Green light for The Traffic Group

The Traffic Group, based in Cheltenham, specialises in traffic technology.

With a strong focus on engineering excellence, the group has achieved three Queen’s Awards for Innovation in the last 12 years. The Traffic Group invests extensively in new product development and advanced production test facilities to ensure high standards of quality, reliability and regulatory compliance.

The group has a strong customer base within the UK and overseas, including major systems integrators, Highways England, local authorities, utilities and many leading traffic management companies. It also has an extensive distributor network.

The companies within the group include AGD Systems, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of intelligence transport systems products to help create safer and more efficient traffic and transport environments, and MAV Systems which develops Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology. The group employs more than 100 staff across six sites in the UK and Australia.

The Traffic Group’s investment in research and development ensures that its product range incorporates the newest technology, and it patents this technology where possible.

Over the last few years, the group has acquired several businesses, with Hazlewoods providing reorganisation advice to assist in preserving or improving the R&D and Patent Box tax savings.

Pete Hutchinson, Director of The Traffic Group Limited, said: “Hazlewoods has been instrumental in helping the group identify R&D and Patent Box tax relief opportunities. It is also reassuring to know that Jemma is just a call or email away to give pro-active advice when we are planning to make any commercial decisions which may affect the financial position of the group.”