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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...
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 is delighted that one of its long serving employees has been chosen to represent the main England’s mens pool team at next year’s European Championships. Sales Co-ordinator, Ben Duffield, successfully qualified for England after progressing through the mens England trials in Great Yarmouth back in 2020. Ben, who has been playing pool since aged 11, has represented various teams at local level, before representing his home town of Leek, then progressing onto representing his local county, Staffordshire, at junior level, then further progressing to represent Staffordshire at senior level and now qualifying to represent the mens national pool team at three international events next year. Ben will be travelling to Killarney in the Republic of Ireland to compete in the European Championships...
We are delighted to announce that despite the current problems with raw material prices and lead-times on stocks Falco has had no price increases on its FalcoPod Bike Hangars. Falco is a Europe-based OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) supplier, we; design, manufacture, deliver and install all our cycle parking products in-house and as such have full control over our stocks and supplies. The FalcoPod bike hangar is the most family friendly bike hangar available, with an ergonomically better designed space - the additional space/height means there is no need to remove child seats from the back of bikes or baskets and seats on the front. Additionally the FalcoPod can be delivered in any colour as well as the standard green, so if you’re...
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...
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.
