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The Government’s recently announced Active Travel Innovation Fund, which offers grants of up to £100,000 to small and medium-sized businesses and NGOs, represents a bold step forward in accelerating walking, wheeling and cycling initiatives across England. Falco, a leading manufacturer and supplier of secure cycle parking systems, cycle racks, shelters, cycle hubs and bike hangars, applauds the initiative and is positioning itself as a capable partner for any organisation or business preparing a bid. The fund, part of the government’s “Plan for Change,” invites proposals that deliver new or expanded active travel ideas — especially those targeting under-represented communities, leveraging digital tools, or working in partnership with local authorities. Applications are open from 6 October to 14 November, for 12-month projects with evaluation...
Secure, convenient and cost-effective, one cycle hub can accommodate an entire residential neighbourhood of bikes with just one cycle hub design. From as little as four bikes all the way up to several hundred, a cycle hub can offer significant cost savings of up to 30% in comparison to purchasing individual cycle lockers. One of the key restraints for neighbourhoods across towns and cities is the lack of available space, especially where secure cycle parking is concerned. Instead of numerous cycle lockers installed throughout an estate, just one sleek and compact cycle hub can provide a whole neighbourhood with secure universal cycle parking to meet a whole range of different bicycle designs - from traditional bikes and e-Bikes, to adaptive bikes,...
Falco is delighted to announce the new appointment of Dave Ward as its new Operations Manager! Dave joins us with an abundance of experience, having worked in the cycle parking and street furniture industry for over 9 years as a Contracts Manager, specialising in the supply, manufacture and installation of canopies, walkways and cycle parking infrastructure, through to final sign off. Dave has a vast amount of experience in working as part of a team and finalising projects to customer satisfaction. As a Manager, Dave spent the last few years planning and organising installation work and is delighted to be joining us as Falco’s Operations Manager. Dave’s role involves supporting Falco’s growing client base by managing the operational side of the...
Falco is pleased to announce the new appointment of Rob Harper as its new Managing Director, based at the UK head office in Leekbrook, Staffordshire. Rob, taking over from former Managing Director, Jeremy Green, joins Falco with an abundance of experience, having worked in the cycle parking and street furniture industry at a senior level for the past 30 years. Rob originally joined Falco as Managing Director back in 2003, following Falco’s acquisition of Arunhithe Ltd - a small family-owned business specialising in a limited range of cycle racks and playground equipment, before leaving Falco to seek new work opportunities in the United States. Over the past 30 years Rob has fulfilled a number of opportunities at senior management level within the industry,...
The ingenious FalcoPod Bike Hangar and FalcoCargoBox Cargo Bike Locker has been used as a key reference point in the new Loveable Neighbourhoods Guide. The 60-page guide offers examples of best practice, hints and guidance for the successful mobilisation and implementation of healthy neighbourhood developments, Liveable Neighbourhoods and community regeneration projects. Falco’s former Managing Director, Jeremy Green, discusses the growth of cargo bikes during lockdown and highlights the fact that you can easily hire a bicycle for personal use, but you cannot do the same for a cargo bike. Jeremy discusses the lack of available infrastructure to support the growing trend and how Falco has developed a ‘one size fits all’ solution to providing secure, on-street cargo bike parking. Jeremy then goes on...
We’re sad to say that our MD of 17 years, Jeremy Green, has decided to ride home for the last time and hang up his cycle clips! Jeremy, who joined Falco back in 2006, has developed the business into the UK’s leading provider of cycle hubs, hangars and general cycle parking facilities. During that time, he’s steered the company through many changes as the cycling sector has gone from strength to strength as the focus of UK transport has moved further towards sustainable travel. Under Jeremy’s leadership, the business has been involved in many cycling firsts as well as some of the UK’s largest projects providing quality cycle parking facilities. Today the business continues in this progressive vein and has recently...
Falco has always put itself at the forefront of our industry and we have always played a proactive role in developing new ideas and products for cycle parking facilities. Having imported the first cycle shelters from Holland back in the early 1990’s over the last 20 years, our commitment to ‘pushing the frontiers of our industry we are proud to have a number of UK (and world) ‘firsts’ under our belt; Falco Firsts First cycle hub (Leeds City Station) Largest cycle hub (Cambridge station 3,000 spaces) Second largest hub (Chelmsford) Largest network of community cycle hubs (LBWF mini-Holland) The first app-based locking hub (Bedford) First cargo public bike hangar (Beryl Bikes/Hackney) First app-based bike hangar (LBWF) First hands-free bike hangar (RBKC) Chelmsford first app-based Key Project Summaries 1. UK's First Cycle Hub...
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.
