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Press, kit, and the things we’d rather you got right.
Logos, photography, factsheet and a contact who picks up the phone. Use the kit; quote the numbers; check anything you’re unsure of.
01 · In the newsSelected, 2024 →
2025 · MAR
Highways Mag.
Ardent’s M1 cited in TRL portable signal review – methodology adopted as reference
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2025 · FEB
Manchester Eve. News
“The startup making Manchester’s roadworks behave” – feature on instrumented signal kit
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2024 · NOV
New Civil Eng.
Series A round: £6.4m raised to expand UK assembly capacity to 1,200 units / yr
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2024 · SEP
TfL Board
TfL board paper recommends instrumented signals as condition for next-cycle frameworks
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2024 · MAY
Construction News
How a Manchester assembly line is rethinking the portable signal market
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02 · Press kit – downloadUpdated APR 2026
KIT · 01
Logo + wordmark
Primary lockup, wordmark only, kerb mark, in light and dark variants.
ZIP · SVG + PNG2.4 MB ↓
KIT · 02
Product photography
M1 in field, depot, and on white. 24 images, 6000 px long edge.
ZIP · JPG + TIFF340 MB ↓
KIT · 03
Factsheet – A4 PDF
Two-page company and product summary. Numbers, contacts, boilerplate.
PDF · A41.1 MB ↓
KIT · 04
Founder portraits
Rana Thakkar – six approved portraits, on-site and studio.
ZIP · JPG62 MB ↓
KIT · 05
Brand guidelines
50-page brand specification (this same document set).
PDF · A418 MB ↓
KIT · 06
Boilerplate copy
Approved 50, 100 and 250-word descriptions of Ardent and the M1.
TXT14 KB ↓
03 · Quick facts
| Founded | 2021 · Manchester, UK |
| HQ + depot | 14 Pollard Street, Manchester M15 4PG |
| Headcount | 14 (Apr 2026) |
| Founder | Rana Thakkar – formerly Atkins / TfL |
| Funding | £6.4m Series A · Nov 2024 · Octopus Ventures (lead) |
| Product | M1 – connected portable traffic signal · current rev 4.2 |
| Units in field | 247 (live) |
| Customers | 11 local authorities · 18 traffic management contractors |
| Manufacturing | UK assembly · components from UK, Germany, Italy, China |
| Reg. number | 00000000 · England |