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London arena equipped with contactless payment terminals
16 Jul 2012

YESpay contactless payment terminals have been installed at the North Greenwich Arena in London.

New cashless parking system trialled in Horsham
1 Jun 2012

Motorists in Horsham will soon be able to pay for their parking with their mobile phone and bank card

Worcestershire drivers to pay for parking with new smart card
5 Mar 2012

Bromsgrove District Council considering rolling out a smart card scheme across car parks in the town

Feature: How contactless smart cards are helping councils and their residents
29 Feb 2012

Councils across Britain are making use of the technology in order to make life convenient for residents and to cut down on administration for staff.

Cashless parking scheme to be extended across Milton Keynes
6 Feb 2012

RingGo scheme will be extended across all the town's standard rate parking bays

New cashless parking system in Hackney will bring an 'end to parking tickets'
20 Jan 2012

Hackney drivers can now use new mobile phone-based payment system to pay their parking fee

New cashless parking system launched in Suffolk
18 Jan 2012

New RingGo service will allow users to pay for their parking using their bank card and a mobile phone

Use of smart cards in public sector rises in 2011
9 Jan 2012

The number of smart cards used in the government and healthcare sector rose by around 18 per cent in 2011

Free school meals in Berkshire rise by a third
23 Dec 2011

Take-up of free school meals has risen in Berkshire - could cashless catering have played a part?

News in-depth: One-third of primary school-leavers is obese, report finds
15 Dec 2011

Shocking new figures show almost a third of children leaving primary school are obese.

Council looks into potential problem of children 'going hungry'
12 Dec 2011

It has been suggested that schoolchildren in one part of England may not be getting enough food at lunchtime.

Could pub lunch encourage school to bring in dinners?
9 Dec 2011

A hot meal instead of packed lunches could have got one school thinking about its midday offerings.

School caterer wins award for high-quality food
6 Dec 2011

A school caterer has won a national award.

News in-depth: Schools 'under threat' from unhealthy snacks again
30 Nov 2011

An organisation has warned that it is worried standards of school meals may be slipping again.

Yorkshire school receives two awards for catering facilities
28 Nov 2011

A school catering service has won two prizes.

Sidmouth school reaps benefits of healthy eating drive
28 Nov 2011

A healthy eating initiative has been going well for a school in Sidmouth.

Academy schools 'should stick to healthy meals standards'
25 Nov 2011

Good work on school meals should not be undone, Jamie Oliver has warned.

School dinners in Plymouth win silver award
25 Nov 2011

A Plymouth school's dinners were worth a silver award.

Norwich parents urged to sign up for free school meals
21 Nov 2011

Many parents in Norwich are not making the most of free school catering.

News in-depth: 89% of parents satisfied with school meals
9 Nov 2011

Satisfaction levels for school meals have been found to be high.

News in-depth: School meals service recognised by top award
2 Nov 2011

Bolton Council has won an award for its school catering.

Children at Enfield school will all benefit from free meals
2 Nov 2011

Free school catering is to be extended to all the pupils at one primary.