All Technology articles – Page 43
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NewsFlypay receives further funding for sector rollout
Flypay, the developer of the restaurant app which enables waiter-less payment, is to be rolled out further after receiving £1m of new funding from mobile payment specialists Entreé Capital and a successful trial with Wahaca
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iTradeNetwork launches individual supplier websites
iTradeNetwork, the owners and operators of online ordering website barbox.com, has closed the service, replacing it with individual supplier websites
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Analysis & Insight
Pubs embrace digital age, but not for payments
Pub operators are becoming increasingly ‘web savvy’ but are resistant to new payment method technology, according to new research
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On-line craft beer sales growth accelerates
Ales by Mail, which works with craft brewers to deliver on-line sales, says it has experienced treble-digit growth in demand for beer online in the second half of 2013 and into 2014
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Digital advertising 'must be more targeted'
Digital advertising needs to be “much more targeted” at individual pub customers, a leading marketing expert told the Future Pub Conference
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Star trials mobile ordering
Star Pubs & Bars, the leased pub division of Heineken UK, is trialling a mobile ordering app at 40 of its sites during April before a potential roll out
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NewsRowland: talk to young about technology
Restaurant and pub operators need to talk to young people to find out how they use technology and then incorporate it into their business, according to YO! Sushi chief executive Robin Rowland
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Use of contactless payment grows
The use of contactless transactions is increasing at a rapid rate, with growth of 249% in one year, new figures show
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Consumers like 'click-to-call' mobile options
More than one in four consumers (27%) would be likely to call a restaurant from their smartphone as a means to contact them if it has a ‘click-to-call’ function on its website, according to new research from Google
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Admiral to roll out Wifi across its estate
Admiral Taverns has selected Purple WiFi - a social WiFi provider - to roll out WiFi services for customers across its entire estate
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Barclaycard launches “Anywhere” payment solution
Barclaycard is to launch a new mobile point of sale solution, ‘Barclaycard Anywhere’, this spring, which has been designed to help SMEs take secure, on-the-spot payments to improve their cash flow and grow their business
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Oakman uses app to help visually impaired customers
Oakman Inns & Restaurants has launched an app that reads menus to visually impaired customers
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App launched to expose hidden dangers of food
A smartphone app called Foodswitch, which enables UK consumers to make healthier and smarter food and drink choices, has been launched
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Analysis & Insight
Consumers want permission to receive mobile marketing
New research on social-local-mobile (SoLoMo) marketing has revealed that 70% of UK consumers are only happy to receive location-based commercial messages via their mobile phone if they have given prior permission
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OpinionWork that experience
Consumers have become ‘value hunters’ and are increasingly willing to go extra lengths to get the best deal, making it more important than ever to build the relationship that will create brand loyalty. But with this loyalty comes further expectations
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Stonegate wins HR award for technology
Stonegate Pub Company has won the HR Distinction Award for Innovative Use of Technology
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Inventive updates website for smartphones and tablets
Inventive Leisure, the Revolution bar operator, has relaunched its website to make it easy to navigate using smartphones and tablets after research showed most users were accessing it via their mobiles
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Drake & Morgan launches Facebook booking app
Drake & Morgan, the London-based bar and restaurant group led by Jillian McLean, has launched a Facebook booking app
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TCG introduces app-based ordering system
TCG is the latest operator to embrace app-based ordering and payment systems at its flagship Henry’s Café Bar in London’s Covent Garden
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Ignite and McManus to use mobile payment app
Northampton-based pub operator McManus and Ignite Group, the restaurant operator, are among the companies to sign up to an app that allows customers to order and pay for food and drinks with their smartphones