APCOA is consistently developing innovative parking solutions for the ever-changing parking environment.  Across the various industry sectors APCOA’s achievements in innovation are not only exemplary but also award-winning.

APCOA has won the prestigious ‘Innovation Award’ at the British Parking Awards on two occasions:  in 2003 for our Side by Side safety initiative, working with the Metropolitan Police to support our on-street parking attendants (PA’s), and in 2006 for our Forum Theatre Training for our PA’s.

In addition, we have successfully implemented the following innovations:

• Chip coin payment for parking
• CCTV/security central control room
• Back office PCN processing service – Sysero
• The deployment of on-street PA’s in the ‘Wider Role’
• APCOA’s internal project management systems – Profile and Dashboard
• Automatic number plate recognition (for example at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports)
• Mobile phone payment for parking (for example at all First Great Western Rail Stations)