AVA Board should you wish….