UKCPS - Company Car

Jacko99

Hi all,


I have read through the NEWBIES stick thread as suggested on many other posts within the forums. However, I am still unsure of the exact process to take against UKCPS as I received a PCN on the windscreen of my company car.


I know the asterisk section states that you should appeal ASAP as the "driver", but do I have to give all my personal information within this appeal? Furthermore I can't actually find UKCPS as a registered AOS member on the British Parking website (which means they cant get the keepers details anyway?):

I have started by writing a strong compliant to the landowner (Total Fitness) expressing my utter disbelief that they would condone issuing PCN's to paying customers to see if they can assist with cancelling this charge.


A brief background, my PCN was issued for parking at Total Fitness "outside of marked bays", a Notice of Charge which is not even stipulated on the signage around the gym.


Any advise on the next steps with UKCPS would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks

Quentin

The reason company car drivers are advised to out themselves (full details) is to stop correspondence with the RK resulting in them simply paying out and then deducting the charge from wages.

Jacko99

The company I work for is only small so I could easily stop them paying any charges that came through from UKCPS. In this instance is it still wise to out myself or could I just appeal as the keeper (as if my company has written the appeal?) - Thanks for the quick response

enfield_freddy

all very well appealing as the company , BUT is this goes pear shaped at appeal time , and they pursue it to the court system, then it could get costly , as they could nominate the court , not you

Umkomaas

UKCPS are not BPA AOS members, but still can obtain keeper details via the DVLA as they are members of the IPC AOS.

Your company can await the NtK, then notify UKCPS that you are the 'keeper' of the vehicle (as opposed to the 'registered keeper') and they can then pursue you.

UKCPS are mildly litigious, so if it did come to court papers then Freddy's advice about court location comes into play and one reason why you should try to handle this.

But don't get over-optimistic about the prospect of success at either PPC or IAS stages. More than 80% of motorists fail due to the skewed partiality of the IAS towards the PPC. The landowner is your best bet to get this cancelled.

If all avenues fail, then it's time to ignore and hope to ride out any storm - they have six years to pursue this.

The_Deep

As this is UKCPS it will probably be a contractual charge on which v.a.t. is payable. Have they accounted for vat on their paper work? If not it becomes a breach of contract and GPEOL applies More reading here


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5087925=


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5033796=


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5195437


If you suspect tax evasion go here
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/reporting-tax-evasion