Companies news SWARCO and Reading celebrate 10 years Variable messaging signs (VMS) from SWARCO Traffic, a technology specialist, have reached a 10-year milestone in helping Reading Borough Council to reduce congestion, improve traffic flow and enhance the driver experience through the town. Since we purchased and installed the signs 10 years ago, we have not needed to replace any sign due to failure, and instead bought more units as their reliability and versatility has been so good, said Lyndon George, traffic signal engineer at Reading Borough Council. Ultimately, SWARCO delivered exactly what it promised, and the high-quality performance of the signs over 10 years highlights real value for money. I expect to retire before we retire the signs! Training dates Alpha Parking has a number of training courses taking place this month. Among them are courses on notice processing, traffic orders for parking departments, moving traffic enforcement and civil enforcement officer training. Next month, there is a course for team leaders and supervisors. To find out more, contact parkingenquiries@aparking.co.uk Kytes new role Paul Kyte has started a new position as head of strategic accounts at Bristow & Sutor. He joined the firm in 2009 as client development manager, and then moved to head of client development two years ago. He is also chair of the BPA South West regional group and member of the Public Affairs and Communications Board. SKIDATA still flying high at Stansted ZatParks on a roll ZatPark is delighted to have completed an integration with Debit My Mobile, a text-based payment solution provider. This integration brings #ChargeToPhoneBill parking payments to the UK market. The transaction is billed directly to the users mobile phone bill rather than using a debit or credit card, which makes it much more accessible and inclusive, as there is no need to share bank card details or to download an app and pre-register. ZatPark is also adding a new enhancement to its partnership with Suilvision, the high-definition ANPR specialist, with whom ZatPark has been working since 2017. The new collaboration will see ZatParks allow list back office system employed in conjunction with MySuilvision back office system and Suilvisions ANPR camera technology to allow timed barrier access and realtime allow list checks for access control. Another ZatPark integration is with Telclic. Telclic is part of Sremium Group, a global provider of technology solutions to service providers. Telclic and ZatPark also have a long-standing relationship and this new integration arrangement will strengthen it further. Jono Clark, development technologist at ZatPark, said: Innovation is central to the way we work and thats why were looking forward to making a success of the integration with Debit My Mobile. Its also great to have been able to add to our existing partnership with Suilvision and with Telclic to bring enhanced solutions to our clients. Bolton Council has awarded its parking management software contract to ZatPark following a competitive tender process. The arrangement will be effective from the go live date in December 2022. ZatPark is also excited to have been shortlisted in the tech company of the year category at the Tech South West Awards 2022. The award ceremony is on 10 November. London Stansted is using an innovative remote management technology from APT SKIDATA to give it total visibility and control over the estates 14 car parks and 330 associated devices and systems. Having worked with the parking solutions specialist for more than 15 years, Stansted Airport approached APT SKIDATA to understand how it could further improve the service delivery capabilities of the airports landside operations team, reduce complexity of managing multiple systems, and increase overall operational efficiency. The solution is sweb Control, APT SKIDATAs web-based management system that enables Stansted Airport to manage the intercoms, CCTV, and the parking systems across the entire estate remotely. This means the landside operations team can quickly and easily respond to any customer interactions, consistently provide a high level of customer service, and ensure that the delivery of parking services has a positive impact on customer journeys. 10 PN Nov 2022 pp10-11 Companies News.indd 10 27/10/2022 13:47