News - 20/01/10

Stagecoach signs £3.7M CCTV deal with LOOK

Stagecoach, one of the UK's largest bus operators, has signed a new £3.7m contract for the supply and installation of CCTV on its new buses. The three-year contract with LOOK CCTV, a subsidiary of AIM-listed Quadnetics, will ensure all new buses ordered by Stagecoach up to the end of 2012 are fitted with state-of-the-art digital CCTV systems.

Stagecoach, which operates 7,000 buses across the UK, already makes extensive use of LOOK CCTV technology throughout its fleet. Under the new contract, hundreds of new Stagecoach buses a year will be fitted with LOOK systems, which will be covered by a six-year warranty.

Digital CCTV systems provide bus and coach operators with a powerful tool to combat crime on buses and reduce fraudulent insurance claims.

The LOOK system includes wireless network applications to streamline CCTV maintenance and provide high capacity data logging for video and audio recording.

Les Warneford, Managing Director of Stagecoach UK Bus, said: "The safety and security of our customers and our people is fundamental to our business, and public transport is the safest way to travel.

"We have worked with LOOK for a number of years and they are a valued technology and service provider. Their systems have a proven track record of making our passengers feel safe, cutting crime and anti-social behaviour and helping track down offenders."

LOOK CCTV is the UK's leading supplier of digital CCTV systems to bus and coach operators with over 18,000 systems installed.

Andrew Prince, LOOK Managing Director, said: "We are delighted to be awarded this exclusive three-year CCTV deal with Stagecoach, which will allow us to further develop our CCTV technologies for bus and coach operators."