The run-up to Christmas is going to be hectic so make sure you’re prepared. Your tills will be ringing and you’ll have the opportunity to increase your takings tenfold, but only if you consider what your customers want. Here are the top 5 venue updates you’ll need this winter: A smoking shelter Your smoking shelter … Continued

The Gambling Commission is the regulatory body for UK gambling activities, which includes everything from bingo halls to bookmakers, and some categories of gaming machines like those supplied by Manco Automatics Ltd. In order to be allowed to supply gaming machines legally, companies must be licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission – and you’ll … Continued

Now is the time to start thinking about how you can make your venue stand out from the crowd this party season. People are already getting excited about Christmas, thanks in part to Christmas decorations, mince pies and tins of chocolates already being in the shops. Before then though, you’ve got Halloween and Bonfire night … Continued

As ‘Back to School’ promotions start in stationery shops and clothes stores, it’s an important time for bars and pubs to make the most of Manco’s services to make sure your pub pool tables and fruit machines are ready for Freshers Week. The new influx of students – not only the first years or ‘Freshers’, … Continued

One of the most popular aspects of Manco’s gaming machines and pool tables is the option to have one on your premises on a profit share arrangement, so that rather than paying an upfront rental fee, you just pay over a percentage of any proceeds from the machine. This is already clearly advantageous for premises … Continued

Fruit machines have been around for generations, with pub pool tables appearing around the 1980s, quiz machines at the turn of the millennium, and now pull tab machines – but what are these newcomers, and should your venue have one? In brief, a pull tab lottery machine allows your customers to deposit their stake, pull … Continued

It’s been a great summer of sport already in 2016, with England’s poor showing in the Euros more than made up for by the other home nations, and especially by Wales, whose unprecedented run earned them a hero’s welcome and an open-top bus parade around Cardiff. Andy Murray has finally found his form on a … Continued

June 15th was Beer Day Britain, and with the EU Referendum coming just a week later, there has never been a more critical time for many British business sectors, including the hospitality and pub trades. Nobody really knows what will happen on June 23rd or in the months and years that follow it – and … Continued

Aside from the Christmas and New Year holiday season, the longer lighter evenings of summer are a major boost for the pub trade, but when the sun goes down you risk losing that extra trade in one mass exodus from your beer garden. Pool tables are a great way to provide punters with a reason … Continued

The 12-sided pound coin has been making headlines for months now as, when it is introduced in March 2017, fruit machines and other coin-operated gaming machines will need a software or hardware update in order to accept it. But even before then, the new £5 note to be issued this September will be printed on … Continued