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association calendar
15 July 2010 South East Regional Meeting Royal Temple Yacht Club, Ramsgate
An informal social gathering is taking place after this meeting. Further details to follow.
20 July 2010 LASIG and BESIG Meeting Oxford, Oxford Town Hall
23 July 2010 BPA Annual General Meeting
Committee room, Westminster City Hall, London
28 July 2010 South West Regional Meeting
John Rennie narrowboat on the Kennet Canal
29 July 2010
London Regional Meeting London Councils Conference Suite
6 August 2010 Parking Forum 10 Eastbourne Terrace, London
LATEST NEWS
Excel Parking Services is taking over operation of one of Birmingham’s most popular car parks, City Park Gate (Albert Street), from the local council. Situated next to the famous
Bull Ring Shopping Centre and conveniently close to the Moor Street train station, City Park Gate is an extremely busy site, frequented by visitors, commuters and locals alike. Excel Parking Services
commercial director, Alun Cockcroft, said: ‘We are delighted to undertake this operation in such a popular location and feel confident that customers will see marked improvements at the site over the coming months’. The car park is open
24-hours a day, seven days a week.
University challenge
One Park Mark development manager has reached a major landmark as the 700th car park under his supervision gained Park Mark status. Graham Chapman is
development manager for London and the Chilterns, and under his guidance 590 car parks in the 32 London Boroughs, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and the Chiltern part of the Tames Valley have been working towards achieving Park Mark. Chapman, who took up his
post in 2008, said: ‘Due to my previous role as a police crime prevention design advisor and Park Mark accredited assessor for Hackney Borough, I was well grounded in the physical security side of the scheme. ‘I knew London quite well
having served in northwest, southeast and east London over 32 years, and also knew by name or face quite a number of individual borough assessors.’ To get the car parks in each
borough up to speed, Chapman first had to clear a backlog of awards and then tackle the shortage of accredited assessors in 10 London boroughs. He then attended courses and
The leader of Islington council, Councillor Catherine West, has been elected chair of London Councils’ transport and environment committee. The cross-party committee develops London-wide policy on a range of transport and environmental issues. It is also responsible for
The team at Brunel University receive the Park Mark award. From left to right – Frank Freeman, Chris Hoad, Graham Chapman, Chief Inspector Shakil Qasim and David Tennyson
met with mature police students to explain his role and what was expected of them. He said: ‘I also positively
pursued leads and contacts for new car parks and have now reached 700. Tese have included all types of surface, multi-storey, basement car parks and meet-and-greet facilities.’ However, the facility that
brought Chapman to his 700th award was a new one in his experience. ‘Brunel University was the first university I had dealt with. What impressed me most was the good, existing working relationship with
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the Freedom Pass and Taxicard concessionary fares schemes, the Parking and Traffic Appeals Service and enforcing the London lorry control scheme. Cllr West said: ‘This is an extremely challenging time to take on such an important role. The decisions made by this committee have a significant
Customer-friendly in Westminster live this month and is worth in
NSL has retained its on- street parking contract with Westminster City Council after a protracted tender process. Te new four-year deal, with an option to extend to six, goes
www.britishparking.co.uk
excess of £37m. NSL has worked
with Westminster since 2003, delivering parking management. NSL will
impact on the daily lives of people across London. ‘I am looking forward to
working closely with my colleagues at London Councils to ensure transport and environmental issues remain at the top of the capital’s agenda and to get the best deal for all of London’s local authorities.’
Brunel University, which is in Hillingdon Borough, and the two local-police-accredited assessors, Frank Freeman and David Tennyson. ‘It is no mean feat ensuring
that the security and safety of thousands of students and staff cars, motorcycles, scooters and bicycles are kept safe from unwarranted attention on a daily basis. I hope similar establishments can learn that nothing is impossible, given a positive, can-do attitude and a healthy working relationship with the local police and Park Mark development manager.’
be rolling out innovations designed to make the service more customer-friendly over the next few months. Cllr Lee Rowley,
Westminster’s cabinet member
for parking and transportation, said: ‘Tis new contract is a very good deal for local taxpayers with multi-million- pound savings over the next four years.’
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