Companies news Latest developments from organisations across the profession Airport parking help Award-winning airport parking operator Airport Parking and Hotel (APH) has said there will be no cancellation or amendment fees for bookings made on www.aph.com from 6 March 2020 for APH-operated products at Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham airports. With Foreign Office travel advice under constant review, customers will be automatically allocated a Flexible Product choice, allowing them to change or cancel their booking, free of charge, up to 24 hours before their time of arrival, with no hidden fees. MSc success Dannyjo Cox, head of commercial at Berry Systems, has graduated with a MSc in quantity surveying, continuing the firms commitment to staff development. He completed his qualification after a two-year, parttime course at the University College of Estate Management. Cox started working with Berry Systems in 2016, as an estimator, before moving up to quantity surveyor in 2017. He was promoted to head of commercial in November 2018. Industry rst at Q-Park Mailbox Q-Park has teamed up with MotaGoGo to install an innovative tyre-tread scanner, allowing customers to receive a free tyre check when they visit the Mailbox car park in Birmingham city centre. Motorists drive over a small ramp as they exit the car park and the scanner automatically reads the condition of their vehicles tyres. They can then visit the Q-Park Rewards app or the MotaGoGo website, and after entering their vehicle registration view the results, including the tyres tread. If required, they can purchase replacement tyres, all within the service. Q-Park Mailbox is a multifunctional, safe and secure car park in the city, which attracts nearly 500,000 cars each year. Since taking it over in 2018, Q-Park has made extensive improvements to modernise the facility. This latest innovation is the result of Q-Parks passion to be at the leading edge of technological developments in the parking market. MotaGoGo is a service offered by Sigmavision an original equipment manufacturer with expertise in laser-sensor and camera-imaging technology. John Denton, head of sales and marketing at Q-Park, said: We are proud to bring this industry-first innovation to the parking market. We take our customers safety very seriously and this project is perfect for our corporate social responsibility ethos. The feedback that we have received so far has been very positive, and we will look forward to ramping up the installations across the UK and Ireland. James Nettleton, director at Sigmavision, said: This partnership with Q-Park is significant, and could genuinely save lives of Q-Park customers and other drivers on the roads. Redbridge pilots school-streets programme with Videalert Videalert has been awarded a contract by the London Borough of Redbridge to install CCTV enforcement cameras as part of the Redbridge School Streets pilot programme. Funded by the Mayor of London and Transport for London, roads leading to three schools in the borough SS Peter and Pauls Catholic Primary School, Gordon Primary School, and Fairlop Primary School will be closed to trac at the start and end of each school day during term time. Under the contract, awarded through Skanska, Videalert will install the latest ONVIF-compliant HD cameras to enforce the no-entry zones outside these schools. The council will put up signs to notify drivers that these roads can only be accessed by cyclists and pedestrians at the displayed times. Non-exempt vehicles that enter the closed streets during the peak times will be identified by Videalerts automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras. Exemptions will apply to residents and businesses in the zone and Blue Badge holders requiring access. Susan Johnson, headteacher at SS Peter and Pauls Catholic Primary School, said: The whole community at SS Peter and Pauls is delighted with this project, which will improve air quality and reduce congestion around the school. Videalert has also launched Stingray, a new modular ANPR camera solution. Designed for use with Videalerts expanding range of multipurpose mobile enforcement vehicles (MEV), this solution features the latest generation of HD cameras, with upgraded infrared lighting to deliver enhanced capture rates and increased productivity in all parking and tracmanagement applications. 10 britishparking.co.uk PN Apr20 pp10-13 Companies News.indd 10 24/03/2020 15:19