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Durham County Council extends parking enforcement contract with NSL, A Marston Holdings Company

April 01, 2022

Durham County Council extends parking enforcement contract with NSL, A Marston Holdings Company

LONDON – Durham County Council has awarded NSL, a Marston Holdings company, a five-year contract for the provision of parking enforcement services. The two organisations have been working in partnership since 2000 and, under the new contract, NSL will continue to provide enforcement of on and off-street parking regulations, including the management of park and ride sites and penalty charge notice processing. NSL is also operating Durham’s road user charging scheme, which was the UK’s first congestion charge when it was introduced in October 2002. The newly awarded contract is for five years and five months with an option for a further five years.

Dave Wafer, head of transport and contract services at Durham County Council, said: “It is important that we continue to enforce parking offences across County Durham. Compromising road safety or misusing bays designated for residents, businesses and people with disabilities can have an impact on people’s lives. We want everyone who lives, works in or visits the county be able to park safely and enjoy their stay, and enforcement is one measure which supports this.”

Throughout the period of the contract, NSL has helped to manage various council buildings and numerous special events including Lumiere, Bishop Auckland and Seaham food festivals, and Durham City Run, as well as external events such as Christmas festivals, Durham Miners’ Gala, Kynren Pyromusical and vintage vehicle rallies. The company has also provided high levels of support during the Covid pandemic with additional support at household waste recycling centres and supporting food banks over the Christmas period.

NSL has also project managed the introduction of Pay by Phone on behalf of Durham County Council to provide more customer payment options. This was introduced at the height of the pandemic, which reduced risk to customers as it eliminated the need to touch multi-use surfaces on pay and display machines. This deployment has proved to be extremely successful and around 40% of all transactions are now made using this service.

Mark Hoskin, Chief Commercial Officer at Marston Holdings, added: “We are delighted to have been awarded this contract which recognises our ongoing commitment to County Durham and the delivery of social value and green initiatives throughout the next five years. Our full portfolio of end-to-end transportation and enforcement solutions now includes urban design, CCTV and parking enforcement and notice processing through to debt recovery.”

About NSL

NSL is part of Marston Holdings and the UK’s leading provider of parking enforcement services. With over 4000 highly trained frontline colleagues, parking professionals, comprehensive back office and customer support services along with access to the latest technologies, the company can shape the entire parking environment to balance the needs of all users and maximise compliance. Marston Holdings is the UK’s largest provider of transportation and enforcement services supporting government, utilities and private sector clients. For more information visit www.marstonholdings.co.uk

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MARSTON HOLDINGS HELPS COUNCILS ENFORCE CONTRAVENTIONS BY FOREIGN REGISTERED VEHICLES

August 31, 2021

MARSTON HOLDINGS HELPS COUNCILS ENFORCE CONTRAVENTIONS BY FOREIGN REGISTERED VEHICLES

LONDON, 31 AUGUST 2021 – Marston Holdings has introduced a new notice processing and enforcement service that will help councils to effectively enforce contraventions committed by foreign registered vehicles (FRVs) on British roads. These vehicles are more likely to contravene traffic and parking regulations than drivers of UK registered vehicles as well as being less likely to pay the penalty charges which they incur.

This pan European debt recovery service for councils is delivered in conjunction with ParkTrade, a Swedish technology company that is part of Marston Holdings, which has established access to many national Vehicle Licencing Agencies (VLAs). This relationship enables Marston to access European vehicle registration databases on behalf of clients to identify and process contraventions by FRVs as well as providing debt recovery services across Europe through Marston Recovery.

According to Mark Hoskin, Group Business Development Director at Marston Holdings: “Many penalty charge notices are simply written off by councils as it is often impossible to trace the owners of FRVs and, even when they can be traced, there is no legal process by which they can be made to pay civil penalties. As well as protecting revenue for local authorities, this service sends out a message to foreign and UK drivers alike that the rules apply to everyone.”

Using this service, councils no longer need to write off all debt incurred by FRVs from many European countries for parking, moving traffic, clean air and low emission zone contraventions.

About Marston Holdings

Marston Holdings is the UK’s largest provider of transportation and enforcement services with over 5000 staff. In addition to being the UK’s largest provider of debt and recovery services, the organisation comprises a number of market-leading companies including Project Centre, a streetscape design, engineering and landscape architecture consultancy and NSL, which provides parking enforcement services to the public and private sectors. Other key parts of the group include Videalert, the leading supplier of intelligent traffic management and enforcement solutions and ParkTrade, the leading European provider of road tolling and charging solutions. This combined expertise enables Marston Holdings to provide an innovative range of integrated design, build and enforcement solutions. For more information, please visit www.marstonholdings.co.uk

FOLKESTONE & HYTHE DISTRICT COUNCIL AWARDS NSL, a Marston Holdings company CONTRACT EXTENSION

April 28, 2021

FOLKESTONE & HYTHE DISTRICT COUNCIL AWARDS NSL, a Marston Holdings company CONTRACT EXTENSION

EPPING, ESSEX, 28 APRIL 2021 – Folkestone & Hythe District Council has awarded NSL, a Marston Holdings company, a three-year contract extension for the provision of parking enforcement and debt recovery services. Under this contract, which was originally awarded in 2017, NSL will continue to provide enforcement of on and off-street parking regulations, including the management of coastal car parks, special events and ongoing liaison with the police.

A Folkestone & Hythe District Council spokesperson said: “Over the period of the contract, NSL has consistently demonstrated the ability to enforce parking contraventions in a fair and professional manner whilst acting as a seamless extension to our own services. Also, when required, the company has gone the extra mile to assist in other areas including the enforcement of illegal HGV parking in residential areas near the M20.”

Mark Hoskin, Group Business Development Director at Marston Holdings, added: “We are delighted to have been awarded this contract extension which recognises our ability to work in partnership with local authorities to provide efficient, value for money and high-quality parking enforcement and debt recovery services. These services form a key part of Marston Holdings’ wider portfolio of end-to-end transportation and enforcement solutions which include urban design, CCTV and parking enforcement and notice processing through to debt recovery.”

About NSL

NSL is part of Marston Holdings and the UK’s leading provider of parking enforcement services. With over 4000 highly trained frontline colleagues, parking professionals, comprehensive back office and customer support services along with access to the latest technologies, the company can shape the entire parking environment to balance the needs of all users and maximise compliance. Marston Holdings is the UK’s largest provider of High Court debt and recovery services and comprises a number of market-leading companies including CCTV enforcement company Videalert, Project Centre, a streetscape design, engineering and landscape architecture consultancy and ParkTrade, a leading European provider of road tolling and charging solutions.

MARSTON HOLDINGS JOINS LONDON-WIDE PLEDGE TO ACT ON ENGINE IDLING

February 04, 2021

MARSTON HOLDINGS JOINS LONDON-WIDE PLEDGE TO ACT ON ENGINE IDLING

EPPING, ESSEX, – Marston Holdings, the UK’s largest provider of transportation and enforcement services, has announced that it has joined theLondon-wide pledge to act on engine idling. The company has pledged support to Idling Action’s pan-London #EnginesOff campaign and is helping to tackle the avoidable air pollution caused by drivers sitting in stationary vehicles leaving their engines running.

Fully supported by the Mayor of London, this is a public pledge for businesses and local authorities to reduce vehicle emissions and tackle avoidable air pollution by asking their fleet drivers and employees to avoid idling their vehicles wherever possible. The Idling Action Project is jointly led by Camden Council and City of London Corporation. It has been running since 2016 and over 31 London authorities have joined forces in a bid to cut dangerous vehicle emissions.

Councillor Adam Harrison, Cabinet member for a sustainable Camden, commented: “I am delighted that Marston Holdings is supporting our Idling Action London Engines Off campaign and has pledged to switch off engines wherever possible. Asking drivers not to idle their engines is a simple action which can help to reduce vehicle emissions and ensure cleaner air for Camden residents and all those living and working in London. We would encourage all businesses thatoperate vehicles across London to follow Marston Holdings’ lead in signing up.”

As part of the pledge, Marston Holdings has implemented an engine idling policy and has educated drivers and employees on the importance of avoiding idling whilst travelling to work or operating vehicles on the company’s behalf. According to Nick Ruxton-Boyle, Director of Environment at Marston Holdings: “The renewed call for action comes amidst emerging evidence that air pollution is linked to poor recovery and higher infection rates of COVID19 due to damage caused to the lungs. It is now more important than ever to act on pollution.”

Marston Holdings has provided drivers with guidance on how best to reduce air pollution caused by vehicles to protect their own health as well as pedestrians. It has also implemented a policy to further reduce emissions by switching to cleaner vehicles as they become due for replacement.

“As a business, we are increasing supplying local authorities with electric vehicles, both cars and motorbikes, enabling them to demonstrate that they are serious about tackling air pollution,” continued Ruxton-Boyle. “By tackling idling, we are eliminating a completely unnecessary source of air pollution and helping to improve the health of the communities in which we operate.”

About Marston Holdings

About the Idling Action project
Vehicle Idling Action is a London-wide behaviour change campaign which is helping to reduce localised air pollution caused by motorists leaving their engines running when parked. The project has been awarded funding as part of the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund Round 3 and involves 30 London local authorities and the City of London Corporation. As well as the delivery of idling action events, in which teams of volunteers, local authority officers and project staff work to educate both motorists and pedestrians, the project is delivering school workshops, engaging with businesses, offering vehicle fleet training, and is working with all local authorities to ensure idling regulations are enforced across London. The Idling Action Project has been running since 2016. Now in its fourth phase it is jointly led by the City of London Corporation and the London Borough of Camden. www.idlingaction.london

MARSTON HOLDINGS PARTNERS WITH HOMELESS CHARITIES TO HELP PEOPLE BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE

December 03, 2020

MARSTON HOLDINGS PARTNERS WITH HOMELESS CHARITIES TO HELP PEOPLE BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE

EPPING, ESSEX, 30 NOVEMBER 2020 – Marston Holdings, the UK’s largest provider of transportation and enforcement services, has partnered with the homeless charity St Mungo’s and Radical Recruit, a not-for-profit organisation which bridges the gap between disadvantaged job seekers and the business world. This partnership is helping some of London’s homeless people back into the workplace.

According to Emma Freivogel, founder of Radical Recruit: “ We are delighted to partner with Marston Holdings which has proved that ‘doing good’ and driving business success do not have to be mutually exclusive. The people we represent are often viewed through a lens of mistrust and assumed to lack the motivation, skills and abilities to secure and sustain employment. Subsequently, they are discarded on the ‘talent scrapheap’. This is a waste of human life, bad for business and detrimental to the economy. We are grateful that businesses such as Marston Holdings exist. Its leadership, especially in the current economic environment, is indispensable.’’

The pandemic has seen many of London’s homeless being temporarily housed in hotels across the capital. St Mungo’s case workers and Radical Recruit have been working with over 100 men and women, some as young as 18, preparing them for life back in the working world by assessing their interview and work readiness, supporting with CV development and running one-to-one interview coaching sessions.

Marston Holdings has run two recruitment days attended by around 40 people who heard about the company, its values and ways of working as well as available career opportunities. Interactive Q&A sessions helped put the candidates at ease and answered their questions prior to the formal interview process. Nine candidates have now joined frontline teams at NSL working on contracts including Camden, Islington, Westminster, and Lewisham. A further four candidates are being interviewed for other positions in and around London.

“I am really proud to have been involved in the project both from a commercial and personal social value point of view. Too often we overlook people based on their personal circumstances but when you dig deeper and get to know them, you realise that they have so much to offer and just need a helping hand to kick start their lives and reach their true potential,” added Paolo Orezzi, NSL’s Service Director.

The success of this partnership demonstrates how seriously Marston Holdings takes its social value responsibilities. The scheme has been met with real praise from clients in the four London boroughs and the company is looking to extend it nationally.

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MARSTON HOLDINGS ACQUIRES VIDEALERT

April 02, 2019

MARSTON HOLDINGS ACQUIRES VIDEALERT

STAND CO25, TRAFFEX, NEC BIRMINGHAM, 2 APRIL 2019 – Videalert, a leading supplier of intelligent traffic management and enforcement solutions to local authorities, is pleased to announce that it has been acquired by Marston Holdings, the UK’s largest transportation and enforcement services group.

According to David Richmond, CEO of Videalert Limited: “We are delighted to become a key part of Marston Holdings, as it will enable us to accelerate our development strategy and fully exploit the growth potential for our products and services within the Parking and Intelligent Transport sectors. Our rapidly expanding client base will not only see further developments from Videalert,but also the integration and application of technologies from the expanded Marston organisationwhich is refocusing its services proposition to leverage the benefits of a new range of technology-based solutions.”

This announcement follows successful deployments for a number of Marston’s strategic clients,including the London Borough of Barnet, the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and the City of Westminster, where Videalert has replaced competitive CCTV enforcement systems.

These contract wins are the result of Videalert’s sophisticated video data platform, combined with high quality field equipment and hosting infrastructure, which has been proved to deliver capture rates from 10-32% higher than other competitor’s systems. The platform generates high quality evidence which is not only faster to review, but also reduces the likelihood of appeals. With system availability rates exceeding 99%, the platform delivers the highest productivity and the lowest operating costs, enforcing the widest range of parking and moving traffic contraventions. It can also support traffic management, police ANPR, clean air and low emission zones.

Marston Holdings’ Chief Executive added: “Videalert is our second acquisition to be announced in 2019 and follows that of Logic Valley, a software developer that specialises in artificial intelligence and mobile application development. The acquisitions are a key part of our ongoing business transformation strategy with new technology-driven service propositions that will deliver even greater value to local authorities. There is a great synergy between Videalert and Marston Holdings at every level, including a longstanding relationship with NSL, which we acquired in 2017. Videalert shares our commitment to innovation and meeting the needs of clients, particularly those that are currently tackling the challenge of air pollution in our cities.”

About Videalert

Videalert is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of traffic enforcement and management solutions. It is the only company able to provide its own suite of attended, unattended, and mobile vehicle CCTV enforcement solutions using the same intelligent digital video software platform. The platform can also support other traffic management and community safety applications using the same infrastructure. This unique, future-proofed solution combines sophisticated video analytics with ANPR and offers a full range of deployment options including wired LAN, Wi-Fi LAN and 4G WAN as well as supporting all analogue and ONVIF compliant digital megapixel cameras. For further information, please visit www.videalert.com or contact:

Contacts:

Tim Daniels, Videalert Ltd, Tel: 020 3931 6556, Email: tdaniels@videalert.com

Paul Jennings, PJMC Limited, Tel: 01926 312886, Email: info@pjmc.com