Marketing agency, Chez Vision, wins contract to supply revolutionary car park floor advertising for Southern Railway’s entire network

Chez Vision Marketing Limited, integrated marketing agency, has partnered with award winning transport operator Southern Railway to provide the unique car park floor advertising in over 88 railway car parks across the south of England.

Southern, who won the award for ‘Public Transport Operator of the Year’ at this year’s London Transport Awards has been heavily investing in car park expansion programmes over recent years. Major works have been carried out to install CCTV and lighting throughout the majority of Southern’s network, along with the extension of selected car parks with the installation of Southern’s new single deck car park system, complete with ramp traffic lights. This has transformed many locations into much safer environments with pleasant, clean surroundings, creating the perfect stage for developing the ingenious floor advertising campaigns.

Jeremy Singer, Sales & Marketing Director at Chez Vision said “We’ve built an enviable knowledge of local businesses in and around Southend and we have a thorough understanding of local networks and marketing requirements. As we have grown, we have developed our multi-location campaigns designed for large national blue-chip organisations and media agencies. We are delighted to be working with an organisation such as Southern, who are continually recognised for excellence within their industry and who constantly strive to achieve innovative improvements and developments. We approached Southern because we were confident we could offer ground-breaking advertising solutions. Some of these car parks have over 500 spaces available, presenting a phenomenal opportunity to advertisers.”

Southern’s Sales & Business Development Manager, Chris White commented, “We’ve seen Chez Vision’s work and we’re impressed with what they can achieve in partnership with other organisations. As a result, we are very keen to trial the innovative car park advertising ourselves. The most inspiring advantage which stands out for us in particular is the tangible nature of offline marketing. Clearly, the benefits of advertising within a digital medium are huge, but we are looking for something different, and believe that Chez Vision can deliver for us. We’re excited about the prospect of creating a striking talking point for our visitors, particularly through the unlimited, high-impact designs available. We’re hoping for great things!”

Chris concludes, “We will be spreading the word about the new advertising opportunities via our website and other media related methods. Each of our car parks, whether large or small now offer this unique opportunity for advertisers to get creative and we are keen to include every single one to ensure maximum impact for all involved.”

About Southern

Southern provides train services for commuters, airport users, business travellers and leisure travellers in south London, between central London and the South coast, through East and West Sussex, Surrey and parts of Kent and Hampshire. Southern, originally known as South Central, began providing train services in 2001. Now every day on average, 446,500 passenger journeys are made from 156 stations, 120 of which have Secure Station accreditation.

In 2009, Govia (Southern’s parent company) was awarded the South Central franchise to run from September 2009 until July 2015. During the new franchise, Southern has worked hard to make improvements to stations, trains and to the passengers’ overall travelling experience. Over the past few years, six superb brand new station buildings have been created at Mitcham Eastfields, Coulsdon Town (formerly Smitham), Uckfield, East Grinstead, Hassocks and Ashtead. Further major station improvement schemes are underway which will bring the overall investment in new stations and major improvement work to over £16.5million. To top it off, Southern has also increased car and cycle parking spaces significantly at stations to help passengers travel in a much more sustainable way.

About Chez Vision Marketing Limited

Chez Vision Marketing leverage over 40 years of experience in managing commercial flooring, customer support and sales/marketing campaigns. The management team has worked with the likes of McDonalds, JP Morgan, JML, Daily Mirror, Foxy Bingo, Nuance, Clarins, Essilor, Hawes & Curtis and many more household names. The team, based in Southend-on-Sea, aims to provide the most cutting-edge, effective and cost efficient products and services to its clients whilst committing to unrivalled, professional service delivery.

Chez Vision’s mission is clear:

• To promote brand awareness
• To provide clients with a new medium
• To help businesses generate additional revenue