Credit Card

Consumers ignorant about new chip and PIN scheme

30-Apr-2003

Pubs face frustrated customers and loss of trade unless the change to chip and PIN card authorisation is properly communicated to customers.The...

Credit card fraud reaches record high

16-Apr-2003

Credit card fraud in pubs and bars reached a record high in 2002 with £8.4m worth of fraudulent transactions being made.According to the Association...

Credit cards no bar to drinks sale

23-Jan-2003

I was really surprised recently to read a well known legal eagleflying in the wrong direction by claiming that the use of credit cards for drinks was...

Police warn barstaff of credit card fraud in run up to Christmas

08-Nov-2002

Organised criminals have stepped up their efforts to force pub staff to "clone" customers' credit cards in the run-up to Christmas.In the busiest...

Barclaycard deal is a hit with SLV

03-Oct-2002

Following the launch last monthof the SLV's latest membership benefit, licensees from around the country have been contacting the society for joining...

Campaign aimed at licensees and barstaff targets credit card crimes

22-May-2002

Barstaff are being encouraged to help catch criminal colleagues as part of a campaign to prevent credit card crime.The Card Watch campaign has been...

Front-of-house IT

04-Oct-2001

Touch-screen tills, hand-held order pads and portable card swipes are among the innovations that are transforming the level of service pubs can offer...

EPOS systems introduce a wealth of possibilities to publicans

22-Mar-2001

Technology in pubs falls into three camps - the Good, the Boring and the Really Quite Useful.For most licensees Good Technology is considered to be...