NEWS COMPANIES AND PEOPLE Joined up in Kent
alternative pay-by- phone provider in the city centre. Within two weeks of the city transferring to RingGo, cashless parking levels doubled. ‘Motorists
obviously like the fact that, having registered once, they can use
From this month, motorists across east Kent will be able to pay for their parking by credit or debit card using a single pay-by-phone parking service. RingGo is being introduced for council parking in T anet, with Dover District extending its car park off ering to cover on-street parking too. Motorists will be able to use the same RingGo
system in Canterbury City Council, Dover District Council, T anet District Council and Shepway District Council car parks. Phone parking
coverage makes a dramatic diff erence to customer take-up, according to RingGo operations director, Alex Walker. ‘In Oxford, RingGo was initially off ered at the railway station, with an
the same service in several locations,’ he added. T anet District
Council’s civil enforcement manager, Robin Chantrill-Smith, said: ‘With many neighbouring councils already off ering RingGo, it was the natural choice of provider for T anet, and we look forward to gaining synergy from it being so widely available across east Kent.’
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU Enforcement company
Marston Group joined forces with Merseyside police during its
January ‘respect week’
campaign. The week- long project aimed to develop a stronger and more coordinated approach to tackling anti-social behaviour and associated environmental problems within communities. Marston’s agents and Merseyside police attended numerous
addresses and 43 distress warrants were executed, totalling £19,000 in
fi nes.
Commenting on the successful outcome of the campaign, acting Sergeant Tom Robinson
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said: ‘Working with Marston presented our offi cers with a great opportunity to learn more about the enforcement sector. All of us are looking forward to working with Marston in the future.’
Mark Cowley, Marston’s custody service and special operations director, said: ‘Working on community-focused projects allows our agents to forge closer relationships with the police, but also to use their local knowledge and information to enforce warrants with care and sensitivity.’
TIME IS UP FOR ATTENDANTS
It’s the end of an era for a national park authority, which is one of the last to employ car park attendants. From the end of March, North York Moors will switch over to pay-and-display parking at its eight fee- charging car parks. Metric Parking has won a tender to supply the car parks with its Aura mains and solar-powered pay- and-display machines. These are due to go ‘live’ when the holiday season begins in the national park.
Richard Gunton, director of recreation and park management, said: ‘We are one of the last authorities to employ car park attendants to sell tickets and have made a conscious decision to move to pay-and- display. This enables us to charge all-year- round and allows the attendants to do other duties which save us money. It also means that we don’t have to increase the basic parking charges to visitors to the parks, as previously planned.’
New team member
Enforcement company JBW has expanded its team with the new appointment of an HR and training assistant. Kate Beeston joined
JBW from Lloyds TSB, where she worked for 31 years before deciding on her career move. Beeston’s previous
role had covered elements of HR and training; she decided it is where she would like to focus her career. T e new role will
incorporate training people from scratch to become certifi cated
bailiff s – including classroom and on- the-road training. She will also be supporting the HR manager and assisting with recruitment and inductions. Beeston said:
‘Working within the banking sector for so long, I felt the time was right for a change in career. Working for JBW is still a continuation of fi nance but from a diff erent angle. I am looking forward to this new role and challenge.’
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