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03/09/2007 | APT SKIDATA UPGRADES LONDON STANSTED’S PARKING CAPABILITY

APT SkiData, the UK’s leading parking systems business, has further extended its work for London Stansted by installing the very latest Automat

03/09/2007 | APT CONTROLS TREATS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AT VICTORIA HOSPITAL

Technology from the UK's leading provider of traffic management and vehicle access control technology, APT Controls, has been selected by NHS G

03/09/2007 | APT AND ITS U.S. PARTNER IPS TEST THE MODEL 400 BOLLARD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC

APT Security Systems (part of the APT Controls group), the high-end integrator for high-performance vehicle access systems, has become the firs

03/09/2007 | APT SKIDATA PARKING CONTRACT FOR EDGBASTON CRICKET GROUND

APT SkiData, the UK’s leading parking equipment specialist, has installed its parking technology at Edgbaston Cricket Ground. Located

03/09/2007 | Drake Circus Shopping Centre chooses APT SkiData Parking Equipment

APT Skidata, one of the UK’s leading parking technology specialists, has won a contract to install parking equipment at the new Drake Circus Sh

03/09/2007 | COVENTRY CITY ‘THINKS PREMIERSHIP’ IN NEW ACCESS SOLUTION

There are signs around the Ricoh Stadium urging staff and players to ‘Think Premiership’, and that is exactly what Ken Sharp, Marketing Directo

03/09/2007 | APT ENGINEERS PARKING CONTROL SOLUTION FOR MOTT MACDONALD

Fast acting MC Security Barriers from the UK’s leading access control company, APT Controls, are playing a central role in improving security a

31/08/2007 | APT LAUNCHES NEW DIVISION TO DRIVE NEW ‘BAY SENSING’ AND ‘ANPR’ TECHNOLOGIES

The APT Group of Companies – the vehicle access, revenue parking and people counting business – has launched a new division – APT Technologies

31/08/2007 | BULLRING KEEPS ITS PARKING CONTROL SAFELY UNDER PROGRAMMABLE LOCK AND KEY!

Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham has replaced all of the ‘traditional’ locks on its APT SkiData pay-on-foot units with innovative program

31/08/2007 | Belgrade Plaza chooses APT SkiData technology

As part of a £10 million refurbishment project, developers Oakmoor-Deeley and business partner CVOne have enlisted the help of APT SkiData to u

31/08/2007 | APT SKIDATA WINS PARKING CONTRACT FOR WESTFIELD DERBY

Derby is undergoing a £340 million redevelopment and extension of its Eagle Centre, set to completely regenerate the southern part of the city

31/08/2007 | APT Skidata working with Ez-Assure to enhance security of car park revenue

APT SkiData, the market leading parking specialist is working with Ez-Assure to provide electronic locks for its pay on foot pay machines.

31/08/2007 | Football finds its home in Milton Keynes

In September 2003 Milton Keynes could at last boast its first professional football team following the relocation of Wimbledon FC to the Nation

APT SKIDATA UPGRADES LONDON STANSTED’S PARKING CAPABILITY

APT SkiData, the UK’s leading parking systems business, has further extended its work for London Stansted by installing the very latest Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology at the mid-stay car park to enhance security and further improve the speed with which pre-booked visitors to the airport can access their parking.

Giles Parry, Technical Director for Meteor Parking which manages the mid-stay car park explains: “Meteor integrated our eparking.uk.com booking solution with the APT SkiData car park system when it was originally installed six years ago, and it has served us very well. Now with the development and proven reliability of new technologies, we are adding ANPR for faster access, and to ensure even greater convenience for our customers.”

The solution comprises APT SkiData’s proven APT 450 range and ANPR integrated with eparking.uk.com, Meteor Parking’s own online data collection programme that enables customers to pre-book car parking spaces over the internet. Reservations are then downloaded and are recognised by APT’s terminals both through ANPR or on insertion of the credit card at the entry barrier.

The result is a car parking system that is designed to eliminate unnecessary queues and improve convenience, particularly where tight time frames are often concerned. It also enables a complete audit trail to be provided of all vehicles to the site, thus improving security and overcoming such issues as lost tickets. Customers are able to book on-line either through Meteor’s web sites such as pinkelephantparking.com, BAA, or various consolidator websites.

Stansted has recently undergone a major refurbishment and re-organisation of its car parking as part of the multi-million re-generation of Stansted Airport that will see the addition of a new runway by 2015 and provision for a further 15 million passengers a year.

Stansted is the third busiest airport in the UK. With over 35 scheduled and charter airlines serving more than 160 destinations across 36 countries, and with over 22.5 million passengers passing through, many leading low-cost scheduled airlines have made Stansted their base. London Stansted is owned by BAA, the world’s leading airport company, which also owns Heathrow and Gatwick, both of which also feature APT SkiData solutions.

ANPR is an established technology within the security and policing sectors, now increasingly being used in the parking industry to help improve and bring new levels of flexibility to customer service. The system can automatically allow entry to a car park to authorised personnel and pre-booked visitors, simply by ‘recognising’ their car as it arrives by reading its plate.

ANPR can control barriers, count the number of vehicles that have parked, and support staff to determine if vehicles (and drivers) are authorised as and when they arrive. Information can be networked and shared as required, with images of vehicles and their license plates captured with an event log for subsequent review.

The ANPR technology is being provided as part of an exclusive re-seller agreement with the specialist manufacturer, Citysnyc.