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Articles
Councils must be hands-on over bailiff fees, says LGO
Deniz Huseyin
Local authorities need to play a more proactive role to ensure that their bailiff partners do not charge inappropriate or unreasonable fees, advises... continue
Categories: contracts, customer service, debt recovery, enforcement, local government, Local government association, England
Parking Review
Enforcement News Lead Story
Councils press for traffic enforcement powers
The Local Government Association is pressing the DfT to reconsider its decision not to give local authorities outside London powers to enforce moving... continue
Categories: ANPR, enforcement, local government, Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA), DfT, Local government association, England
Parking Review
Business News
Treasury should cover conversion cost of new coins, says LGA
The Treasury should foot the £5.5m cost of altering parking machines to accept new coins being introduced this month, the Local Government... continue
Categories: funding, local government, parking payment, Local government association, England, Wales
Parking Review
Articles
Give councils powers to tackle metal theft, says LGA
Patrick Mcdonnell
Scrap metal dealers should face tighter regulation according to the Local Government Association (LGA). The association says out of date legislation... continue
Categories: crime, local government, police, The Enforcers, Home Office, Local government association, London Assembly, London Councils
Parking Review
Safer Parking Lead Story
Campaigners condemn easing of parking rules
Patrick Mcdonnell
Ministers have announced that limits on car park spaces for new homes are to be abolished. The Coalition government is removing national planning... continue
Categories: local government, new car parks, Parliament & law, political parties, residents, Local government association, England
Parking Review
Congestion Lead Story
Time to start charging ahead
Mark Moran
All English local authorities need to have their third Local Transport Plan in place by April 2011, but the current economic and policy climate sees... continue
Categories: ANPR, congestion charging, consultants, enforcement, guidance (advice documents), local government, parking payment, Parliament & law, performance, political parties, reports, residents, signs & lines, technology, The Enforcers, Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA), AA, BPA, CPRE, DfT, DVLA, Local government association, London Assembly, London Councils, TfL, All of UK
Parking Review
Viewpoint
It’s time to report again
Mike Macey
This is the time of year that English local authority parking teams start working on their annual reports, as required under the Traffic Management... continue
Categories: customer service, disabled parking (blue badge), enforcement, financial results, guidance (advice documents), local government, performance, political parties, reports, signs & lines, surveys, DfT, Local government association, London Assembly, All of UK
Parking Review
Editorial
Who is willing to lead the charge on new road charges?
Mark Moran
The coalition government is on a mission to reduce public sector spending. Reductions in spending of between 25% and 40% are widely anticipated once... continue
Categories: ANPR, congestion charging, guidance (advice documents), local government, parking payment, Parliament & law, political parties, residents, signs & lines, staff, AA, DfT, Local government association, London Assembly, London Councils, RAC Foundation, TfL, Westminster City Council, England, Wales
Parking Review
Enforcement News
Errors by Redbridge deprived OAP of blue badge for almost six months
Errors by the London Borough of Redbridge meant that an elderly disabled man was unable to use of his blue badge for 23 weeks, the Local Government... continue
Categories: appeals, disabled parking (blue badge), local government, permits, The Enforcers, Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA), Local government association, London Councils, Greater London
Parking Review
Yellow Lines
Help, is your car park haunted!
Council customer service centres handle more than 50m calls each year, with most coming from people wanting information about Council Tax, parking... continue
Categories: customer service, local government, residents, retail, staff, training and recruitment, Local government association, All of UK
Parking Review
Editorial
Do prophets of profit overstate their case?
Mark Moran
Local authority officers may be forgiven for feeling under siege and a little undervalued at the moment. In recent weeks the massive scale of... continue
Categories: acquisitions, consultants, contracts, customer service, financial results, funding, local government, multi-storey, new car parks, parking payment, Parliament & law, performance, political parties, procurement, staff, training and recruitment, BPA, DfT, Local government association, All of UK
Parking Review
News Lead Story
President Brown launches BPA’s parking master plan
Mark Moran
New British Parking Association (BPA) president Graham Brown launched a Master Plan for Parking at a reception held at the House of Commons on 23... continue
Categories: airports, ANPR, appeals, clamping, crime, debt recovery, disabled parking (blue badge), enforcement, guidance (advice documents), hospitals NHS, local government, parking payment, Parliament & law, permits, signs & lines, The Enforcers, Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA), training and recruitment, AA, Approved operator scheme AOS, BPA, DfT, Home Office, Local government association, London Assembly, London Councils, Mobilise, Parking & Traffic Appeals Service (PATAS), RAC Foundation, SIA, TfL, Traffic Penalties Tribunal, Women in Parking, All of UK
Parking Review
Transport
Pothole bills will soar with thaw, warns ICE
Local authorities are facing an expensive road repair due to the number of potholes created by the heavy snow falls and prolonged cold spells that... continue
Categories: car park design, construction and refurbishments, consultants, local government, maintenance and cleaning, procurement, signs & lines, surveys, AA, DfT, Local government association, RAC Foundation, TfL, All of UK
Parking Review
Articles
Swindon cameras turned off in road safety re-think
Wiltshire County Council has switched off road safety cameras in Swindon as part of a re-think on how best to combat road accidents. The five cameras... continue
Categories: ANPR, enforcement, funding, local government, police, political parties, safety, signs & lines, technology, The Enforcers, Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA), AA, DfT, Local government association, RAC Foundation, South of England
Parking Review
Technology
Talking points: Phone parking
The ability to pay for parking simply by using a mobile phone is one which has many attractions for motorists, especially if it removes the need to... continue
Categories: guidance (advice documents), local government, parking payment, phone parking, procurement, reports, signs & lines, technology, The Enforcers, PayByPhone, RingGo, BPA, Local government association, London Assembly, London Councils, Westminster City Council, All of UK
Parking Review
Letters
Why are differential PCNs targeted at delivery vehicles?
Mike Bracey, chairman, Brewery Logistics Group writes: I was interested to read the article “Business as usual” by Linda Baker of Watford... continue
Categories: appeals, enforcement, local government, retail, signs & lines, The Enforcers, DfT, Local government association, London Councils, National Parking Adjudication Service (NPAS), Traffic Penalties Tribunal, Westminster City Council, All of UK, Greater London
Parking Review
Yellow Lines
Bet ‘jargon-busting’ would be a cliché
Council leaders have published a list of 200 pieces of jargon they would like to see banned. A hit-list complied by by the Local Government... continue
Categories: branding/marketing, customer service, guidance (advice documents), local government, Local government association, All of UK
Parking Review
Awards
British Parking Awards 2009 short list revealed
The shortlist for the British Parking Awards has been revealed. These are the entries which have most impressed the judging panel and which now will... continue
Categories: airports, ANPR, appeals, awards, branding/marketing, car clubs, car park design, charity, conferences/events/exhibitions, congestion charging, construction and refurbishments, consultants, crime, customer service, debt recovery, disabled parking (blue badge), enforcement, hospitals NHS, local government, maintenance and cleaning, manufacturers, multi-storey, new car parks, park & ride, political parties, procurement, Rail, reports, residents, retail, safety, signs & lines, staff, surveys, technology, The Enforcers, Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA), training and recruitment, , , Alpha Parking, ANPR International, APCOA, APT SkiData, BCP, BemroseBooth Mobile, Britannia Parking, Cale Briparc, Capita Group, Civica, CP Plus, CreditCall, Drakes Group, Equita, ESRI, Euro Car Parks, Excel Civil Enforcement, Excel Parking Services, Faber Maunsell, Fashion Systems, First, Holiday Extras, IBM, Imperial, Jambusters, JBW, JMP, Keltic Uniforms, Landor, Legion Group, Makers, Marston Group, Meteor, Metric Parking, Milbury Systems, Mouchel Group, NCP, NCP Services, Olympic Delivery Authority, Parkeon, Parking Review, Parking Shop, ParkMagic, PayByPhone, Project Centre, Q-Park, RCP, RingGo, Roadcoat (UK) Ltd, Siemens, Town & City Parking, Traffic & Parking Consultancy, Triflex, TSL, Vertex, VINCI Park, AA, BPA, CABE, CPRE, Department of Regional Development, DfT, DVLA, English Heritage, Environment Agency, Highways Agency, Home Office, Institute of Parking Professionals, Local government association, London Assembly, London Councils, National Parking Adjudication Service (NPAS), Parking & Traffic Appeals Service (PATAS), Westminster City Council, All of UK
Parking Review
Operational
Seven unitary councils launched
Seven new unitary local authorities went live on 1 April as part of a major local government reorganisation. The new  authorities cover:... continue
Categories: enforcement, green parking, local government, Parliament & law, Local government association, All of UK, East Anglia, East Midlands, East of England, England, Metropolitan Counties, North East England, North West England, West Midlands
Parking Review
Enforcement News
AA concern over dropped kerb plans
Deniz Huseyin
Fines should not be issued to cars parked on dropped kerbs unless white lines are laid down, argues the AA. It is opposing plans by the Department... continue
Categories: enforcement, funding, local government, signs & lines, AA, DfT, Local government association, All of UK
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