Case Study: Forestry Commission improves parking across 1,000+ sites with GroupNexus

Forestry Commission streamlines parking across 1,000+ sites with GroupNexus

The Forestry Commission, a government body managing over 1,500 forests, faced the challenge of improving car park management across its vast and varied estate of over 1,000 locations. Key requirements included integrating with their existing payment systems and CRM, providing free parking for members, overcoming site-specific power and connectivity issues, and gaining visitor insights. They selected GroupNexus to provide a bespoke basket of solutions to meet these needs.

GroupNexus implemented a tailored approach, developing a new enforcement policy and creating a bespoke API to link their ANPR system with the customer's membership database for seamless free parking. They installed innovative solar-powered ANPR units for sites without power and integrated with the client's chosen payment terminals. The solution provided the Forestry Commission with rich visitor data and significantly improved compliant parking revenue. GroupNexus's agnostic platform and managed service successfully enhanced the visitor experience across the entire estate.

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