A Private Members’ Bill calling for a single code of practice for the private parking sector is to be debated in the House of Commons. The Parking (Code of Practice) Bill, which had its first reading on 19 July, would... continue
Passengers returning to Gatwick Airport were left unable to find their cars after a meet & greet company went out of business. Gatwick First Parking ceased trading early this week, meaning when their customers arrived at the London airport they found no cars waiting. And with the company not... continue
Consumers will no longer to be charged extra for paying by debit or credit cards. From January next year... continue
Mark Carney, governer of the Bank of England,... continue
Australian investment bank Macquarie is selling UK parking operator National Car Parks (NCP) to a Japanese... continue
Schools could generate revenue by renting out empty parking spaces... continue
Parking platform Parkonomy.com has launched an online service that enables motorists to locate and book vehicle wash and valeting services. Customers can search through a vehicle washing options and select the service and options that are best suited to their requirements. Parkwash offers a choice... continue
Online parking platform Parkonomy.com claims it was able to start offering cashless parking services for an operator within 24 hours of signing them up at Parkex 2017. Phoenix Parking... continue
ParkBee, a company that enables private car park owners to market their sites to the general public, has signed up its first car park in Nottingham. Located on Foxhall Road, the car park offers parking for 80p an hour and £4 a day. Spaces are booked via the ParkBee website and payments are... continue
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has selected Capita to manage a framework that will provide bespoke training services to public sector organisations and the Civil Service. The CCS Managed Learning Services framework agreement is designed to enable government departments, councils, NHS Trusts... continue
Connected car services provider INRIX has added details of all APCOA Parking sites in Europe to its parking... continue
Facilities management company Apleona has launched WelPARK Solutions, a standalone business for the retail parking sector. Apleona has been offering parking management as part of its wider facilities management work for... continue
Bouwfonds Investment Management has acquired a Q-Park operated car park in Finland for one of its parking specific alternative investment funds. The property is an underground car park providing 400-spaces located beneath Kasarmitori town square in the central district of Helsinki. The seller is... continue
Homeowners in almost 30 towns and cities across the UK made an average of more than £1,000 per year from renting their empty driveway, according to research by online parking marketplace YourParkingSpace.co.uk Driveways in London netted the most money, earning their owners on average a very tidy... continue
The International Parking Community (IPC) has appointed Charles Clowes as its new chief operating officer. Clowes joins the accredited trade association from National Car Parks (NCP), where he was head of commercial. The creation of the chief operating officer role will see Will Hurley... continue
German car-maker Audi has adopted Parkopedia as its global in-car parking service. The new service includes on-street and off-street information as well as dynamic space availability and other features, which will support future parking services delivered by Audi. Markets covered include Europe,... continue
Chiltern Railways has awarded APCOA Parking a five-year contract for 9,600 parking spaces at 27 stations across the country. The contract, which went live on 8 May, covers a range of services including maintenance, revenue enforcement and collection, security and automatic number plate recognition... continue
Volkswagen has said it will not pay the £2.5m the Mayor of London claims the German carmaker owes in missed congestion charge payments, following the 2015 emissions-rigging scandal. The ‘Dieselgate’ scandal saw VW admit about 11 million cars worldwide were fitted with a so-called... continue
Over 70 members of NHS staff have been told by a court that... continue
Croydon Council is to trial pedestrian zones next to schools so parents and their children walk more and use cars less. Three schools in the south London borough have signed up to the six-month council scheme from September. The project is aimed at improving road safety, reducing pollution and... continue
Primary school children in Edinburgh have been creating 20mph-themed artwork to support of the city’s rollout of slower speeds to... continue
A police officer will enforce taxi rules and regulations in Bristol and South Gloucestershire as part of a campaign... continue
Police community support officers (PCSOs) were shocked by the abuse directed at local authority parking officers when patrolling alongside them in Derby. Officers from the Derbyshire force joined the civil enforcement officers (CEOs) who had been threatened by people in the Normanton and Peartree... continue
A North Somerset Council civil enforcement officer (CEO) had to call for police help after being threatened by a motorist he had issued a ticket to. The council, which introduced CEOs in April, says the incident was one of a series of threats made to its staff. Besides abuse when on patrol, CEOs... continue
Cambridgeshire Constabulary is conducting a crackdown on bad parking in villages using information collected via its... continue
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