Parking stories in the News/media

Coupon-mad

There are some very angry consumer-supporting stakeholders up in arms about this confusing rubbish and I doubt the DLUHC are impressed with this latest game.

I predict it will come back to bite the industry.  Talk about smoke & mirrors.  Makes them look particularly tin-pot. 

Nellymoser

I share your prediction, think both ATAs have just shot themselves in the foot. I hope the DLUHC are so livid with them they look again at their suitability for a regulatory role. 

Coupon-mad

Maybe I'll set up a rival APA with a proper Code of Practice based entirely on the DLUHC one.  Healthy competition.

patient_dream

Coupon-mad said:

There are some very angry consumer-supporting stakeholders up in arms about this confusing rubbish and I doubt the DLUHC are impressed with this latest game.

I predict it will come back to bite the industry.  Talk about smoke & mirrors.  Makes them look particularly tin-pot. 

The BPA has jumped into the biggest cow pat ever.
The BPA has gone against the will of government who want to clean up the parking industry

Surely now, government can see that the BPA is not fit for purpose and joining hands with the IPC which as everyone knows is just a scam set-up

Only ONE code of practice IS ACCEPTABLE AND THIS BPA RUBBISH which is not a law must be ignored as it's pure cloud dreaming.
No doubt the money scammers who now run the BPA dreamed this up

Umkomaas

No doubt the money scammers who now run the BPA dreamed this up

I'm sure little Willy's hand is all over this too.

patient_dream

Umkomaas said:

No doubt the money scammers who now run the BPA dreamed this up

I'm sure little Willy's hand is all over this too.

HAHA ,,,, Here on in, to be known as the Wonka bunch

Nellymoser

Whatever2023 said:

It is a single Code of Practice that both ATA’s have worked on together.

So at this very late stage the ATAs have abandoned the 'working with the gov ship' and selfishly decided to go it alone repeating what's been done. Their new CoP won't bring change as the industry's problem lies with members inability to adhere to a CoP and ATAs ineffective monitoring of their members code compliance. The ATAs time and effort would have been better spent focused on these issues when the new CoP has already been written and consulted on by DLUHC. 

I'm sure many of us surprised by the ATAs action will echo what the RAC head of policy Simon Williams said:

“We’re flabbergasted that the BPA and IPC have suddenly announced plans to introduce their own ‘private parking code’ after doing all they can over the last five years to prevent the official Government Code created by an Act of Parliament coming into force

“For the private parking industry to all of a sudden paint themselves as being whiter than white with their own ‘code’ and appeals charter takes irony to another level.”

https://media.rac.co.uk/news/private-parking-industry-to-launch-its-own-code-of-conduct-rac-reaction-483152

Surprisingly in their new code they didn't increase PCN cost to £120. I guess that kills their increase cost argument they put to DLUHC or was this another attempt to "paint themselves as being whiter than white."

Whatever2023

I know that a large percentage of people are in this group because they failed to read something (signage), but why not change the habit and reserve judgment until you have read it (I’ve not seen it BTW).

patient_dream

Thanks for that article by the RAC.
I guess by now the DLUHC know about this BPA / IPC RUBBISH

The blame must lay with the two so called CEO's of the BPA /IPC also including the money scamming disciples

The BPA and IPC are well past their sell by date.  The DLUHC can scupper such rubbish by introducing the code immediately. We do not need a public consultation because there is enough proof that the parking industry is rotten to the core

patient_dream

Whatever2023 said:

I know that a large percentage of people are in this group because they failed to read something (signage), but why not change the habit and reserve judgment until you have read it (I’ve not seen it BTW).

As you know, the BPA and IPC lost all credibility a long time ago

Why would anyone want to read a Pseudo code of practice when there is a legal one on it's way ???