First gold vending machine 'Gold to Go' in Britain

Britain's first gold vending machine 'Gold to Go' will open today in the Westfield shopping centre in west London.

The owners expect lots of people to use the gold as presents of people and can pick up a 2.5g bar with London's skyline engraved on it, the newspaper reported.

There are no security guards protecting the machine, but would-be thieves would still have to contend with reinforced steel and a state-of-the-art alarm system

'It would cost you a great deal more to get the gold out than the value of the gold inside,' Joe Dreixler, of Oriente Lux, said.

Anyone who spends more the £2,500 will have to scan their passport to satisfy anti-money laundering rules.

'Gold to Go' follows the launch of the first ever cash-for-gold machine which was switched on last year beneath the gold-coated ceilings of Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace hotel.