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Safer car parks and cycle racks in Northampton (07/04/2021)
Northampton has seen a 16 per cent rise in bike thefts in last two years compared to eight per cent drop across the county.Cash from the government's Safer Streets project wil...

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Safer streets fund leads to Park Mark awards in Northants and Merthyr Tydfil (02/02/2021)
The government launched the Safer Streets Fund in October 2019 and invited bids from January 2020 to improve security in areas particularly affected by acquisitive crimes such...

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Sutterton Lorry Park will help reduce crime (23/11/2020)
Sutterton Truck Stop has received the prestigious Park Mark, the Safer Parking Scheme award that recognises that the parking facilities that are in place actively deter crime ...

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Colchester car park second in country to be awarded Park Mark Plus (19/10/2020)
Colchester Borough Council’s award-winning Priory Street Car Park is only the second car park in the country to receive the new and elite Park Mark Plus status by the Britis...

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Middlesbrough Bus Station receives national recognition for safety (04/05/2020)
Middlesbrough Bus Station, which welcomes up to 30,000 visitors every day, has retained the national Safer Bus Station Award for keeping passengers safer for the fourth consec...

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Welcome Break Corley HGV Park first in Warwickshire to be awarded for safety (02/04/2020)
Welcome Break Corley HGV Park has received the prestigious Park Mark, the award of Safer Parking Scheme that recognises car parks with measures in place that actively deter cr...

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Durham County Council Park & Rides Awarded Park Mark (02/04/2020)
The Durham County Council Park & Ride car parks have again received the prestigious Park Mark, the Safer Parking Scheme award that recognises car parks with measures in pl...

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Bishops Manor House Car Park Awarded Park Mark (06/03/2020)
Bishops Manor House car park in Howden has become East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s 16th Park Mark Award. Park Mark is the award of the Safer Parking Scheme that recogn...

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"Heedful" app launched to help reduce risk of vehicle crime (27/01/2020)
A new community based app, Heedful, launches today to assist in deterring vehicle related crime. The app allows motorists to search for safer parking using Park Mark awa...

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Red Lion Lorry Park receives national award for safety (15/01/2020)
Red Lion Lorry Park operated by Ali and Zarfeen Sadrudin has achieved the coveted Park Mark, the award of the Safer Parking Scheme.This state-of-the-art lorry park offers enha...

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Ten top tips for Safer Parking (20/12/2019)
When parking generally1. Always read the signs and road markings and make sure you know the rules about time limits and paying for parking before leaving your car. ...

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Lido becomes 25th Park Mark award for Hillingdon (09/12/2019)
Three further car parks, including Ruislip Lido, means that Hillingdon Council has achieved 25 Park Mark awards, the national award of the Safer Parking Scheme, which recognis...

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Nottingham City Council Tackles Motorcycle Theft (02/12/2019)
Nottingham City Council is working in partnership with parking solutions specialist APT Skidata to introduce a secure parking cage at Lace Market multi-storey car park for mot...

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Idlewells Shopping Centre awarded for safety and accessibility (29/11/2019)
Idlewells Shopping Centre MSCP, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire has again achieved the coveted Park Mark, Safer Parking Award and the Disabled Parking Accreditation for a ...

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Car parks and new lorry park recognised with national awards (03/10/2019)
Six of Newark and Sherwood District Council’s car parks have retained the coveted Park Mark, Safer Parking Scheme Award and the Disabled Parking Accreditation for another two ...

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Railway station car parks secure safety award for passengers'' peace of mind (27/09/2019)
Parking at Northern’s stations has never been safer thanks to a scheme which is helping give customers greater peace of mind.In the past few months many station car parks have...

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16 years of safer parking at Newcastle International Airport (25/09/2019)
All of the Newcastle International Airport car parks have again received the prestigious Park Mark, the Safer Parking Scheme award that recognises car parks with measures in p...

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Council delighted at awards for safety and accessibility (24/09/2019)
Fifteen of Tendring District Council’s car parks have been officially recognised for their excellent safety measures.Sites across the district have been awarded Park Mark, the...

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Hull Royal Infirmary car parks awarded for safety and accessibility (23/09/2019)
Hull Royal Infirmary has 3 car parks which now have both Safer Parking and Disabled Parking Accreditation with a total of 168 spaces of which 72 are accessible bays.The Front ...

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Britain's Best Airport Parking Companies Of 2019 Revealed (13/09/2019)
"…not just about pricing - trust, excellent customer service and a professional digital presence are all part of the package." Britain's best airport parking com...

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Secured by Design celebrates 30th anniversary with special event (04/09/2019)
This year sees the 30th Anniversary of Secured by Design (SBD), the National Police crime prevention flagship initiative. Its strength is its simplicity as we continue to figh...

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Corby Town Shopping is awarded for safety, security and accessibility (30/07/2019)
Corby Town Centre Management has achieved the coveted Park Mark, Safer Parking Award and the Disabled Parking Accreditation for their newly created surface car park, Market Wa...

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Rise in vehicle related theft is cause for concern (15/07/2019)
Vehicle related theft has been rising since 2014 yet it is only in May this year that the national papers began reporting on it, citing a lack in police numbers to tackle the ...

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New airport parking awards to recognise excellence (18/06/2019)
The Independent Airport Parking Association (IAPA) has launched the first dedicated awards to celebrate standards of excellence among UK parking providers.Professional assesso...

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Maxted Road Lorry Park retains award for safety and security for seventh consecutive year (21/05/2019)
Maxted Road Lorry Park has retained the prestigious Park Mark award that recognises facilities with measures in place that actively deter crime and the fear of crime in parkin...

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Australian car park giant has two car parks awarded in central London (01/05/2019)
Care Park`s Marble Arch and Knightsbridge car parks have both received the prestigious the Safer Parking Scheme’s, Park Mark awards. The Park Mark award recognises car parks w...

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Scunthorpe Truck Stop awarded for safety (01/05/2019)
Scunthorpe Truck Stop has received the prestigious Park Mark, the Safer Parking Scheme award that recognises car parks with measures in place that actively deter crime and the...

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Middlesbrough Council's car parks deemed safe and accessible (24/04/2019)
Ten public pay & display car parks operated by Middlesbrough Council have received prestigious Park Mark awards for the twelfth consecutive year. Park Mark status is...

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CitiPark receives a national award for safety for Rickmansworth (18/03/2019)
Leading car park operator CitiPark is delighted to announce that its Rickmansworth branch, a new ticketless, barrier-less car park in Hertfordshire, has been awarded the prest...

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Braintree District Council achieves Park Mark safety award for car parks (06/03/2019)
All council owned car parks across the Braintree district have retained national awards for their safety and accessibility for the sixth consecutive year.Braintree District Co...

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