Metric Group: Press Releases
11 Elites Off to Australia
An order for 11 Aura Elite machines has been placed by Metric's Australian distributor TMA for a new installation at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in...
Solar-Powered Auras for Swale
The UK's only manufacturer of parking machines has won a European tender to supply Swale Borough Council with 36 solar-powered pay-and-display...
Surprise in Store for Nessie
If Nessie makes another appearance above the surface of Loch Ness she is in for a surprise... awaiting her will be a ticket for...
Cashless Parking Pilot Expanded
A cashless parking pilot at council car parks in Wokingham borough is being extended for another six months, as well as being trialled at four more...
Elites for Capital in Olympic Year
In this Olympic year, when the capital city will be flooded with the athletic elite, Metric Group are proud to be supplying the London authorities with their Elite pay-and-display parking...
Cardiff is Now Elite
Cardiff County Council has ordered its first Elites and the third different type of Metric pay-and-display parking machine for the city...
Metric Returns to its Former Home
The first phase of supplying pay-and-display parking machines for Cotswold District Council has been won in a competitive tender by Metric...
Metric Receives Second Order from Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council is to place its second order within three months for Metric pay-and-display parking...
Cambridgeshire to use Metric’s WebASLAN to Maximum Benefit
A local authority is planning to use one of the parking industry's most advanced management tools to maximum...
Machine Updates to Accept New 5p and 10p Coins
The UK's only pay and display parking machine manufacturer has responded to the announcement that the Royal Mint is bringing out new, thicker 5p and 10p...
Metric’s Healthy Start to New Year
Metric Parking has seen 2012 get off to a healthy...
Metric Group Parking Customer Also Buys Coin Counters from Metric
A train company is the first existing Metric parking customer to purchase its new cash handling...
Nottingham City Council Orders 200 New Metric Aura Elites
Nottingham City Council has placed an order for Aura Elite machines manufactured by the Metric Group to replace their existing on and off-street...
Metric Aura for Derby City ‘Showpiece’
Metric Parking is to install seven of its Aura solar-powered pay-and-display parking machines in a Derby...
North East Buys from Metric
Three North East councils have installed a total of 24 Metric Aura mains and solar powered pay and display parking...
New Order for Aura Pay and Display Machines from Aberdeen
Aberdeen City Council has ordered a further 55 Aura mains powered pay and display machines for on-street parking control in the Old Aberdeen-University area of the...
Remote Scanning of Ticket Barcode to Extend Parking
Metric Parking and a US partner have introduced the first commercial parking payment service which allows a barcode printed on a ticket to be remotely scanned for the parking session to be...
Rochford Welcomes New Parking Payment Options
Rochford District Council has welcomed its new installation of 26 Metric Aura parking machines in what its portfolio holder has described as 'a move in the right...
Market Drives Launch of New Elite
Market driven requirements are behind the launch of the Elite version of the Aura, part of Metric Group's range of pay and display parking and payment...
Metric Group Gearing Up for Euro Counterfeit Detection
A leading manufacturer of cash handling equipment is gearing up for EU regulations which will require UK businesses to introduce measures to identify and remove counterfeit euros from...
Securitas Places Order with Metric for University
Securitas, the world's largest security company, has ordered 12 new Metric Aura pay and display parking machines for the University of...
Metric Group Appoints New GLORY Sales Manager
The GLORY division of the Swindon-based Metric Group which has been appointed as the UK distributor for the world’s largest manufacturer of cash handling equipment has its first dedicated...
Metric Appoints Two New Business Development Managers
Metric Parking is building its distribution network in the US with the appointment of two new business development managers. Donna Wagener will be based in Chicago, Illinois and Elliott...
Pilot Project Leads to Order for 135 Aura Parking Machines
After a successful pilot project, Metric Parking has been awarded a contract with Hoboken, New Jersey, for 135 Aura pay and display parking machines. During the piloting of 10 machines the...
Maldon District Council Purchases Metric Aura Pay and Display Parking Machines
There is something unique about Maldon on the Essex east coast. For centuries it has been world famous for its salt. Now, Maldon has added another unique product to its reputation - twin printers....
Rolling Out Countryside Parking Charging
Fourteen sensitively coloured green Metric Auras have been rolled out by Derbyshire Countryside Service which has introduced charging for parking at four sites in and around Cromford in the...
Another London Borough Chooses Metric
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is the latest of the London boroughs to choose Metric. Barking and Dagenham has placed an ordered for its first 12 Metric Aura pay and display...
Metric Pay-on-Foot System for Sheffield International Venues
A pay-on-foot system delivered by Metric Parking to Sheffield International Venues is due to go live in August. The system is for the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre operated...
Metric's US Subsidiary Wins Norristown Competitive Bid
The US subsidiary of Wiltshire-based Metric Parking has won a competitive bid to supply parking machines as well as separate contracts for maintenance and back office computer hosting. ...
Chip and Pin Off to a 'Credit' Start
The opening of the new Glentress Peel visitor centre by Forestry Commission Scotland is immediately seeing visitors actively using the chip and pin facility on the parking machines. ...
Criminals Fail to Break into Machines' Secure Area
Metric Parking has been commenting on two serious attacks of attempted theft on their Aura pay and display machines with the criminals failing to steal any money. The attacks happened on...
Metric Expand Parking into Cash Handling Equipment
Parking machine specialists Metric have secured their first orders for new cash handling equipment sales and servicing since their latest expansion. Within two weeks of being appointed the...
Metric Know What Side Their Bread is Buttered
From bakeries to harbours, hospitals and even a racecours, Metric Parking is supplying their Aura pay and display machines to the widest range of customers. Latest orders for the Aura have...
Metric Parking Evaluated Top for Quality and Price
Metric Parking, the UK’s only manufacturer of pay and display parking machines, has come out top for quality in an evaluation by the newly formed purchasing organisation The Pro 5 Group. Pro...
New Aura Multi-Space Meters for City of Madison
Metric Parking has just completed phase one of Madison Wisconsin's three-phase plan to replace single space meters in their central business district. The new Aura pay by space...
Highlands and Islands Challenge for Metric Auras
For the first time, highly robust pay and display parking machines will be set the challenge of operating daily in some of the most remote and weather exposed regions of the UK. The...
First Installation of New Metric Mobile is Well Received
Initial response from motorists and businesses to the first installation of the newly launched metric mobile pay by mobile phone system has been 'extremely positive.' North Dorset...
Metric Group Supplies Machines for 1p a Minute Parking Scheme
Streets close to the commercial area of Whitley Bay are to provide parking at a charge of 1p a minute. Parking in residential streets slightly set back from the town centre will cost 50p an hour. ...
New Card Payment Option for University's Visitors
Busy car parks on the campus of Lancaster University which provide 550 visitor spaces now offer visitors the chance to pay by credit or debit card. Lancaster University has had a travel plan...
Staffs Councils Go for Aura
Two Staffordshire Councils have ordered a total of 21 new Metric machines to replace old Autoslot pay and display parking machines. Eleven Metric mains powered Auras will be going into...
National Park Authority Moves to Pay and Display
It’s the end of an era for a national park authority which is one of the last to employ car park attendants. From March 27, North York Moors will switch over to pay and display parking at...
Southampton Airport Introduces Cashless Parking
The railway station that serves Southampton Airport has ordered 22 Aura cashless machines from Metric Parking. The cashless machines, which will be the first of their type at a...
Metric to Feature Innovative Cashless Technology at Traffex 2011
Metric will be featuring their innovative cashless technology at Traffex 2011. Amongst a total of nine pay and display parking machines on their 120 metre stand will be an Aura cashless...
Metric Aura Multi-Space Meters for Madison
A US city has completed the first phase of a scheme to replace single space meters with UK multi-space machines in their central business district. The new Metric Aura multi-space machines...
Metric Pay-on-Foot in the North West
A new pay-on-foot system with entry and exit terminals and a chip and pin enabled pay station is to be installed at the end of January by the Metric Group for a business park in the North...
Metric to Attend Traffex 2011
Metric will be featuring their innovative cashless technology at Traffex 2011. Amongst a total of nine pay-and-display parking machines on their 120m stand will be an Aura cashless machine as...
Metric Parking Wins First Canadian Contract
Metric Parking has expanded into Canada and has won a contract from Target Park of Toronto for 35 Aura pay and display parking machines. The coin and credit card machines will be used for...
Metric in City's Smart Card Parking Experiment
Metric Group is pleased to announce that the city of Leicester is using Metric machines in an experimental residents parking scheme. The Aura pay-and-display machines in the Westcotes area...
New Metric Auras for Multi-Storey in Cathedral's Shadows
Seven new Metric Aura pay-and-display machines have been installed in a refurbished multi-storey car park within the shadows of a majestic cathedral. The Levetts Field multi-storey in...
Yorkshire Awards Metric Five-Year Contract
Metric Group, a leading provider of pay-and-display parking equipment with over 40 years of experience within the parking industry, is delighted to announce that they have been awarded...
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