{"id":5065,"date":"2020-04-29T13:18:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T12:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=5065"},"modified":"2020-04-29T13:18:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T12:18:49","slug":"wps-continues-to-support-essential-workers-in-critical-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=5065","title":{"rendered":"WPS continues to support essential workers in critical sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"

WPS, the award-winning parking solutions provider, is continuing to deliver essential maintenance and installation work for customers within key sectors such as healthcare and utilities to ensure 24-hour availability of essential parking infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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Simon Jarvis<\/p><\/div>\n

Simon Jarvis, Managing Director of WPS in the UK, says that while some other parking system providers have ceased operations, WPS is working with clients on a case-by-case basis: \u201cWhere our support is needed, and when appropriate planning and safety measures are in place, we are continuing to work with our clients to keep their infrastructure efficiently operational,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs well as social distancing and providing PPE equipment, we are cordoning off working areas, and putting up signage as appropriate to inform the public why we are there. For more involved works, we are also providing welfare stations meaning engineers have their own separate washing and toilet facilities,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

Erik Dijkshoorn, CEO of WPS Group, stresses that different clients across the world are taking a varied approach to the current crisis, and \u2018one size fits all\u2019 doesn\u2019t apply: \u201cThere is a wide diversity of opinion amongst our clients as to how they can best support local priorities and we can support them in achieving this,\u201d Erik explains, \u201cand there is no \u2018right or wrong\u2019 way of managing our way through the current crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our job to be as agile and flexible as possible, and I am immensely proud of how our field teams have worked safely and gone above and beyond to ensure our customers\u2019 needs are properly and carefully supported through this genuinely uncharted time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The range of car parks that are operational is varied. In the UK, while some shopping centre car parks have closed, others remain open to accommodate supermarket shoppers. There are town centre car parks that have opened their barriers while others are keeping their barriers down to both help discourage people from coming into town, and to ensure there are ample spaces available for the people that genuinely need them. Different hospitals are also having to meet the challenges of parking at this time in diverse ways according to their location and situation.<\/p>\n

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Erik Dijkshoorn<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cHospital car parks are of course critical because NHS staff need to be able to park close to their work and patients also need to be able to depend on the same infrastructure.\u201d adds Simon. \u201cIt is an extremely stressful time for both groups and it is important that parking provision is not compromised and does not add to their anxieties.\u201d<\/p>\n

To further support key worker parking provision, WPS is working with JustPark in the BPA NHS Car Park<\/a> Finder initiative to provide key workers with free parking nationwide. Using the integration capabilities recently recognised with a 2020 Parking Technology Award, JustPark and WPS are working together with WPS customers\u2019 sites that use ANPR technology:<\/p>\n

To further support key worker parking provision, WPS is working with JustPark which has collaborated with other members of the British Parking Association to launch www.nhs-freeparking.co.uk<\/a> and help NHS staff and critical care workers find free parking nationwide. Using the integration capabilities recently recognised with a 2020 Parking Technology Award, JustPark and WPS are working together with WPS customers\u2019 sites that use ANPR technology:<\/p>\n

\u201cBy collating key worker car number plates and integrating those into the systems of ANPR-equipped car parks, we can provide a system where barriers automatically open to allow key workers to park for free.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not business as usual,\u201d says Simon. \u201cBut we are doing a significant amount of usual business to support customers who need us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WPS, the award-winning parking solutions provider, is continuing to deliver essential maintenance and installation work for customers within key sectors such as healthcare and utilities to ensure 24-hour availability of essential parking infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Simon Jarvis<\/p>\n

Simon Jarvis, Managing Director of WPS in the UK, says that while some other parking system providers have <\/p>\n

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