Parking

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Background to the Sector

The UK parking sector is made up of:

• Private sector operators responsible for off-street parking, for example, car parks, hospital and airport parking sites
• Local authorities responsible for both on- and off-street parking
• Private sector subcontractors working on on-street parking
• Consultants advising both on- and off-street operations

The sector also includes operators carrying out specialist activities such as immobilising and removing vehicles, recovering debt (bailiffs) and so on.

Based on information from the parking sector workforce survey, it is estimated that the sector employs over 60,000 people. Of these:

• 18,000 work on-street
• 24,500 work in off-street activities
• 10,000 are office-based
• 3,000 are in management positions
• 5,000 are in support services (for example, finance, human resources and so on)

Asset Skills and BPA get together to drive up skills. Read more here.

The reforms affecting learning providers in the parking sector. Read more here.

Parking Sector Workforce Issue. Read more here.

What drives the Parking Sector? Read more here.

For further information please visit the British Parking Association web site at www.britishparking.co.uk