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At CRB Cunninghams, we are continuously renewing our products and services to ensure our schools and users get what they need from our cashless software. Investing in our contactless solutions through...
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In the latest installment of our webinar series on the 4th of May, our Corporate Account Manager Gareth Hunter gave attendees an insight into the new and existing challenges faced by multi-academy tru...
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Today, Stop Food Waste Day is back to help educate people globally about the consequences of food wastage and what we can do to help reduce our impact on the planet. With the effects of the COVID-19 p...
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A story from TLG’s Make Lunch club member The school holidays are a source of joy for many pupils who relish the chance to relax and spend time with friends away from school. For an increasing numbe...
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International School Meals Day is back for its ninth consecutive year to celebrate nutritious, hot school meals and the people that provide them for pupils across the world. With the recent struggles ...
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Save food, money, and the planet during Food Waste Action Week This week marks Food Waste Action Week, created by WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) to raise awareness of the env...
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This year, we want to provide our customers with everything they need to get the most out of their cashless catering software and ensure we provide the best possible service, helping us to develop ou...
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A guide for the education catering industry on navigating the new normal Every industry has been affected by COVID-19 in different ways, and the education catering sector is no exception. Despite thes...
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Bringing cashless catering solutions under one roof In a digitally dominated world, which has only been accelerated by COVID-19 and the desire to move various processes online, being familiar with mul...
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For all in the education catering sector, the main goal throughout this year has been to ensure that pupils across the UK continue to have access to nutritious, hot school meals. Whilst this yea...
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During the doom and gloom of the end of 2020, any opportunity to come together and celebrate the hard work of those in the education sector must be grasped with both hands. Yesterday, professionals fr...
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We’ve asked students, guardians, and school staff at CRB Cunninghams cashless schools how they would benefit from online payment software, iPayimpact and pre-order app, Fusion Online. With over 460 ...
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CRB Cunninghams are delighted to have been named the winner of the Innovation award at this year’s Public Sector Catering Awards, the first dedicated edtech company to ever achieve a public sector c...
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Headteacher of Holy Trinity Primary school in Hackney, Yvonne Barnett, recently put it best when stating ‘to be prepared for learning, pupils need to be well-rested, well-fed and properly nourished....
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Commitment to serving local communities Public sector caterers across the UK have quickly adapted during lockdown to keep providing essential services despite major unforeseen disruptions to their res...
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How have school lunches changed in Britain? Many things define a decade, from music and fashion to technology and politics, the way we look back at a certain time in our life can often be associated w...
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All online payment processors, such as the likes of PayPal, are regulated by the relevant governing bodies to ensure security and protection to their consumers, and school online payment providers sho...
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About the Author David Swanston, Managing director of CRB Cunninghams outlines the steps they have taken to support schools during the lockdown period ...
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Schools across the UK are streamlining their catering operations by simplifying menus to offer a Grab & Go lunch service. This is an efficient method for schools to incorporate varied safeguarding...
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As technology evolves, software plays a huge part in the school lunchtime experience, with pupils, staff and parents reaping the benefits of implementing advanced technology into the dining hall. Now ...
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A guide for school leaders It was made clear earlier this week that schools in Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland are unlikely to return this side of the summer holidays. However, as laid out by Pr...
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TLG has been making a significant difference to hungry children across the UK for several years, but ever since schools closed and the strict lockdown measures have been in place, their Make Lunch pro...
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Now more than ever, individuals and businesses across the world are placing hygiene at the forefront of their priorities, ensuring basic hygiene methods, such as hand washing, are strictly adhered to....
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For Education Professionals With COVID-19 in full force, many professionals in the education industry are embracing a new style of working that has traditionally only been possible for those working d...
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As the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to escalate, we are all being urged to cut down on human interaction and practice safe social distancing. But what does this mean for payment transactions? To hel...
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With the increasing number of coronavirus cases being documented around the world, schools and educational institutions are advising staff and students of effective measures to take to minimise the ri...
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Recognising innovation within the catering industry We are pleased to announce that CRB Cunninghams has been shortlisted in the Public Sector Catering Awards 2020 for Innovation, recognising CRBC’s&...
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Why schools are opting for pre-order solutions as an enhancement to their cashless catering system For many pupils, lunchtime is their favourite part of the day, as they can spend time with friends an...
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CRB Cunninghams has been awarded the contract for Solihull Council’s cashless catering, winning the tender process The roll-out of the system across 3 secondary and 65 primary schools is already und...
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CRB Cunninghams are proud to announce that we have achieved Alcumus Safe PQQ verification. Complementing our SafeContractor accreditation, we see this as a demonstration of our com...
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Many schools across the UK are introducing online pre-ordering systems for their students to manage and plan their school meals ahead of time. Not only does pre-ordering school meals benefit schools a...
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CRB Cunninghams, the UK's leading supplier of cashless catering systems to schools, are proud to announce the partnership with TLG, securing this vital community service for the year to come. D...
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CRB Cunninghams Welcome David Paylor As Commercial Director We are delighted to welcome our new Commercial Director, David Paylor to the CRB Cunninghams family. With his years of experience and exper...
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CRB Cunninghams Brought Cashless Catering To Life at BETT 2019 You may have seen #lunchandlearn trending on our social media pages and for those who were not able to attend BETT 2019, we can now ...
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The CRB Cunninghams sales team were delighted to attend the Birmingham Academies Show. Newly rebranded to the Schools and Academies Show, the winter gathering provided an ideal opportunity to demonstr...
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Join us for our most exciting event of the year! One of the largest highlights in the educational calendar, BETT 2019 will host our most interactive lunch and learn session to date. For over 40 years,...
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As we conclude another busy September and a new year of students begin to settle in, the back-to-school period highlighted a key issue for education software affecting schools across the country. This...
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CRB Cunninghams have just completed another successful implementation at the Erne Integrated College in Northern Ireland. Running Fusion, the latest cashless catering and integrated online payments pr...
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As we approach the new academic year, many schools are starting their new term with our time-saving identity management technology. From the classroom to the library, our software is not restricted to...
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CRB Cunninghams are preparing for their September back-to-school rush by partaking in the infamous Autumn Wolf Run. The 10-kilometre run set to take place on 1st September will provide a much-nee...
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With so many children to feed in schools, mealtimes are no easy task. When providing food and drink options, each child will have different preferences, diets and conditions. From allergies and intole...
Read Article >2018 Academies Show The CRB Cunninghams team visited the London Academies show to showcase some of our electronic cashless catering, online payment and identity management hardware and software. Devel...
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With recent news and community initiatives highlighting the severity of obesity in Scotland, new measures are being proposed by the Scottish government to combat childhood obesity. The official con...
Read Article >With so many schools adopting new cashless catering methods, the introduction of biometric recognition can be a mind field. To address any concerns and common myths, we've put together the top three c...
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CRB Cunninghams proudly sponsor the Inch by Inch for Scotland campaign, who has won the Best Marketing Campaign Award at the Cost Sector Catering Awards in London. Promoting healthy living and exerci...
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What will the day include?The Academies Show showcases speakers, governmental bodies and businesses, whilst allowing academies the opportunity to network, learn more about one another and experience t...
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Join CRB Cunninghams at WASBM 2018! We are going to be at the Bank House Hotel, Bransford, Worcester, WR6 5JD on the 16th March 2018. We will be showcasing all of our latest innovative developments an...
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BETT is the event for transforming education. The home of new ideas, practices, technologies and we have plenty to show, including:Fusion - Our new and improved cashless cate...
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Between the dates of the 5th and 7th July, we exhibited our range of education solutions at the LACA Main Event which is dedicated to the school food sector, held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. A...
Read Article >It is with great sadness that we share the news that Mr Cunningham, who founded 'Cunningham Cash Registers Ltd' in 1975, has passed away at the grand old age of 98 years old. CRB Cunninghams would lik...
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The latest cashless catering solution from CRB Cunninghams is here! Fusion offers enhanced functionality via a user-friendly and elegant interface. Not only does Fusion remove the need for cash to be ...
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This month, CRB Cunninghams' brand new Cashless Catering solution, Fusion, has gone live in 2 beta test sites. Beeslack Primary School and Kings Norton Boy's School have both taken on the new system t...
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The CRB Cunninghams User Group took place on the 23rd May at the Forthbank Performance Centre in Stirling. The event was well-attended and considered an overall success by all. The morning User Group ...
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On May 12, 2017, a ransomware package known as "WannaCry" appeared in the news. This program targets Windows systems using various vulnerabilities and exploits them to propagate itself across networks...
Read Article >The iDReader is ready for release in schools after passing its CE test this month! The iDReader is a cost-effective, single application identity reading device which is perfect for quick and easy acce...
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Three trainee dinner ladies from schools in West Lothian were given the opportunity to experience top-class culinary training in the famous kitchens of The Balmoral Hotel. Yvonne Clark, Debbie Van Hus...
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This month, we are delighted to announce that we have extended our team of regional Field Service engineers. We now have a total of 35 engineers on the road each day, located all across the UK, ready ...
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The new £1 coin was introduced into circulation on the 28th March. There is now a short period of co-circulation with the old, round £1 coin, which will end in mid-October. After this, the old £1 c...
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Over the next 12 months, the iPayimpact online payments solution is scheduled to be rolled out to all primary and secondary schools in Fife. Fife Council have released an article on their website to i...
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Between the 25th and 28th January, CRB Cunninghams were proud exhibitors at The BETT Show 2017. Located on stand E365, we were delighted to receive so many positive comments from visitors to our stand...
Read Article >On the 23rd of November, we exhibited our products at the Academies Show in Birmingham. Located on stand C26, we showcased the beta version of Fusion alongside our iDReader and iDStore solutions and w...
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We would like to announce the completion of the installation of Cashless Catering and Online Payments to all North Lanarkshire Council primary and secondary schools. A total of 23 high schools and 134...
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We are proud to report that our Identity Management platform, iDStore, has received official recognition of our software integration with Paxton's Access Control solution, Net2. iDStore allows any Net...
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Hosted on the 20th April at ExCeL London, CRB Cunninghams exhibited at the Academies Show. Located at stand 540, we had a variety of solutions for the education sector on display and our knowledgeable...
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CRB Cunninghams are delighted to announce that we were recently awarded a contract with Argyll and Bute Council via the ESPO framework. A total of nine Argyll and Bute secondary and joint campus schoo...
Read Article >Between the dates of 20th and 23rd January, CRB Cunninghams were proud exhibitors at the BETT Show at the ExCel exhibition centre in London. The BETT Show is the most popular event in the UK for exhib...
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The next generation of Net2 Entry panels will be available from the 1st September 2015. Offering enhanced door entry functionality, the Net2 Entry Panels ensure complete, versatile security. The panel...
Read Article >Biometric time and attendance systems are quickly becoming more and more useful within the education sector. Biometrics are used to record accurate student attendance and is considerably more bene...
Read Article >CRB Cunninghams are delighted to announce the following contract awards for iPayimpact. iPayimpact is our online payment system for meals and other school purchases. North Lanarkshire Council Via...
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NXP has released the next generation of MIFARE cards, the MIFARE Classic EV1 At the beginning of 2015, NXP introduced the latest addition to the MIFARE Classic range, the MIFARE Classic EV1 which is a...
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This month CRB Cunninghams proudly announced the initial release of our Identity Management platform, iDStore. iDStore sits at the heart of our solutions and is a multi-function platform that is easy ...
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East Renfrewshire Council primary schools are embracing classroom pre-ordering via interactive whiteboards using the Impact cashless catering solution. Since the introduction of whiteboard&n...
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BETT 2015 The UK's biggest education and technology event has closed its doors for another year, but what a fantastic event it was. From the guest speakers in the BETT Arena on Day 1 to the most innov...
Read Article >February 2, 2015 - CRB Cunninghams, a nationwide provider of educations solutions, announced the debut of their new innovative, identity management platform, iDStore. A simple to use, multi-funct...
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Welcome to the CRBC December Newsletter Our cashless payment system is a truly flexible hardware and software system for education and business dining services. Easy to use, the system helps to i...
Read Article >iPayimpact is now available via the Scotland Excel Framework for School Online Payment solutions. CRB Cunninghams are pleased to announce our status as a supplier on this important new Framework, maki...
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CRB Cunninghams and Yorkshire based visitor management company - InVentry, have recently been collaborating with several schools to provide an integrated education visitor management solution. InVentr...
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Jonas Acquires Cunninghams Jonas Software has acquired Cunningham Cash Registers, Ltd. (Cunninghams), a leading provider of technology solutions to the primary and secondary education markets, along w...
Read Article >The CRBC Team were delighted to have supported another local charity event. As winners of the Jonas staff survey award for the fastest response time and a 100% return rate, we decided to donate our ca...
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Jonas Software has acquired CRB Solutions, a leading provider of cashless catering and payment solutions to the Primary and Secondary Education Market in the UK. With over a million users in 3000+ sch...
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Alistair V McIntyre, Catering Services Manager at multi-award winning Scottish Borders Hospitality, comments on the popularity of our impact system; "In the past four years, we have seen a contin...
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"The preparation was excellent and no requirement was too much of a problem and the day provided exactly what we wanted."
Many thanks to CRB Cunninghams in getting us up and running with the contactless cards and pre-order app. It was an excellent project and a pleasure to work with you all! I’ve had excellent feedback and expressions of thanks from senior officers, and more importantly, I have been inundated with requests from pupils that never received their onboarding codes wanting to sign up. I would highly recommend Fusion Online to other schools. In fact, I’m already advising other councils to implement the software.
Jamie Fisher - Facilities and Support Services Manager, West Lothian Council
"From start to finish CRB Cunninghams displayed their knowledge and understanding of the school environment. They were flexible and professional from the start of the decision making progress. Importantly, they were timely in installation, helpful with solutions and remained to be part of the first operations day. They continue to support and be helpful."
"Provision of accurate management information on a service-wide and school-by-school basis identifying areas for improvement and best performers."
"Hats off to CRB Cunninghams who were brilliant partners throughout the project ensuring the council project team completed on time."
"The upgrade to iDStore and Fusion has been a great success. The guys involved in the beta have managed and supported this project extremely well, and are a credit to the company."
"I can't praise the system enough - it works really well with mobile devices too. We've just started our first trip collection too, which is minimising our overheads with cash collection - ticks a box for our admin staff."
"Our CRB Cunninghams cashless system has been very reliable including revaluation units, tills and software. Any issues have always been quickly addressed with excellent support being provided by CRB Cunninghams. I believe CRB Cunninghams to be a market leader in this area and with good reason."
