The charity that looks after Wimbledon Common in London is using a mobile parking payment system to tap into Gift Aid funding. The Wimbledon and Putney Commons (WPCC) is an area of parkland covering 1,440 acres that cost around £1.5m a year to maintain. WPCC has historically used a pay &... continue
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has acquired SkyParkSecure for an undisclosed sum.MAG plans to use the acquisition of the price comparison and booking agent to provide a greater variety of online parking services to its customers and business partners. SkyParkSecure, trading from the domain... continue
British online parking reservation specialist has strengthened its presence in the Italian airport network with the addition of three new airports its partner family. Palermo Airport... continue
US parking technology start-up ParkJockey is scaling up its business by acquiring two parking operators. The Miami-based start-up has used help from Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Capital and debt financing from Owl Rock, to acquire Imperial Parking Corporation, a North American-based parking management... continue
Payment solutions provider ADVAM has entered an agreement to be acquired by Transaction Network Services (TNS), a global provider of managed data communications and interoperability solutions to the payments, financial and telecommunications industries. ADVAM delivers unattended payments and... continue
French parking company Indigo has sold its European subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia to Spain’s Saba Infraestructuras. The sale reflects Indigo’s strategy to focus on priority markets in which it holds a... continue
UK motorists racked up £4.2m in fines during 2017 for abusing disabled parking bays, new research reveals. The survey by Confused.com suggests a total of 97,138 parking notices were issued to drivers caught misusing the UK’s 42,000 council-operated disabled spaces. The figures do not... continue
A disability charity wants councils to take action against people misusing Blue Badge parking permits. Phil Talbot, from Scope, said thefts of disabled permits were rising. “Stealing Blue Badges isn’t a crime without consequences. They are a vital lifeline for those who genuinely need... continue
Motorists in Northern Ireland have been fined £1.4m in the past three years for abusing in disabled bays. More than 16,000 penalty charge notices (PCNs) were issued to motorists who used the bays without displaying a Blue Badge. The figures were supplied to BBC News NI by the Department for... continue
Northern Ireland's consumer protection body overturned £40,000 worth of fines issued by private parking companies last year. The Consumer Council, an independent body tasked with helping consumers across a range of sectors in Northern Ireland, said the challenges relate to 333 tickets in the... continue
Car parks in Tyne & Wear that are at risk of flooding are being identified and signed by local authorities in partnership with the Environment Agency. The project is... continue
The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a £500,000 competition focussed on opening up local authority parking and traffic management data. The DfT has nominated two categories of data that it considers important to open: real-time traffic management information and parking data.? The... continue
PATROL (Parking and Traffic Regulations outside London)... continue
Academics from the University of Surrey and the University of Oxford have examined how connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) could have a substantial impact on the future of urban tourism. The new research by Professor Scott Cohen (University of Surrey) and Dr Debbie Hopkins (University of... continue
Paul Sharpe has become the managing director of civil enforcement agency Newlyn. Following an introductory period prior to Christmas, he joins the Newlyn team in the... continue
The Project Centre has appointed Andy Brookfield as the regional director and for Manchester and the North. He will oversee the... continue
Paul Moorby, managing director of parking technology specialist Chipside, has received an OBE in the New Year’s Honours... continue
The Department for Transport is to fund new bike parking facilities at stations across the country. The £1.6m of government investment was announced by cycling and walking minister Jesse Norman in December 2018. Norman said: “Improving cycling access to railway stations is good for... continue
Newcastle International Airport has revealed development plans for a £4m upgrade of car parking facilities. The plans include building a new purpose-built Premium Meet & Greet car parking facility and a new Premium Fast Track car parking area,... continue
The English Cities Fund has completed the new Stanley Street multi-storey car park at its New Bailey development in Salford, Greater Manchester. The 633-space facility will be... continue
Broadcaster ITV has scrapped plans to redevelop its iconic South Bank headquarters, instead opting to sell the site. The FTSE 100 firm, which had been on the South Bank for four decades, vacated the London Television Centre site last year to let construction start on a major new project. A new HQ... continue
Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London (PATROL) is inviting local authorities to submit their annual reports to the PATROL PARC (Parking Annual Reports by... continue
The 2019 everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards programme is now open for entries, with organisers inviting nominations from across the industry, from aviation and shipping to road and rail. The awards are free to enter and the... continue
The British Parking Association won the Best Membership Engagement Award at the 2018 UK Association Awards. The judges’ said:... continue
The British Parking Awards 2019 recognises excellence in management, design and innovation in both the on-street and off-street parking sector. To give... continue
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