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NEWS
Safety
Party time
As part of Sheffield’s Retail
Week, Q-Park hosted a stylish
party at the newly built
First
Charles Street car park.
The theme running through
the event was design, with
Vinci Park will be the a high profile fashion show
first parking company in featuring the latest trends
the UK to provide Romad from local designers. Wayne
mobile safety phones to Hemingway, co-founder
lone workers across all of of London-based design
its contracts. company Red or Dead, was
The phones, which link the keynote speaker. Even the
staff to a 24-hour security car park itself fitted the bill,
control centre, were having recently been awarded
part of an 18-month pilot at RIBA national architectural
programme run by Vinci award for its contemporary
Park. Lone workers in five design features.
locations including Cardiff Guests were greeted
and Gatwick were trained by Formula One models
on how to use the devices, waving chequered flags,
and 11 employees activated and there was an interactive
the phones with police Scalextric game on offer
responding quickly in alongside a display of luxury
each case. supercars. Other entertainment
The Romad safety included stilt walkers, fire
phones can be tracked jugglers and acrobatic roller-
online using Google Maps bladers, all provided by charity
software. They allow Greentop Circus.
incoming calls while limiting
outgoing calls to four pre-
programmed numbers.
Debbie Hayes, director
Contactless card access for Torquay
of HR at Vinci Park, said: Torbay Council has launched a
“In an industry where new pay-on-foot system using
parking enforcement is contactless smart cards as
a challenging role, it is part of the refurbishment of
important that Vinci Park Harbour car park in Torquay.
does all it can to ensure The parking permit scheme
the safety of our staff. is available to the resort’s hotel
“Feeling a sense of guests, annual permit holders
security is central to and staff. Users place the Torbay
employee satisfaction Car Park Access Card against
and the Romad device will the contactless card reader on
provide our lone workers the entry and exit terminals to barriers, for which hotel guests and statistical data that will
with an assurance that help raise the barriers. This centrally were previously issued a key. enable it to identify usage trends
is available at the touch of managed Parkeon Varioflex “Varioflex will help the council and patterns,” explained Richard
a button.” system replaces pay and to improve profitability by Brown, the council’s parking
display machines and padlocked generating a range of financial operations officer.
Car
• Parking with a service level focus, improving
park
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car park usage and footfalls.
• Managing for value, controlling cost and
delivering increased revenue.
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OPERATORS
• Property backed, managing the asset and
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working alongside agents.
throughout the
U.K.
• Member of The British Parking Association’s
Approved Operator Scheme.
Tel: 08708 555888 Fax: 01202 551199
E-mail: enquiries@britannia-parking.co.uk
www.britannia-parking.co.uk
Britannia House, 16 Poole Hill, Bournemouth BH2 5PS
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