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The UK government has recently confirmed a significant funding package designed to accelerate walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure across England — creating opportunities for local authorities, communities and partners to deliver more active travel routes and facilities. In December 2025, Active Travel England (ATE) announced that councils across England have been awarded over £626 million in central government funding to support walking, wheeling and cycling schemes. This multi-year investment is expected to deliver around 500 miles of new and upgraded routes and support an additional 170,000 greener, more active trips per day. The funding aims to enable safer streets, healthier communities and more sustainable travel choices by backing local authorities with capital funding, technical support and capability development. Local authorities rated more...
Falco was delighted to have been awarded the Cycle Parking and Infrastructure framework agreement by the NHS’s Shared Business Services and we are pleased to have had this extended. Following a large number of successful installations across the UK’s NHS network, the agreement, which was been tendered to provide best value to NHS related facilities, has now been extended. This framework includes the delivery, supply, installation, management and maintenance of cycle parking goods and services, from bike racks to cycling hubs and everything in between. The framework is open to all NHS businesses as well as all Public Sector Authorities including; NHS Trusts (acute, community and mental health) Clinical Commissioning Groups Local Councils Further Education Colleges and Universities Academies Housing Associations The Blue Light Services Museums Prisons HS2 Botanical Gardens Falco has been...
Europe’s leading designer, manufacturer and installer of high quality cycle parking systems, shelters and street furniture celebrated its 70th anniversary! Established in September 1951, Falco originally specialised in producing transport equipment such as wheelbarrows and tar carts before adding cycle racks to its range in the mid 50’s. Since then the business followed an ongoing strategy of development which has resulted in the core of Falco's present activities - specialists in Europe’s largest range of innovative cycle parking systems and street furniture! Having grown steadily over the past 70 years, Falco’s head office in Almelo, Netherlands, is a state-of-the-art 35,600m2 manufacturing and business complex which is being continually developed and now contains the most advanced production, storage and environmentally sustainable features to date. With offices in a...
We are delighted (and astonished!) that Falco’s Accountant, Netty Barlow, has (yet again) raised over £350 for Cancer Research UK by participating in the Stoke-on-Trent Pretty Muddy 5k ‘mud run’ event at Central Forest Park in Hanley on Sunday 12th September. Netty put her best foot forward and joined hundreds of women and children to tackle a 5k muddy obstacle course, hurdling over obstacles into piles of mud, weaving through spiders webs, scaling climbing frames and tyres, crawling through tunnels, scramble nets and mud pits and finally racing down an inflatable mud chute! After the event Netty said “Cancer can only be eradicated with more money being put into research, to find out what causes it, how we can stop it, and how to...
This month the Energy Saving Trust launched a new eCargo Bike Grant Fund whereby £400,000 has been made available by the Department for Transport in 2021/22 for the purchase of eCargo bikes, to support businesses switching to a sustainable transport solution. In support of the growth in cargo bikes, Falco has a full range of four Cargo and eCargo bike storage solutions offering secure bike parking for every type of cargo bike individually or as a fleet: Product Width Depth FalcoPod-Cargo 2.3m 2.0m FalcoCargoPod 2.3m 2.6m FalcoCargobox 2.4m 3.0m FalcoLok 2.4m 3.9m and extendable Each of these solutions can be fitted with either; eBike charging points or a secure eBike battery charging unit for removeable batteries where the potentially unstable Lithium batteries can be deposited in a secure fire-proof charging locker.. Additionally there is a...
Falco is pleased to announce the purchase of a new electric fork truck - boosting the green credentials of our cycle parking manufacturing and warehouse facility. In comparison to the previous diesel-powered truck, the new electric fork truck provides zero carbon emissions, has a much quieter operation, lower running costs and offers a more ergonomic driving experience. Charging the electric fork truck is easily achieved with 100% renewable energy generated on Falco’s own premises - thanks to a recent major 50kWh solar PV panelling upgrade to the warehouse roof, ensuring Falco is a completely energy self sufficient business (and even provides additional energy back to the grid!). The new electric fork truck shown here is just one of a number of environmental improvements...
Falco is delighted to announce the new appointment of Owen Denny as our new Operations Assistant based at our head office in Leekbrook. Owen joins us having previously left college and gaining three years’ experience processing, planning and organising orders to meet customer deadlines within the printing industry. Reporting to Contracts Manager, Steven Jackson, Owen’s new role at Falco will involve supporting all areas of the Operations Department including; operational planning, organising deliveries and collections, assisting all aspects of health and safety including CDM, carrying out site surveys and generally supporting Steve with the excellent project management we provide to our customers. Commenting on his new position, Owen added ”I’m really looking forward to getting stuck in at my new role at...
Falco has been a family company with its own production site for over 70 years. Sustainability was in our DNA from the very beginning and this is reflected within our complete range of modular cycle parking and shelter products, all designed with full circularity in mind.
All products ranges are contemporary and durable, typical of a Falco product. Falco has been at the forefront of the cycle parking and street furniture market and has built up a renowned reputation for manufacturing products that exceed in both design and durability.
Falco’s operations have supported the Circular Economy for many years, simply manufacturing products with environmentally friendly products, that can last for decades and at the end of the product life can be 100% recycled and manufactured back into a brand new product.
