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  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    Castle wrote: »
    Something for the Daily Mail to investigate perhaps?

    Castle ,,,, the BPA is overdue an investigation.

    And the other so called ATA .... IPC should go straight to prison, they did that to the Kray Twins, now we have Will Hurley and John Davies
  • pappa_golf
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    as per the parking pranksters blog


    Nicola Mullany resigns as chair of ISPA


    The Prankster can confirm that Nicola Mullany, chair of ISPA resigned with immediate effect on Friday 16 September 2016.

    The Prankster wishes Ms Mullany all the best. We have not always seen eye to eye, but this is to be expected. The Prankster was impressed by the way ISPA was run and accepts that the environment was challenging.

    The Prankster expects that a lot of this will be going on:
    lines
    reading
    lines

    and suggests that everyone waits for the official announcement before concocting too many conspiracy theories, some of which already appear to have been aired on MoneySavingExpert.

    Happy Parking

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  • beamerguy
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    The Prankster has confirmed

    Nicola Mullany resigns as chair of ISPA

    http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/nicola-mullany-resigns-as-chair-of-ispa.html

    And the Prankster says
    "and suggests that everyone waits for the official announcement before concocting too many conspiracy theories, some of which already appear to have been aired on MoneySavingExpert."

    The theories relate to why the WH saga ended with a thump which clearly is not in the control of the ISPA
    Therefore a statement by Nicola hopefully will explain more
  • pappa_golf
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    beamerguy wrote: »
    The Prankster has confirmed

    Nicola Mullany resigns as chair of ISPA

    http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/nicola-mullany-resigns-as-chair-of-ispa.html

    And the Prankster says
    "and suggests that everyone waits for the official announcement before concocting too many conspiracy theories, some of which already appear to have been aired on MoneySavingExpert."

    The theories relate to why the WH saga ended with a thump which clearly is not in the control of the ISPA
    Therefore a statement by Nicola hopefully will explain more


    and suggests that everyone waits for the official announcement before concocting too many conspiracy theories, some of which already appear to have been aired on MoneySavingExpert
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  • beamerguy
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    pappa_golf wrote: »
    and suggests that everyone waits for the official announcement before concocting too many conspiracy theories, some of which already appear to have been aired on MoneySavingExpert

    Yes, read that so we will wait
  • System
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    edited 18 September 2016 at 3:54PM
    Yes, read that so we will wait

    Why? Much more fun to speculate ... about the photographs.
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  • hoohoo
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    It seems ParkingCowboys has the full story. ISPA to disband...or are they?

    http://www.parkingcowboys.co.uk/2016-09-ispa-to-cease-operating/

    It is with great regret that the ISPA board is announcing that a decision was taken at an emergency meeting of ISPA on 13 September 2016 that the board would cease its work on 23 September 2016.

    The board did not take this decision lightly as it feels since it was formed in February 2014 it has done some very good work to help to ensure the independence and effectiveness of the appeal service known as PoPLA. It has done this despite having none of the formal powers oversight bodies would normally expect to have, operating on a limited budget and working in a climate of uncertainty which meant it was never able to be sure how long it would be funded.

    In recent months, however, the board has faced a number of challenges arising out of its lack of powers and its uncertain existence. The board took the view that these challenges were so great that it could not continue to operate and should be wound up.

    ISPA has continued to lobby government to put in place an adequately funded body with legal powers of oversight. ISPA did not want to do anything that would make such a body’s establishment less likely but, in the end, concluded it would not be fair to motorists, consumers and other stakeholders to continue when it could not carry out some of its core duties.

    The board wishes to thank all those stakeholders who have contributed to the positive work it has undertaken in the past and who have supported its achievements.

    ISPA Board September 2016
    Dedicated to driving up standards in parking
  • pappa_golf
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    so ,,, lets get this straight


    the BPA hire a company that are debt collectors to handle almost 4000 appeals , this company dismiss about 80% of the appeals , because they have a vested interest in debt collection and CC , and there is no governing body to oversee this?


    this differs from the POFa 2012 and the governments wishes
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  • beamerguy
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    pappa_golf wrote: »
    so ,,, lets get this straight

    the BPA hire a company that are debt collectors to handle almost 4000 appeals , this company dismiss about 80% of the appeals , because they have a vested interest in debt collection and CC , and there is no governing body to oversee this?

    this differs from the POFa 2012 and the governments wishes

    That sums it up pappa, but we already knew this.

    It is very rare for a board on mass to resign, when this happens there is a very serious underlying cause which in this case is the BPA

    What is of grave concern is that we on this forum have only seen a small number of WHOPLA cases. We have not seen 4000 go through here and how many of those 4000 were rejected and the person just paid up.

    Let's assume that 3000 people paid up ?

    Min £100 x 3000 = £300,000 A lot more if they were then forced to pay added debt collectors fake fees.

    At the very least, the BPA and Wright Hassall should be investigated by the Police as this is beginning to smell very bad indeed.

    The Notice
    http://ispa.co.uk/userfiles/files/ISPA%20Notice%20of%20Board%20decision%20to%20cease%20operating.pdf
  • Half_way
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    At the very least, the BPA and Wright Hassall should be investigated by the Police as this is beginning to smell very bad indeed.

    If the BPA/Wright Haasall smell bad, then god only knows what the IPC/IAS/Will Hurley, John Davies/Gladstones combination smells like
    From the Plain Language Commission:

    "The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
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