• Twenty-four hour zone will drive improvements in air quality and improve the health and well-being of city residents and visitors
• Proven ANPR camera monitoring and enforcement solution at the heart of the scheme
• Solution delivers industry-leading image quality and number plate read accuracy

By Bernard Magee, Director Electrical Vehicle Charging, Siemens plc. Road transport, which includes buses, is a significant contributor to air pollution, resulting in poor air quality.  Public Health England (PHE) says air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to health with between 28,000 and 36,000 deaths a year attributed to long-term exposure.

• Scheme will deliver significant passenger and operator benefits
• Low carbon solution supports the UK Government’s decarbonisation goals

Free skills programme via the Springpod careers platform shows students aged 14-18 years how engineering and technology is helping build a more sustainable future.

• Five-year contract extension for technical support and spares agreed until December 2026.
• Agreement covers support in areas such as safety, reliability, maintenance, spares supply, modifications, and overhauls.

With bad debt risk spiralling for energy providers, and growing economic uncertainty for customers, both groups are seeking a new way to settle their energy bills. To address this challenge, Siemens has taken its pioneering Managed Credit solution, which has already made a big impact within the energy retail industry over the last few years, and combined it with payment technology from global IT and business consulting services firm CGI, and Open Banking innovator Ordo.