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APT SkiData cements NCP relationship with new four-year deal

The UK’s National Car Parks (NCP) has awarded APT SkiData a new contract that extends its existing asset-refresh programme until at least 2018. The company has also been awarded a four-year contract to upgrade the parking equipment hardware and software at some 150 car parks across the UK operated by NCP. The upgrade will enable NCP to offer online booking, through a choice of identifiers including ANPR and barcode scanning across its entire estate. The upgraded car parks will benefit from a range o
July 27, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
The UK’s National Car Parks (NCP) has awarded 1774 APT SkiData a new contract that extends its existing asset-refresh programme until at least 2018.  The company has also been awarded a four-year contract to upgrade the parking equipment hardware and software at some 150 car parks across the UK operated by NCP.

The upgrade will enable NCP to offer online booking, through a choice of identifiers including ANPR and barcode scanning across its entire estate.

The upgraded car parks will benefit from a range of new technologies developed and launched by APT SkiData in the last 12 months, including Power.Gate control columns working in conjunction with the latest Barrier.Gate access control systems.

They will also be installing Easy.Cash payment stations, which have the latest PED3 chip and pin technology to ensure an accelerated payment process for the customer whilst safeguarding revenue streams for the operator.

Sean Dunstan, managing director of the APT Group, says that the latest announcement cements a relationship that goes back to 1999: “We have invested significantly in our nationwide engineering, service and maintenance teams over the last 15 years to accommodate peaks in new business,” he explains.

John Harrison, IT director at NCP, says that the ongoing programme is already delivering significant benefits to motorists, and making the payments journey easier: “It is also increasing site profitability and reducing costs, benefiting NCP and our customers,” he adds.

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