News category: Westminster City Council
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Parking Review
News Lead Story

Deniz Huseyin
Westminster is set to “re-align” the way it runs parking services, with two new style contracts to be split between technology and... continue
Westminster is set to “re-align” the way it runs parking services, with two new style contracts to be split between technology and... continue
Parking Review
Business News Lead Story

London property maintenance firm Aspect.co.uk is hiring unemployed young people with clean licences to act as ‘car sitters’ on Transport... continue
Parking Review
Crime

Westminster City Council and its phone parking provider PayByPhone have been warning people about fake emails demanding a parking payment fee. This... continue
Parking Review
Parking Policy
Patrick McDonnell
Complaints from the public about parking in the city of Westminster have fallen by 85%, down from 442 in 2007 to 68 in 2012, the council said. To... continue
Complaints from the public about parking in the city of Westminster have fallen by 85%, down from 442 in 2007 to 68 in 2012, the council said. To... continue
Parking Review
Articles

Westminster City Council has become the first British local authority to use parking bay sensors to give real-time updates to motorists on the... continue
Parking Review
Cover Story

Patrick McDonnell
A car screeches to a halt, policemen shout orders, shots ring out, members of the public run for cover, sirens blare... Scenes like this regularly... continue
A car screeches to a halt, policemen shout orders, shots ring out, members of the public run for cover, sirens blare... Scenes like this regularly... continue
Parking Review
News Lead Story

Britons spend around £1.35 billion on parking, but that means the average motorist spends just £47 a year on parking, compared to £1,500 on fuel.... continue
Parking Review
News Lead Story

Westminster City Council has become the first British local authority to use parking bay sensors to give real-time updates to motorists on the... continue
Parking Review
Business News
Services company Serco Group has further strengthened its interest in the parking sector by aquiring the firm that provides back office parking... continue
Parking Review
Cover Story

Patrick McDonnell
Westminster City Council is trialling a new approach to kerbside management in the West End with the introduction of a team of traffic marshals to... continue
Westminster City Council is trialling a new approach to kerbside management in the West End with the introduction of a team of traffic marshals to... continue
Parking Review
Yellow Lines
A tourist had his car blown up by anti-terrorist officers after it broke down in central London. To add insult to injury he also received a parking... continue
Parking Review
Operational
Westminster City Council waived parking charges throughout the Diamond Jubilee weekend (2-5 June).
Parking on single yelllow lines was permitted,... continue
Parking Review
Yellow Lines

Giles Coren is a food critic for the national press, and occasional TV star in programmes such as Super Sizers. The son of the charming Alan Coren... continue
Parking Review
Parking Policy
Labour councillors in Westminster are seeking a broad alliance of workers and residents to become involved in the new West End Commission,... continue
Parking Review
Operational Lead Story

Westminster City Council says that since the introduction of double yellow lines at junctions and dropped kerbs, the number of tickets issued to... continue
Parking Review
Construction
Lighting facilities are being upgraded in two central London car parks operated by Q-Park, which has awarded contracts for the upgrade of... continue
Parking Review
Training

The Civil Enforcement Academy at South Thames College specialises in providing training and qualifications across all aspects of the parking service,... continue
Parking Review
News Lead Story

Mark Moran
Westminster City Council is abandoning its plan to introduce evening and Sunday street parking charges. The proposed charges attracted protest from a... continue
Westminster City Council is abandoning its plan to introduce evening and Sunday street parking charges. The proposed charges attracted protest from a... continue
Parking Review
Parking Policy
Patrick McDonnell
Disabled Motoring UK has backed Westminster City Council’s new street policy of introducing double yellow lines at dropped kerbs to help... continue
Disabled Motoring UK has backed Westminster City Council’s new street policy of introducing double yellow lines at dropped kerbs to help... continue
Parking Review
Enforcement News Lead Story

Mark Moran
Colin Barrow is to step down as the Conservative leader of Westminster City Council. Barrow has been closely identified with the council's... continue
Colin Barrow is to step down as the Conservative leader of Westminster City Council. Barrow has been closely identified with the council's... continue






