Bosch and Daimler have obtained approval from local authorities in Baden-Württemberg for their automated valet parking (AVP) system in the Mercedes-Benz Museum multi-storey car park in Stuttgart, Germany. Until... continue
Q-Park has formed a partnership with Sheffield Hospitals Charity that will see customers booking online use a special code to get a discount on their parking, with a... continue
Members of Disabled Motoring UK will receive 15% off the price of parking with Q-Park. Q-Park will also donate a portion of the revenue from each booking back to DMUK. Graham Footer, chief executive of Disabled Motoring UK, said: “We are delighted to work further with Q-Park to provide... continue
Q-Park is supporting the work of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, which supports people living with lung cancer and is seeking better ways to detect he condition early. Q-Park has offered a discounted... continue
Airport parking reservations specialist ParkVia is now working in Argentina. ParkVia has secured three locations across what is world’s largest Spanish-speaking nation. The company is working with two key airports situated in the capital of Buenos Aires – Ezeiza Airport and... continue
Online reservation retailer ParkVia has appointed a ‘customer expert’ to help it enhance travellers’ online booking... continue
Civil enforcement agency Bristow & Sutor has been highlighting the positive impact of an independent advisory panel established to ensure it meets high standards of ethics and compliance. The panel was established in September 2018. It is chaired by Anthony Sharp, founder of the Money Advice... continue
Adverts promoting the RingGo cashless parking service have been appearing on taxis, billboards and radio stations across London. The consumer... continue
PayByPhone UK, has acquired Mirada Connect, a provider of cashless parking services.This is the first acquisition for PayByPhone UK under Volkswagen Financial Services ownership. Jonny Combe, PayByPhone’s UK chief executive officer, said: “Mirada Connect is a well-established company... continue
NCP has taken over the UK operations of Secure Parking and Empark in deals that will see it expand its presence in the rail, airport, health sector and retail parking markets. NCP has acquired Secure Parking’s UK operations (which trade as S&K Car Park Management and iPark Europe) and... continue
The enforcement of the Blue Badge scheme by local authorities should be made a statutory obligation, recommends a report on improving accessibility for disabled graduates by the think-tank Demos. The report authors also want to see disabled people’s organisations involved in the... continue
A woman is challenging the way in which private parking companies charge disabled and non-disabled people exactly the same for the period of time they park. Claire Withnall, 36, was left severely disabled after a stroke. She told BBC Radio 4’s consumer programme You and Yours that it was... continue
Schools near Glasgow have been monitoring air quality as part of a project aiming to reduce the levels of pollution emitted by vehicles as they drop off and collect... continue
Croydon Council is set to expand its programme of creating School Streets, pedestrian zones that operate during the school run period. Up to eight new School Streets could be introduced after the idea received nearly 70% positive feedback in a public consultation. The scheme would cover 12 schools,... continue
Croydon Council is proposing to introduce a parking permit scheme encouraging motorists to switch to environmentally friendly vehicles. Under the south London council’s plans, drivers with the least polluting vehicles would be offered significant discounts for residential parking... continue
Newport City Council’s new civil enforcement officers are being given free bus travel as they tackle street parking violations. The south Wales council clampdown... continue
The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames is recruiting extra civil enforcement officers (CEOs) to ensure compliance with parking and anti-idling rules. The decision, which was made on 22 July, will see an extra 18 CEOs deployed across the west London council’s controlled parking zones... continue
Body-worn cameras are to be compulsory for bailiffs under plans announced by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The body cameras will have to be worn by around 2,500 certificated enforcement agents, or bailiffs, who collect all sorts of debts including those related to council tax, traffic... continue
Almost 4,000 drivers a day are being caught on camera in London committing moving traffic offences such as driving into a bus lane or stopping in a yellow box junction. The figures were obtained through a series of Freedom of Information requests made to London boroughs by motoring organisation the... continue
The London Borough of Redbridge is recruiting a new head of parking, a role that pay up to £79,000 plus benefits. The east London council runs 18 car parks and operates a decriminalised parking enforcement regime for on-street parking. The new head of parking will oversee extension of a... continue
Civil enforcement agency Bristow & Sutor has made three appointments to its senior leadership team to strengthen its technology, HR and sales divisions. The Redditch headquartered business has appointed Paul Lillico as chief technology officer, Jodie Bromley as group HR director, and... continue
Proposals to reopen Goldsborough Railway Station as a park & ride location have been given a boost after Harrogate Borough Council acknowledged the location offers the opportunity to provide a new... continue
Corby Town Centre Management has received both the Park Mark, Safer Parking award and the Disabled Parking Accreditation (DPA) for... continue
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