Companies News Scott takes lead role at NCP Jonathan Scott has been appointed chief executive of car park operator NCP. Previously chief financial officer, Scott takes over the role from Jo Cooper. Scott had been CFO of NCP since he joined in 2010. He has held a key role in the restructuring and stabilisation of the company, and has been instrumental in the growth of the business and its return to profitability. He was also a central part of the management team that oversaw the sale of NCP to a partnership between leading Japanese car park operator Park24 and Development Bank of Japan in 2017. Before joining NCP, Scott was finance director at energy business Utilyx (now Mitie Energy), having previously held roles at TXU Energi and in the accountancy practice Ernst & Young ( now EY), where he began his career. Hiroyasu Matsui, chairman of NCP, said: Jo Cooper laid the foundations for NCPs current and future success, having overseen a transformation of both the operational and support services of the business as it moved from restructuring and recovery into growth. We hope that she will continue to watch NCP with pride, knowing that she has played an instrumental role in shaping the success that we have today. We are fortunate that we have Jonathan Scott, who has taken over the leadership role at NCP and will be able to bring his near-decade of experience to bear, to continue our development and growth. At a time when NCP is going through change and development, and as we embrace all that technology can deliver for our operations, we are extremely positive about what this new management team will bring. Scott has been succeeded by Hideyuki Nagahiro, who has taken over the CFO role at NCP. Making their mark HX Car Park Management, provider of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) car parking technology, was recently invited to contribute to The Parliamentary Review, a document that is delivered to all MPs, as well as leading industry bodies. The issue focuses on the car parking industry in the UK. The resulting article on HX Car Park Management shows how British industry has been affected by parking systems, as well as what may be expected in the way of best practice in the future. Founded in 2014, HX Car Park Management delivers a range of services across the UK to ensure car parks are properly managed and supervised. We were honoured to be asked to contribute to this edition of The Parliamentary Review. While we are one of the youngest car park management companies in the UK, we believe we are the most ethical and strive to offer fairness in all our management practices, said Kenny Marland, HX Car Parking Management founder and MD. Smart win for Bristol Bristol City Council has been named winner of the Best Smart City Project at the Smarter Travel Awards for its outstanding traffic control service. From its operations centre, Bristols traffic control team manages the citys road network using a range of intelligent infrastructure tools together with Stratos, Siemens Mobilitys integrated highways management system. The traffic management system is cloud-hosted, ensuring it is robust, secure and resilient, and also routinely backed-up and future-proof. The new centre was the realisation of a long-held ambition to bring together three control functions to a purpose-built facility, which is now home to the traffic control centre, emergency control centre, and community safety (CCTV) control rooms. Craig Cheney, deputy mayor and cabinet member for finance, governance and performance, said: The Bristol operations centre provides an essential service in an innovative space. By using Siemens Mobilitys technology, the councils traffic management team can act in a more efficient and coordinated way, which has had a hugely positive impact on the people who live here. Rapid improvement at hospital junction An innovative scheme that integrates wireless vehicle detection traffic signals, vehicle activated signs (VAS) and a hurry call system has reconfigured a hospital junction in Melrose, Scotland, to address safety concerns and assist ambulance response times. Tasked with improving safety for the 11,400 motorists who use the junction daily, Clearview Intelligence worked in partnership with road operator, Amey, and Transport Scotland, to install a combination of road safety solutions on the A6091 at the junction with the Borders General Hospital to control the flow of traffic without jeopardising response times for ambulances. Chris Keenan, general manager for Scotland at Clearview Intelligence, said: The challenge was to address road safety concerns by controlling the flow of traffic, but without impeding the egress for ambulances on an emergency call out. Vehicle detection monitors the buildup of traffic at the junction and informs the traffic signals to provide efficient sequencing to allow enough time for queues to pass. The inclusion of a hurry call button was installed to allow ambulance or hospital staff to override the traffic light sequencing to maintain a green light in favour of the emergency response vehicles. This information is then shared with other road users via the VAS, which warns of an ambulance responding to a call out. Clearview Intelligence is enjoying life at its new headquarters in Milton Keynes, having recently moved from Bicester, meaning that most of the company is now under one roof. Britishparking.co.uk 49 PNDec18 pp49-51 Companies News.indd 49 26/11/2018 16:29