Companies news Flowbird expands into EV charging Lake District gets Parking Perx Flowbird has implemented its first electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints with combined parking payments to expand its footprint into the burgeoning EV market. The company has partnered with chargepoint provider innogy eMobility and payment provider Paythru to install two state-of-the-art charging points for Napier Parking at its busy Pall Mall Car Park in Barnsley. Dragons Den-backed app ParkingPerx, which launched in the North East of England last year, is set for further expansion after the high street-boosting app expanded into the Lake District last month. ParkingPerx is a unique loyalty app that rewards customers with free parking when they spend offline. Chris Reed, founder and managing director at ParkingPerx, said: Its more important than ever to generate footfall on our high streets and to help boost high street spending. We have a number of exciting expansion plans in the pipeline following the launch into Kendal in the Lake District in September and we cant wait to roll out our successful formula further with the support of our key partners including local authorities, British BIDs [business improvement districts] and RingGo Parking. its two busiest car parks to create a more convenient parking experience for residents and visitors of all ages. In addition, the councils successful check-in, check-out scheme will be rolled out to 10 new car parks. Newcastle City Council has announced it is using Flowbirds solutions to upgrade pay and display machines at ParkBee new appointments park operator ParkBee. The appointment of Vismans further managing partner at Primevest Capital Partners. ParkBee has also appointed Steven le following the earlier appointments of Udo performance management, including We currently supply and have vacancies around the UK for Permanent and Temporary positions: Civil Enforc cers Environmental Enforc P cers ce (Appeals/Notice Processing/Correspondence) Parking Change Management Interim Parking Managers Car Park Attendants/Marshalls/Stewarding Parking Supervisors (Both Enforc Parking Management (Both Enforc ce) ce) Heads of Parking/Directors Parking Technologies (Business Development and Project Managers/ To find out more about advertising opportunities, please get in touch Field Service Engineers/General Managers) Off Street Parking (Business Development, Contract Managers and Regional Managers) CCTV Operators SIA and BTE Looking for staff or need employment? Please contact our experienced team on: Contact John Wheaton john.wheaton@cpl.co.uk 01223 378 042 Tel: 0203 668 5680 Email: parking@unity-recruitment.co.uk Web: www.unity-recruitment.co.uk ***Parking Experience Essential*** 12 britishparking.co.uk PN October 2021 pp10-12 Companies News.indd 12 23/09/2021 13:40