Contract extension with Morrisons Supermarkets (9908Z)
26 March 2012 - 5:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9908Z
Brulines Group PLC
26 March 2012
Press Release 26 March 2012
Brulines Group plc
(the "Company" or "Brulines")
Contract extension with Morrisons Supermarkets plc
Brulines Group plc (AIM:BRU), the leading provider of real time
monitoring systems and data management services for the leisure and
forecourt solutions sectors, is pleased to announce that its
Brulines Fuel Solutions ("BFS") subsidiary has secured a five year
contract extension with Morrisons Supermarkets plc (FTSE100:MRW)
("Morrisons") to provide Facilities and Compliance Management
solutions for their estate of over 300 petrol forecourts and 12
distribution centre fuel depots.
Morrisons has been using BFS solutions since 2006, and the BFS
forecourt-trained call handling team now process more than 3,000
maintenance related calls for the supermarket group every month,
each of which is captured through a sophisticated web-based system
which dramatically reduces repair times and costs, while also
ensuring delivery of demanding Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and
customer satisfaction. All proactive and periodic maintenance and
legal inspection work is managed through the same system.
This deal will also see the rollout of the new BFS "E-Site
Register" at every Morrison's petrol forecourt. This provides
Morrisons' forecourt managers with a web-based dashboard providing
visibility of the status of all current, historical and planned
maintenance issues on their site, as well as access to all asset
information and legal and compliance documentation.
BFS will also provide all electrical testing and repair services
across the Morrisons forecourt estate through their significant and
growing national forecourt engineering team.
Mark Todd, Director of Petrol at Morrisons, said: "Morrisons is
committed to operating its filling stations to the highest standard
and the BFS Facilities and Compliance Management solutions are now
very much part of our pursuit of excellence in forecourt
operations. Full availability is a fundamental element of the
Morrisons offer, both in-store and on our petrol forecourts, and
the BFS FM system ensures we have full transparency of performance
from all of our service providers and consequently our forecourt
assets are able to achieve maximum utilisation and contribution to
profit."
James Dickson, CEO of Brulines, said: "The Board is pleased to
have secured this significant contract extension with an
established and successful company such as Morrisons. Facilities
and Compliance Management solutions are at the heart of our
End-to-End Fuel Management offering and this long-term commitment
by Morrisons demonstrates the considerable value that Brulines'
solutions can deliver."
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Enquiries:
Brulines Group plc
James Dickson, Chief Executive Tel: +44 (0) 1642 358
800
james.dickson@brulines.com www.brulines.com
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About Brulines
Brulines Group is focused on the provision of real time
monitoring systems and data management services for the UK's
leisure and petrol forecourt sectors. Since its admission to AIM in
2006, the Group has grown both organically and through a series of
strategic acquisitions to give the Group access to key vertical
markets. The Group operates two divisions which comprise five key
product groups:
LEISURE DIVISION
Dispense The Group's core product, DMS, is widely
Monitoring used by owners and operators within the
(DMS) UK licensed on-trade, especially the tenanted
/ leased pub sector. Flow meters connected
to draught beer dispense lines send data
via an on-site communication panel to a
secure central database. Liquid volumes
by fount, draught wine or post mix are tracked
as they are served, thereby helping customers
to maximise sales, service and quality as
well as managing their costs . DMS is installed
in over 22,000 pubs and manages data for
more than one in three UK pubs.
i-draught A more recent and rapidly growing product
(formerly offer is i-draught(TM) , an extension of
BQM) the Group's DMS, which scrutinises the quality
of products running through beer lines in
a bar; measuring volume, temperature, flow
rate and liquid type (e.g. beer, cleaning
fluid or water) at the point of dispense.
i-draught is the first system to provide
effective measurement of true yields on
draught products. Actual dispense volumes
are compared with till transactions to identify
shrinkage from products given away, pilferage
and wastage. i-draught measures the precise
temperature of every pint as it is dispensed,
the time taken to dispense each drink, and
automatically identifies the liquid allowing
customers to know exactly when lines are
cleaned. Wherever they are, customers can
stay in control through accessing their
information on a secure web site.
Gaming The acquisition of Coin Metrics in May 2007
Machine was a strong strategic fit with Brulines'
Data Services existing Machine Insite business which already
provides gaming machine data management
and consultancy services to operators within
the pub, club and leisure markets. Customers
benefit from state-of-the-art real-time
data capture and reporting systems that
deliver improved machine profitability and
operational security.
Vending The Group's subsidiary Vianet is a pan-European
Telemetry provider of telemetry solutions and data
applications to the vending industry. Vianet
provides services for all vending management
needs; from operations, sales, field services,
national accounts to senior management.
FUEL SOLUTIONS DIVISION
UK Petrol Brulines Fuel Solutions ("BFS"), supplies key management
Forecourt information and associated services to independent,
Fuel Asset multi branded owner, and supermarket petrol forecourt
Management operators to ensure they have total visibility and
Services control of their end-to-end business via a single
web-based solution.
BFS offers the only one stop shop offering for end-to-end
fuel asset management products and services, which
allow customers to maximise ROI from fuel stocks and
assets which store, control and issue fuels.
Our wet stock analysis provides key management information
to independent, multi branded owner, and supermarket
petrol forecourt operators helping them to reduce
loss of fuel and improve profitability.
BFS is the UK market leader in fuel pump calibration,
adjustment and legal verification, and also a leading
provider of forecourt audit and compliance services.
Our proprietary web-based contract management solutions
for forecourt operations have been designed to significantly
simplify management of multiple contractors for both
reactive and preventive maintenance, as well as ensuring
regulatory compliance in a sector where exemplary
control measures are essential. In addition, BFS offers
forecourt engineering and project management solutions
to a number of forecourt operators.
BFS is the UK distributor for OPW Fuel Management
System's tank gauging solutions and also performs
tank relining, liquefied petroleum gas and small forecourt
service works.
Headquartered in Stockton-on-Tees, Brulines employs more than
270 people.
For further information, please visit www.brulines.com
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