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NSL CLEARED OVER CLAIMS
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR AWARD
Nominations are now open for the Disabled Motoring UK Awards 2012. This year the awards will be held on 27 September 2012 at The Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon.
The awards will celebrate those who are making a difference for disabled drivers, passengers and Blue Badge holders. There are a variety of different categories that recognise the contributions and achievements of both individuals and organisations. However, the two awards of most interest to the parking sector are
the Best Parking Award and the Effective Enforcement Award.
Cambridge City Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council were winners in these categories last year. To enter, write a short statement (no more than 500 words) saying why you think your company is deserving of an award. This should be submitted no later than 1 July 2012. For more details of the awards, and how
to enter, please go to the news section of our website
www.disabledmotoring.org
BPA’S GARDNER ISSUES WARNING
A warning to parking operators to be extra vigilant has come from one of the BPA Safer Parking Scheme development managers, following a spate of thefts from pay- and-display machines. A parking operator in
the north reported that six coin-operated pay-and- display machines had been broken into and more than £4,200 stolen.
8 MAY 2012
The thieves had drilled two holes in the machines enabling the bolts to be shot and the cash box opened and
emptied.The parking operator confi rmed that in the local area there are around 400 of the same type of machine and that the thieves had taken two locks, apparently to get a key so they could return and empty other machines.
This plan was foiled as all the machines had different keys and locks. The equipment
manufacturer involved said that apart from ‘a few isolated incidents’ this problem had not occurred before. BPA development manager Michael Gardner has warned all parking operators to watch out for similar thefts in their areas of operation.
An Employment Tribunal has rejected four claims made against parking operator NSL Services by a former employee. Michael Onumajuru, 49, who worked for the NSL parking enforcement team for Camden Council, suggested that Nigerian migrants were using fake passports to gain work, and NSL management were aware of, and involved in, this.
He took the matter up with his managers and claims that this led to him being transferred to a different base and then dismissed.
Onumajuru claimed that 40 per cent of the CEOs were employed unlawfully. He claimed breach of contract, public interest disclosure and unfair dismissal. Responding to the claims, a spokesman for NSL said: ‘Mr
Onamujuru was
sacked for not following a management instruction, it was nothing to do with his allegations about workers not having the legal right to work in the UK. The Tribunal has recognised that his dismissal was both fair and procedurally correct. ‘And, far from his allegations being ignored, they were thoroughly investigated by our Professional Standards Unit, headed up by an ex-Metropolitan police offi cer.’
The spokesman continued: ‘NSL understands the importance of employment law and takes this very seriously. ‘We work with
the UK Border Agency to continually test our procedures to ensure they are compliant.’
ROUND THE WORLD TICKET
BPA member Syndicate Secure
Print has received worldwide certifi cation for the manufacture and supply of the TK and TKC tickets (magnetic stripe and barcode tickets) for use in Skidata systems.
The certifi cate was presented in March at Intertraffi c by Skidata chief executive, Charles Egli. Syndicate Secure Print was set up in 2011 and has operations in UAE, India and the Netherlands.
www.britishparking.co.uk
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