Brent to ‘buy back’ permits
Deniz Huseyin
The London Borough of Brent is set to offer financial incentives to persuade residents to give up parking permits. The policy is part of a wider revamp to residents’ parking that would also see the council introduce emissions-based charging. Under the plans residents who give up a permit and agree not to purchase another one for at least two years would receive a voucher worth £200 towards the cost of joining a car club, or... continue
British Parking Awards 2011 launched
The British Parking Awards, sponsored by Equita, celebrate their tenth birthday with what is expected to be the biggest and best competition yet. One of the highlights of the tenth anniversary gala lunch, to be held in London on Friday 11 March 2011, will be the presentation of a special award to be “best of the best” from the past ten years. Run by Parking Review magazine, the competition and its gala awards lunch are no... continue
Home Office to abolish car clamping on private land
Clamping of vehicles on private land is to be banned in England and Wales, the government has announced. The ban will be introduced in the Freedom Bill in November, and is likely to come into force next year once it gains Royal Assent. Those who flout the ban could face severe fines and even a prison sentence. Licences currently issued by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) to individual clamping operatives, supervisors and directors will be... continue
PCN fall in London due to recession and rise of CCTV
Deniz Huseyin
A 22% drop in penalty charge notices (PCNs) issued in London over the past two years is due to the response by councils to “public concern about over-zealous enforcement”, according to Nick Lester, corporate director, services at London Councils. He also attributed the fall in PCNs to the recession. “This has relieved the pressure for parking spaces, and traffic levels have come down as well,” said Lester. “With... continue
Back by popular demand: One-hour parking for Newcastle motorists
NCP has re-introduced the one-hour price tariff at John Dobson Street in Newcastle, after a market research survey. Customer feedback also indicated a wish among car park users that the cost of parking in the centre of... continue
Phoenix acquires Major Collections
Bailiff and debt recovery company Phoenix Commercial Collections has acquired fellow bailiff enforcement company Major Collections. The acquisition of the company is another step in Phoenix’s structured growth plans... continue
NCP takes over Ashford
NCP has taken over the management of Ashford International’s car parks on behalf of train operator High Speed 1 (HS1). HS1 owns St Pancras International, the High Speed 1 railway and the international stations at... continue
Foreign supercars owe £4m in unpaid fines
Westminster City Council has revealed that foreign owned cars and motorbikes owed it almost £4m in unpaid fines over the last three years with more than 80% of overseas drivers refusing to pay penalty charge notice... continue
Staff car perks to go in Richmond
Staff car allowances and free parking is to be abolished in the London Borough of Richmond. The decision will involve one-off compensation payments to staff, totalling £510,000, but the council expects to making... continue
Police warning on cloned cars
Police car crime experts have warned that thousands of cars on the UK’s roads have been “cloned”.
Cloning involves criminals using... continue
Thousands of cars being ‘cloned’
Police car crime experts have warned that thousands of cars on the UK’s roads have been “cloned”.
Cloning involves criminals using... continue
Bromley counts Park Mark success as score hits 31
Over 30 of the London Borough of Bromley’s car parks have now achieved Park Mark status under the Safer Parking Scheme run by the British Parking Association. A total of 31 of the 35 council owned and maintained car... continue
Q-Park goes green in Sheffield
Q-Park has opened a new 530-space car park in Sheffield, a city where it now has a cluster of five car parks. The Rockingham Street car park has a green façade, whose differently shaded, laminated glazing panels have... continue
Heathrow Terminal 2 car park planned
BAA is planning to build a new multi-storey car park serving?Terminal 2. The Multi-storey Car?Park East Phase 1 project includes the construction of new arrivals and departures forecourts, access roads, ramps and a covered... continue
Stockport parking shuttle success
Stockport Council has celebrated its 250,000th passenger on the town’s Metroshuttle, which links up car parks, shops and other attractions in... continue
Metric team had welly good day
The sun shone for Metric Group’s annual barbecue and family fun day at its headquarters in Westmead, Swindon. In typical British fashion the weather looked indecisive for a barbecue and some rain had threatened to... continue
Gamble becomes sales boss at ANPR Technolgies
Ian Gamble has been appointed sales manager at ANPR Technologies to raise the firm’s profile in the parking enforcement sector. He joins the company after nine years at The Parking Shop, prior to which he worked at... continue
