Quiz machine maintenance doesn’t have to place huge demands on your time, especially if you adopt a ‘little and often’ approach to avoid any major problems developing. Some quiz machine maintenance you can take care of yourself as part of your daily or weekly tasks, while other aspects are best left to the professionals – … Continued

If there’s one table you shouldn’t neglect in your pub or restaurant, it’s your pool table, which gives diners a great way to add some extra fun to their eating-out experience. A pub pool table brings some variety to your venue, and is especially good to set a more informal mood in relaxed dining rooms. … Continued

The return to university has been a difficult one for students in 2020, but in the coming months as conditions start to improve, why not hire a club pool table for your student society? As we move through – and ultimately beyond – the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important to find safe ways to have fun, … Continued

We all love a seasonal playlist, but what are the best songs for a Halloween jukebox? It’s a little trickier than some of the other holidays like Christmas and Valentine’s Day, but there are some really great options out there. Here we’ve chosen five of the best songs for Halloween playlists, plus five more bonus … Continued

Hiring a pool table is easy with Manco Automatics – we can help you make all the important decisions – but it’s good to know how much choice you have when hiring a pool table from us. Here are some of the basics you might want to keep in mind when you hire a pool … Continued

As we move into the winter months, it’s a good time to prepare your venue for Autumn and customers’ changing habits in the run-up to Christmas. In 2020 there are of course some extra things to consider, such as social distancing and how to make the most of the capacity you have in your premises. … Continued

If it weren’t for the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, pub fruit machines might look very different. To understand why, you have to look back to the middle of the 1890s when Charles Fey, an American inventor, started to release the first slot machines that looked similar to the pub fruit machines we play nowadays. But … Continued

Many venues choose to devote an entire side room to their pool table, and this makes good sense if you have an area of roughly the right size. But if you’re planning a pool room or billiards room in your pub, what are some of the best ideas for interior design and other features to … Continued

A beer garden is a great asset at any time, but especially during 2020, when keeping COVID-secure means encouraging customers to space further apart and avoid enclosed areas with poor ventilation. At the same time, there is a growing appetite for entertainment. Some attempts to create COVID-secure drive-in festivals have been unable to go ahead … Continued

As more hospitality venues start to open back up, there are some simple steps you can take to prepare fruit machines for pubs, clubs and hotels for the long-term future of social distancing. Nobody knows exactly how long we will need to live in a ‘COVID-secure’ way, but some of the more routine measures could … Continued