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Full height turnstiles are the ultimate access control solution. They are perfect for dealing with high volumes of traffic at busy locations such as football stadiums, concert arenas and many more. This article explains five benefits of full height turnstiles that demonstrate exactly why they are the perfect access control solution. Full height turnstiles prevent… Read more »

Senior management at Peterborough United are ‘ready’ to submit the planning application for their new stadium on the Embankment with a co-owner warning that failure of these plans would set the process back for a decade. A new stadium for the club has been in the plans since 2018 when Canadian investors Stewart Thompson and… Read more »

The structural foundations are now in place for a new £11m hotel in Torquay. The 120-bedroom Premier Inn hotel is being built on part of Terrace Car Park and is expected to complement the existing hotel accommodation in the town. Localised excavation has been undertaken and concrete foundations have been built to enable works above… Read more »

Nottingham City Council has announced that the development of a brand new bus station and car park is soon to be completed. According to reports from Nottinghamshire Live Once finished, the council will provide the modern car park and bus station, as well as new retail outlets and the location for a proposed Central Library…. Read more »

A local authority has approved a planning application for an 8ft high automated gate and fence around a crime-ridden business site in Shipley, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Bradford Council has given plans the green light after businesses based at the Shipley site complained that the area… Read more »

City councillors in Hargate and Hempsted have put forward plans for the deployment of permanent barriers at the entrance to the Vivacity Premier Fitness car park on Hadfield Road, Hampton, after temporary ones were deployed on site on multiple occasions last year, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to… Read more »

The historic Buttonball Tree on North Main Street in Sunderland, Massachusets, will be surrounded by metal fencing after local residents raised concerns about an upcoming road reconstruction project and its potential impact, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Select Board member Tom Fydenkevez said at a board meeting… Read more »

A local authority hopes that newly installed rising bollards will enhance safety and security for pedestrians, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Wolverhampton Council last year carried out a six-week consultation into plans to increase safety by controlling access to the pedestrianised zone using electronic rising bollards and… Read more »

One of the most recent commercial buildings to be inaugurated in Glasgow, Bothwell Exchange, has been equipped with optical turnstiles in the lobby and automatic revolving doors at the main entrance to control access without impacting the building’s high traffic needs, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Bothwell Exchange is a 9-story,… Read more »

Static bollards, as well as a variety of other measures such as plants, flower beds, planters, low level fencing might be used to deter drivers from parking on grass verges around Darlington, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. A Darlington Borough Council meeting heard verge parking had affected… Read more »

Car park barriers have been deployed at the entrance to a Weston-super-Mare car park in a bid to thwart further unauthorised traveller encampments, a news report in the local media has been able to suggest. North Somerset Council has funded the £8,000 cost of the new measures after the Melrose car park was plagued by… Read more »

Metal fencing has been erected on Cambridge’s King’s Parade to encourage social distancing, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Approximately thirty metal barriers were installed in front of King’s College by Cambridge City Council in an assumed attempt to encourage social distancing and prevent crowds from gathering along… Read more »