Kevin Harrington

Tag: Reading

  • The Next giveaway sale (but you have to ask questions)

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    Next announce better than expected results. Based on my experience, I wonder how, but they do make me smile. I was given a jumper, from Next, as a Christmas present. Yesterday I went into Next in Reading to change it as it wasn’t quite right for me. I presented the jumper and the gift receipt and asked,…

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  • Whiteknights FC has become an iZettler

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    Whiteknights Football Club has been delivering youth football in Reading since 1986 and is and FA Charter Status club. We have over 150 players and the club has always been run and administered by volunteers. Collecting payments and subscriptions from busy parents is always a challenge and it can take a long time. Part of the problem…

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    iZettle card reader for Whiteknights Football Club

  • McPrepaid: Luncheon Vouchers grind beefburgers to a halt

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    Which retailer has done one of the best jobs of supporting and promoting contactless payments in the UK? I would say McDonald’s. All their restaurants proudly display payments terminals that accept contactless payments and they have made a considerable investment. The standard reasons a retailer/ restauranteur would want to accept contactless payments would include the speed of…

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    Luncheon Vouchers in McDonlad's

  • Prepaid gets people out of cars and onto buses

    Prepaid and smart cards are contributing to the migration of passengers from the comfort of their cars and onto public transport buses. Well that appears to be the assertion. The Go-Ahead Group has reported a 7.2 per cent rise in passengers using its deregulated bus services in the first quarter of 2011, hinting that motorists are saying…

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  • Beadle and Crome Miss the Boat

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    Every year Beadle and Crome, the interiors business in the Oxford Road, Reading, send me a Christmas card. This of course has little to do with Christmas and their good wishes to me and my family (they don’t know us from Adam and we’ve never bought anything from them) but is more focussed on telling me about…

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    Beadle and Crome sale

  • Trains delayed

    You know how we all feel when a train is cancelled, or there are roadworks or other travel delays? Well here is a fine example of simple communication that helps the public understand the work that is going on. With passenger numbers at Reading set to double by 2030, Network Rail are increasing the capacity…

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