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The UK Government, in collaboration with Active Travel England (ATE), has recently announced a significant new initiative designed to make walking and cycling more accessible across England. The £291m fund aims to improve infrastructure and provide better facilities for those who choose greener, healthier modes of transport. This funding will primarily be directed towards local councils, providing them with the resources needed to enhance cycling and walking facilities in communities nationwide. The purpose of the new funding is to assist local authorities to implement measures to create a safer environment for everybody, by reducing vehicular traffic and encouraging the use of cycling and walking as an alternative mode of transport. The longer term aim of the funding is to provide significant...
Falco has been working with Qi Managed services Ltd to integrate their ‘Dock Lock Charge’ e-bike/e-scooter charging stations within our hubs and hangars. ‘Dock Lock Charge’ goal is to implement a universal, Micromobility EV charging and docking standard, across UK towns and cities. ARUP’s recent government report ‘Tomorrows Public Transport System’ Mobility hubs, note that docking stations and charging infrastructure should be designed to be universally used by multiple operators rather than proprietary solutions. The Dock Lock Charge solution is simple to implement and works by securely attaching a smart parking adapter to the eBike or eScooter and that’s it, your bike is compatible with the charging infrastructure. Regardless of the make, model or type bike, person or hire scheme, the bike or...
In a move which begins to bring the UK in line with our European neighbours, the UK DfT has updated the rules for all types of road users in The Highway Code to improve the safety of people walking, cycling and riding horses. The changes which apply to England, Scotland and Wales were made to The Highway Code on Saturday 29 January 2022 and include a range of measures to protect and promote cycling and walking. Here are 8 of the changes that you need to know about. 1. Hierarchy of road users The introduction section of The Highway Code has been updated to include 3 new rules about the new ‘hierarchy of road users’. The hierarchy places those road users most...
The UK’s leading designer, manufacturer and installer of high quality cycle hubs, cycle parking systems, shelters and bike hangars celebrated its 30th anniversary this week! The event took place at Falco’s UK office in Leekbrook where all staff members, including many long serving employees, celebrated an incredible 30 year anniversary and cut the Falco cake! Jeremy Green, Managing Director, added “Our parent company just celebrated 70 years and here we are with 30 years under our belt. It’s a fantastic testament to the strength of the business and commitment to cycling!” Falco, previously known as Arunhithe Ltd, began trading back in February 1992 at Winkhill - a small rural village near Leek. The company began trading bike racks and had a small portfolio...
Falco’s Finance Manager and longest ever serving employee, Jeanette Barlow, celebrates her 20th anniversary this week! Jeanette joined Falco back in January 2002 as an Accounts Clerk, before moving to other departments including administration and PA duties, before re-joining the Accounts department back in 2009. Over the course of the next few years Jeanette studied at Newcastle-under-Lyme College and Manchester BBP study centre, undertook 12 separate exams and hundreds of hours of distance learning, before graduating as a Chartered Management Accountant in 2019. In addition to becoming a Chartered Accountant, Jeanette was shortlisted for both the PQ Magazine Part Qualified student of the year 2018 and newly qualified Accountant of the year 2019. Furthermore, Jeannette has been at the heart of virtually all...
As the end of another year draws to a close, we thought we’d include a recap on some of the larger Falco projects undertaken, during what has been our most successful year ever! Listed below are just a few key projects from the hundreds of schemes we have completed across the UK this year alone, three of which are a UK first! Falco Launches UK’s First Cycle Hub with FalcoSmart App-Based Lock Bedford Borough Council took delivery of the UK’s first ever cycle hub to feature an app-based locking mechanism. The contemporary designed FalcoHub facility located in the shopping district of Bedford town centre was manufactured and installed by Falco and features the first ever UK application of an app-based locking and booking...
Falco’s design team has been working closely with the visualisation software company BetaStreets - the developers of the new purpose-built Computer-Generated Image (CGI) design and visualisation tool for use with street design, highways and placemaking. BetaStreets is a design tool which has been developed with the aim of simplifying the placemaking design process and making it accessible to anyone. The app-based tool enables personal high quality visualisations to be created in a fraction of the time it would take using traditional design practices. Falco’s client-base can now use the software to quickly visualise how a cycle parking facility such as a FalcoPod bike hangar or row of Sheffield stands would look in a particular location or setting, as demonstrated in the...
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.
