Parking stories in the News/media

alanjuk

Smart parking have infested another hotel car park

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/seething-stuart-lands-two-parking-10475582

Bazarius

alanjuk said:

Smart parking have infested another hotel car park

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/seething-stuart-lands-two-parking-10475582

Printing receipts confirming VRM registration must become mandatory for all operators .   It’s unfair to try and prove your case when they are the only ones with access to the records , 

Ralph-y

quote from      https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/seething-stuart-lands-two-parking-10475582

"with only a very small handful of appeals raised. This shows the system is functioning correctly. In the rare cases where fines are issued, it is almost always due to registration details being entered incorrectly or the ‘confirm’ button not being pressed to complete the process."

functioning correctly? ... yes for smart parking it is ££££

Car1980

with only a very small handful of appeals raised. This shows the system is functioning correctly.

As clearly evidenced by the fact an innocent man simply paid.

kryten3000

Fruitcake said:

Chris Naylor? Would that be Chris Naylor, the disgraced former teacher - barred from ever teaching again after getting drunk and kissing pupils at Year 11 prom then trying to blackmail his employers when disciplined, who is now on the IPC's board?

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/he-kissing-pupils-placing-hands-3307289

https://www.theipc.info/people

They certainly have a striking similarity.

Umkomaas

kryten3000 said:

Fruitcake said:

Chris Naylor? Would that be Chris Naylor, the disgraced former teacher - barred from ever teaching again after getting drunk and kissing pupils at Year 11 prom then trying to blackmail his employers when disciplined, who is now on the IPC's board?

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/he-kissing-pupils-placing-hands-3307289

https://www.theipc.info/people

They certainly have a striking similarity.

Not the only one with a bit of 'history' at the IPC!

Half_way

Amazon drivers are required to have DBS checks and clearance, why not PPC workers, owners, management, and trade association employees? they also have access to personal data that in the wrong hands can be open to abuse 

MothballsWallet

Half_way said:

Amazon drivers are required to have DBS checks and clearance, why not PPC workers, owners, management, and trade association employees? they also have access to personal data that in the wrong hands can be open to abuse 

I'd go further - Enhanced DBS or a process similar to that for DV level security clearance for government work.

1505grandad

The DVLA require a "Declaration of Good Standing" (for KADOE):-

"A8. The Customer’s Declaration Of Good Standing

A8.1. One of the Customer’s directors shall sign the Declaration of Good Standing

at ANNEX A to confirm that each and every Related Person satisfies the

requirements in that declaration."

"ANNEX A - DECLARATION OF GOOD STANDING

1. I declare that neither I nor any of the other Related Persons (the Customer, its

directors, the Commercial Manager, the Data Manager and the Key Staff):

(b) has been convicted of any criminal offence relating to the conduct of his

business or profession;

(d) has committed an act of grave misconduct or serious misrepresentation in the

course of the person’s business or profession;"

As it is essential that (for KADOE):-

"A7. Membership of an Accredited Trade Association

A7.1. The Customer shall at all times be a member of a DVLA Accredited Trade

Association (“ATA”) and maintain membership of the ATA and comply with the ATA’s

Code of Practice."

Why do the DVLA not require such a "Declaration" from the key members of the ATA to be accredited?

Nellymoser

A driver complains to Consumer Protection Bureau after APCOA charged him twice for his visit to Heathrow Airport.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/36958608/drivers-charged-twice-parking-fine-flaw/

The Consumer Protection Bureau (CPB) intervened in the complaint against APCOA.

And they say the case shows flaws in the automated system charging drivers at the UK’s biggest airport.

“This is not just about one driver, ” said Yousouf Jhugroo, managing director of the Consumer Protection Bureau.

“The fact that APCOA backed down shows there’s a much deeper problem in how these airport schemes are run. Consumers are being penalised for systemic errors that’s not enforcement, that’s entrapment.”

“If a motorist can be billed just for driving past a camera, the term ‘Drop-Off Zone’ is misleading,” Jhugroo added.

“We will not hesitate to escalate this matter to regulators if needed.”

APCOA said "If an appeal had been received, the charge would have been cancelled at that time in accordance with policy, however the customer chose not to contact us directly and instead the appeal was sent via the CPB."

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https://www.consumerprotectionbureau.co.uk/Press-Release/CPB-Press-Release-08-10-2025.pdf

WATCHDOG VICTORY: CPB EXPOSES HEATHROW DROP-OFF FLAW AFTER APCOA U-TURN

The Consumer Protection Bureau urges any driver who has faced a similar situation to contact them at info@consumerprotectionbureau.co.uk, quoting “APCOA Drop-Off Case."