British Land recharges shoppers’ batteries
Shopping centre operator British Land is launching a new ChargeBox service at a selection of its shopping centres and retail parks to enable customers to recharge their mobile phones. The launch follows a successful trial.
The new service will provide shoppers with a free and secure way to charge their phones while shopping. British Land said the lockers will offer a free 30 minute battery charging service which on average charges devices by up to 40%.
ChargeBox stations have been trialled at British Land’s Meadowhall, Drake Circus, and St Stephen’s shopping centres as well as at Broughton Shopping Park in Chester and Teesside Shopping Park in Stockton-on-Tees.
In the Meadowhall trial the locker station notched up an average of 60 charges per day.
Claire Barber, head of shopping centre asset management for British Land, said: “The ChargeBox system offers a convenient and safe way for consumers to recharge their phones whilst continuing to shop. It is the latest initiative we are delivering at our shopping centres and parks to further improve the shopper experience.”
