Waze, a community-based traffic and navigation app that rounds up information shared by drivers, has opted to incorporate parking information provided by... continue
Britannia Parking has re-opened a Wrexham multi-storey car park that had been closed for almost a year. The operator has taken over the 307-space St Mark’s car park, off... continue
Coventry’s Ricoh Arena has appointed APCOA UK & Ireland to manage its on-site car parking facilities. The contract, which went live on 1 August, covers the Arena’s 2,000 on-site car parking bays. The Ricoh Arena is home to Premiership Rugby team Wasps and Coventry City Football... continue
NCP wants to rename one of its London car parks as “The Sarah multi-Storey” to honour sporting achievements of British athlete Dame Sarah Storey. NCP has... continue
Local authorities could be missing out on nearly £50m of extra revenue a year by failing to market their parking spaces effectively, argues online parking space rental marketplace YourParkingSpace.co.uk. The company used Freedom of Information responses from 265 councils to assess their... continue
APCOA UK & Ireland has signed two long-term lease deals to operate multi-storey car parks in the waterside area of Belfast. This marks APCOA’s first entry into the Northern Ireland market. APCOA began operating the the 585-space Lanyon Car Park and the 280-space Hilton Car Park on 16 June... continue
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has appointed APCOA UK & Ireland to provide around-the-clock security services for Walsall Manor Hospital. APCOA, which already operates parking at the site, will now be responsible for providing security services such as on-site patrols, operating... continue
APCOA UK & Ireland is offering an environmental enforcement training course that has been accredited by WAMITAB, an awarding organisation that develops qualifications for those working in the parking sector. APCOA said its ‘enviro-crime’ training courses enables civil... continue
Guildford in Surrey is the focal point of a project that seeks to show how real-time parking data and footfall information gathered shops can be harnessed to provide live information for businesses and local government on the parking and retail environments, 24 hours a day. The GEOmii project sees... continue
Outsourced service provider NSL plans to double the size of the workforce at its operational centre in Oldham. The principal activities at NSL’s... continue
NSL has launched a new service line called People Dimensions, built on its established in-house service. People Dimensions will source, train and engage clients’ workforces. It will also work with clients to develop their supervisory and management teams. Meirion Gravell, NSL’s... continue
Lewis Johnson has joined parking information provider Parkopedia in the new role of technical account manager. Johnson joins Parkopedia from Smart Parking. "Technical account managers are responsible for managing all technical... continue
Fiona Deans, who has a background in the cinema industry, has joined parking IT specialist Barbour Logic (BL) as managing director. Previously... continue
BMW Group has acquired phone parking provider Parkmobile Group Europe, which now becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of the German car company, which owns marques such as BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce as parts of the BMW Group. BMW’s has been investing in Parkmobile since 2014. This has enabled the... continue
Q-Park has taken over the management of the Pierhead Street car park in Cardiff. The car park has been rebranded as... continue
ParkingEye continues to be the private parking operator making the most requests for vehicle keeper data from DVLA. Parking companies use the data to send demands for payment of parking charge notices to car owners who have breached parking conditions on private land. The DVLA own figures reveal... continue
Q-Park has established a local customer service centre for the British and Irish markets. The Dutch group had previously networked enquiries made using help-points within its car parks in the UK and... continue
NCP has launched NCP ParkPass, an account-based solution that can be used in place of cash, credit or debit cards at payment machines.... continue
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has appointed APCOA UK & Ireland to provide around-the-clock security services for Walsall Manor Hospital. APCOA, which already operates parking at the site, will now be responsible for providing security services such as on-site patrols, operating surveillance and... continue
Alpha Parking has launched an environmental enforcement training course for local authorities. The covers the full range of issues from general fly-tipping to Public Space Protection Orders. The course has been designed for local authorities that are looking to either extend the remit of civil... continue
A strike by some civil enforcement officers in the London borough of Hackney has had only “minimal” impact on parking patrols, the council’s contractor has reported. Civil enforcement officers (CEOs) belonging to the trade union Unite are taking part in a 24-hour protest... continue
The chair of the panel that scrutinises the British Parking... continue
Over 4.6m penalty charge notices were issued for parking and moving traffic contraventions in London during 2015/16, according to figures released by London Councils. The number of PCNs issued by London’s boroughs and Transport for London (TfL) actually fell by 82,000 from 4,746,219 in... continue
The London Borough of Hillingdon has awarded APCOA UK & Ireland a two-year environmental enforcement services contract. APCOA already enforces parking regulations across the borough. The new contract will see the company deploy a team of dedicated environmental enforcement officers who will... continue
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