Profile
Imperial is the UK’s largest and most experienced provider of parking, environmental and traffic management systems.
With over thirty years’ experience, Imperial provides fully-integrated business processing and IT solutions to public authorities, universities, hospitals and private enforcement contractors right across the country.
With award-winning services, utilisation of proven, yet leading-edge, technology, Imperial now has the UK’s largest client portfolio in civil enforcement.
We bring an unrivalled combination of sector insight, technology skills and the experience of a number of successful service partnerships; undoubtedly providing the capacity, experience and expertise needed to deliver integrated enforcement solutions.
Our History
Imperial was established in 1988 as a provider of systems integration, implementation and software bespoke services to the corporate sector and in October 2003 Imperial acquired Langdale Systems, a leading parking software provider then owned by NCP. This development programme was given further impetus following the acquisition of another prominent parking software provider, Compex Development & Marketing, from Vinci Park UK in December 2006.
On 1st November 2009, Imperial Business Systems became a non-trading holding company as Imperial, Langdale and Compex formally merged. The collective client portfolio of Langdale and Compex gave the newly-formed company market-leading status.
Imperial Today
In 2019 Imperial Business Systems Group was acquired by Volaris Group, part of the largest IT company in Canada, Constellation Software. Volaris acquires, strengthens, and grows vertically-focused software companies, offering them a safe and permanent home, and positioning companies like ours for long-term, sustainable growth.
Being part of Volaris continues to mean that all clients benefit from a stable and successful resource dedicated to the development and application of enforcement technology. The company’s established team of system engineers has pioneered recent advances in parking enforcement technology as a direct result of its close client and e-Government partnerships and its progressive User Group. These ongoing developments are supported by stringent management disciplines, a full range of application support services and an overriding commitment to meet the evolving priorities and operational requirements of each client, as well as periodic changes in traffic management legislation. The software allows for easy integration with third-party products, technologies and interfaces to support the Government’s joined-up approach.
2020: #WeAreModaxo
In 2020 Imperial formed part of Modaxo – a new, dedicated global organisation bringing together businesses from across Volaris Group that collectively focus on advancing new technologies and innovations for People Transportation.
With more than two dozen companies (Imperial being one of them), representing 12 brands, Modaxo comprises 2,000 people, operating from 35 offices in 21 countries around the world.
“Modaxo’s expertise, global bench strength, and singular focus on People Transportation make it a great home for technology companies that share our vision to efficiently move the world’s people” – Bill Delaney, CEO, Modaxo.
Visit Modaxo.com to find out more.
Positive Parking Management
For local authorities, digital tools are the key to unlocking simple, efficient and painless parking management.
Imperial solutions and services remove administrative cost and emotional frustration from parking management for all involved, enabling local authorities to effortlessly manage all aspects of parking while ensuring fairer and more transparent processes for motorists.
By bringing together the full range of Imperial solutions, authorities can reduce the costs associated with parking management, while helping their communities by reducing congestion, ensuring safer streets and cleaner air; and more effectively connecting people and communities.
Watch: Imperial Solutions for Positive Parking Management
Greener, Cleaner and Safer: Environmental Enforcement
For local authorities, environmental enforcement is an essential but problematic task. While the ability to issue, administer and process Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) is vital to address concerns such as littering and dog fouling, ensuring greener, cleaner and safer local communities; increasing legislation and enforcement efforts are resulting in greater numbers of FPNs – the management of which presents a significant challenge for authority staff.
Fortunately there is a way to alleviate such concerns: Imperial’s Environmental Enforcement system effortlessly manages the entire process, from the issue of notices via handheld computers, through to back office, progression through the relevant path and to payment, prosecution or subsequent debt recovery.
Watch: Imperial Solutions for Greener, Cleaner and Safer Environmental Enforcement
Environmental Enforcement – Imperial
Smarter, cleaner cities: Clean Air Zones
It sometimes feels as if we have been talking about Smart Cities forever. But we already have the tools to solve the air quality crisis; we just need to collaborate on bringing them together.
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