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12 September 2025
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Created and presented by Parking Review magazine, the British Parking Awards are an independent competition. The awards recognise the leading examples of car park management, enforcement, design and team work.
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2025 Headline Award
The recipients will be selected by the jury from either the field of entries or wider parking sector.
MiPermit Inspiration Award
Sponsored by MiPermit
The MiPermit Inspiration Award recognises individuals and organisations that have made a significant contribution to improving parking. Inspiration Award recipients are exemplars of excellent practice that have inspired colleagues, clients and the wider parking community.
2025 Competitive Categories Long List
These are competitive categories that are assessed by the jury.
The entries are published as a long list which is whittled down to a shortlist.
Parking Team of the Year
Sponsored by CDER Group
The Parking Team of the Year Award recognises the excellent work of both on-street and off-street parking operations. It is open to teams working in both the public and private sectors.
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Cheshire East Council Parking Services
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Derby City Council Parking Services
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Euro Parking Services
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London Borough of Brent and Marston Holdings
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London Borough of Hackney PCN Disputes, Appeals and Debt Recovery Team
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London Borough of Hackney Parking Operations Team
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London Borough of Hackney Parking Policy Team
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London Borough of Newham
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London Stansted Airport Landside Services
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Nottingham City Council Parking Services
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Perth & Kinross Council
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Swansea Council
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UK Parking Control
Parking Partnerships Award
Sponsored by APT Skidata
The Parking Partnerships Award recognises the importance of partnership working in the parking sector. The partnership may involve pairings or groups of local authorities, companies, professional bodies, campaign groups and other stakeholders.
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APCOA and AGS Airports
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Cheshire East Council
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Derby City Council
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Durham County Council and NSL Services
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Ealing Council and Greener Ealing
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City of Edinburgh Council and Marston Holdings – Driving change: enhancing accessibility and safety through Blue Badge and pavement parking enforcement in Edinburgh
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Grid Smarter Cities and Southwark Council – Kerbside Delivery
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H2O Car Valeting, HUB Parking Technology and The Trafford Centre
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IPS Group UK and Buckinghamshire County Council
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IPS Group UK and Nottinghamshire County Council
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Lambeth Council and APCOA
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London Borough of Brent and Marston Holdings
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London Borough of Hackney and the Metropolitan Police
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London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and partners – Clean air neighbourhoods
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London Borough of Waltham Forest, NSL and the Metropolitan Police – A safer neighbourhood for all
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Manchester Airport Group (MAG) and BookFlowGo
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Manchester City Council and NSL – The debt management and recovery team
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Medway Council with Project Centre and Marston Holdings
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National Parking Platform – Collaboration at the core
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North Essex Parking Partnership and Brighton & Hove City Council – Beyond the Uniform
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Nottingham City Council and TES
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Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Marston Holdings (NSL)
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Sandwell Council and APCOA
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ScanNeo and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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Southwark Council, Taranto and APCOA – Permits transformation
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Swansea City Council and Excel Civil Enforcement
Parking Operator of the Year
Sponsored by Stripe Consulting
The Parking Operator of the Year Award is presented to what the jury feel is the best parking facility in the UK. The category is open to new and established car parks owned by either the public or private sectors. The award recognises car parks that are managed, designed and maintained in a way that makes the start and end of each driver's journey a pleasant experience.
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APCOA
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The Broadway, Bradford
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Euro Parking Services
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London Stansted Airport
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Q-Park
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RCP Parking
Rising Star Award
Sponsored by Citisense
The Rising Star Award shines a spotlight on the rising stars of parking. The recipients may be young employees or recent joiners of any age. Local authorities and private operators can nominate an individual parking employee, consultant or contractor who has consistently made an outstanding contribution to their team and the wider parking sector.
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Gossica Anichebe, parking policy and projects manager, London Borough of Hackney
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Finlay Atherton, senior sales executive, Agena Group
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Jake Carty, site manager, Huber Parking
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Edward Ford, representations and appeals manager, Southwark Council
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Matt Gedge, team leader, notice processing services team, Royal Borough of Greenwich
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David Gilmour, team manager, Agena Group
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Kerry Griffiths, digital commercialisation, enforcement, governance and innovation manager, Derby City Council
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Sahil Khurana, IT engineer, Euro Parking Services
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Maria Korelina, customer journey project manager, London Borough of Hackney
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Bhupinder Ladher, neighbourhood manager, APCOA
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Aimee Millin, service delivery officer, NSL in Manchester
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Habiba Muhibun Nessa, parking policy and project officer, London Borough of Hackney
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Anesu Nyakudya, PCN correspondence team leader, Euro Parking Services
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David Pushkin, appeals and debt recovery team leader, London Borough of Hackney
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Teresa Ross, operations manager, Bracknell Forest Council
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Ashna Sharma, compliance officer, Euro Parking Services
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Abdulrahman Sheikh, parking enforcement support officer, Hackney Council
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George Sheridan, account manager, RingGo
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Melanie Towning, HR administrator, RCP Parking
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Matthew Wakefield, senior supervisor, NSL
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Nina Woolven, performance analyst, parking contract, Brighton & Hove City Council
Parking Technology Award
Sponsored by Go2Sim
The Parking Technology Award recognises advances in the systems used to manage parking. The innovation will be a piece of parking hardware, a device or a wider system that makes the management of parking more efficient and/or customer-friendly.
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Arrive – S5 Kiosk
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Barbour Logic – Response Master Nexus
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Cornwall Council and JustPark – JustPark Insights
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Grid Smarter Cities and Southwark Council – Kerb Delivery
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Intelli-Park – View360 and eCam
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Manchester City Council and Yunex Traffic – Camera enforcement of bike lanes
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MAV Systems – MAV AIQ ANPR camera
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North East Lincolnshire Council – Camera enforcement
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NPED Services – National Persistent Evader Database
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Nottingham City Council and TES – Workplace Parking Levy compliance and enforcement
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Parking Matters – National Parking Platform
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ScanNeo and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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Southwark Council, Taranto and APCOA – Permits transformation
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Trellint – KERBSight
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Unity5 – Digital patrolling
Parking Person of the Year
Sponsored by RingGo
This award is open to all local authorities and private operators that may nominate an individual parking employee who has consistently made an outstanding contribution to the industry and represents a 'model of excellence'.
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Nohaad Alothmanui, debt recovery officer, London Borough of Hackney
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Gossica Anichebe, parking policy and projects manager, London Borough of Hackney
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Sarah Bussey, contract manager, Brighton & Hove City Council
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Ras Dewan, director of strategic accounts, Marston Holdings
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Keith Evans, civil enforcement supervisor, Newcastle City Council
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Lee Ford, car parks supervisor, Swansea Council
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Steven Foster, parking team leader, Newcastle City Council
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Tina Glover, technical director and regional lead, WSP
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Rubena Hafizi, assistant director of Parking Services, London Borough of Islington
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Jack Jerrom, head of design, Citisense
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Habiba Muhibun Nessa, parking policy and project officer, London Borough of Hackney
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Jade Neville, sales operations and marketing manager, Trellint
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Lynda Nutley, social value and employee relations manager, Brighton & Hove, NSL
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David Pushkin, appeals and debt recovery team leader, London Borough of Hackney
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Sarah Rogers, associate consultant, Project Centre
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Beth Rutherford, head of parking services, Enfield Council
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George Sheridan, account manager, RingGo
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Matt Smith, parking services manager, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils
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Stephen Winter, parking techician, South Tyneside Council
The Front Line Award
Sponsored by Orbility
Parking can be a challenging profession. The Front Line Award is dedicated to parking personnel who engage with drivers and the general public as a part of their day-to-day activities. This award will recognise excellent customer service, communication skills and community engagement.
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Makmod Ali, parking enforcement officer, Euro Parking Services
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Muhammad Azad, acting senior civil enforcement officer, Greener Ealing
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Ivan Bodman, car parks officer, London Borough of Ealing
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Peter Campbell, civil parking enforcement supervisor, Swansea Council
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Mark Cliff, car park attendant, RCP Parking
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Lee Ford, car parks supervisor, Swansea Council
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Chris Haze, civil enforcement officer, NSL in Manchester
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Daniel Jones, quality assurance and permit manager, Waltham Forest Council
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London Stansted Airport Landside Services
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Tanya McGrath, civil enforcement specialist, North Essex Parking Partnership (NEPP)
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Vickie Ovenden, civil enforcement officer, Newcastle City Council
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Stephen Winter, parking technician, South Tyneside Council
The Back Office Award
Sponsored by Marston Holdings
The Back Office Award recognises the excellent work of back office teams working for local authorities, private parking operators, transport consultancies and civil enforcement agencies.
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Euro Parking Services PCN Correspondence Team
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London Borough of Brent
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London Borough of Hackney Parking Enforcement Support Team
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London Borough of Hackney Parking Operations Team
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London Borough of Hackney Parking Policy Team
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London Borough of Hackney PCN Disputes, Appeals and Debt Recovery Team
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London Borough of Newham
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London Stansted Airport Landside Operations
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Swansea Council
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ZZPS Administration Team
Traffic Team Award
Sponsored by Vreo Innovation
The Traffic Team Award is a new category recognising the skills and achievements of organisations responsible for implementing traffic and parking schemes such as controlled parking zones, TROs, permit schemes, payment systems, EV charging and a host of other essential services - including planners, engineers, consultants and contractors.
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Cheshire East Council Parking Services
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Citisense Traffic Team
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Durham County Council Traffic Team
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London Borough of Hackney Parking Operations Team
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Medway Council and Project Centre
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Oxfordshire County Council Parking Schemes and Traffic Orders Team
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Southwark Council, Taranto and APCOA
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WSP Westminster Traffic Order Team
Communication Award
Sponsored by Zatpark
The Communication Award recognises imaginative, engaging and informative approaches adopted by parking organisations to communicating with the public and other organisations. It encompasses advertising campaigns, websites, social media and publications.
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Citisense – Delivering community-led parking change through accessible, transparent and inclusive consultation
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Ethos – Thanet’s first sustainable parking strategy
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Euro Parking Services – Empowering motorists through clear, confident communication
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Gloucestershire County Council, NSL and Project Centre – Rebuilding trust through community engagement
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The International Parking Community – 247Advice.co.uk: Empowering motorists, informing the sector
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London Borough of Hackney – Customer Journey Project
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London Borough of Newham – Transforming Newham for the future
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London Stansted Airport – The DES Campaign: Driving safety forward
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Newlyn – SAFE: Supporting and Assessing for Fair Engagement
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NPED Services – The Vehicle Compliance Management Act campaign
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North Essex Parking Partnership and Brighton & Hove City Council – Beyond the Uniform
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PATROL – Driving Improvement Awards programme
Parking in the Community Award
Sponsored by The IPC
Parking is an essential public service and can be a positive contributor to local communities. The Parking in the Community Award recognises people working within the parking sector who have engaged with and supported their local communities.
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CDER Group
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City of Edinburgh Council and Marston Holdings – Driving change: enhancing accessibility and safety through Blue Badge and pavement parking enforcement in Edinburgh
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Euro Parking Services
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Lake District National Park Authority
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London Borough of Hackney – Motorcycle parking safety and security event
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London Borough of Waltham Forest – Empowering the community through virtual parking solutions
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North Essex Parking Partnership and Brighton & Hove City Council – Beyond the Uniform
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NPED Services
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NSL Brighton & Hove
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PayByPhone
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Perth & Kinross Council
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Swansea Council
Best New Car Park
Sponsored by PayByPhone
The Best New Car Park Award is a site-specific award that recognises outstanding design and construction techniques that turn car parks into landmark structures. It is open to local authority and private car park operators, owners, architects, developers and construction companies. Car parks entered may be multi-storeys, underground facilities or surface sites.
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Park Street Car Park, Cambridge – Cambridge City Council, Marick Real Estate, Gilbert-Ash and Stripe Consulting
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Fareham Live Car Park A, Fareham – Stripe Consulting, Neilrock and Terrafirma Consultancy for Fareham Borough Council
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PepsiCo, Beaumont Park, Leicester – Huber Parking UK
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Ancoats Mobility Hub, Manchester – APCOA, Buttress and Manchester City Council
Car Park Renovation Award
The Best Car Park Renovation category looks at how car parks can be transformed into inspiring buildings with a genuine social value and can host a variety of uses.
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Centurion Retail Park, Doncaster – Stripe Consulting and Kilrock Construction for Gia Surveyors
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Bell Street Green Transport Hub, Dundee – Dundee City Council, McLaughlin & Harvey, StructureCare and SLR Consulting
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Christopher Place, St Albans – Cemplas Waterproofing and Concrete Repairs for Christopher Place Leisure and Bidwells
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Tangmere Village Centre Surface Car Park – Stripe Consulting and Valence Groundwork for Tangmere Parish Council
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Q-Park Windsor Royal – Q-Park
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Buckingham Road Multi-Storey Car Park, Worthing – BLB Group and Makers for Worthing Borough Council
NEW Future of Parking Award
Sponsored by Tap2Park
The way in we live, work, shop and play continually changes, so the role of the car and thus the nature of parking evolves. This forward-looking award will recognise innovative approaches to planning the provision of parking in the future. It will pay particular attention to policies, projects and technologies that are addressing the worlds of: electric vehicles; shared mobility services; harnessing data and AI; and autonomous driving.
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Ancoats Mobility Hub, Manchester – APCOA, Buttress and Manchester City Council
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Strategic parking demand study of Tamworth – Citisense
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Bell Street Green Transport Hub, Dundee – Dundee City Council, McLaughlin & Harvey, StructureCare and SLR Consulting
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Kerb Delivery – Grid Smarter Cities
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Enforce by example: CEOs on e-bikes – Luton Council
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Collaboration at the core – National Parking Platform
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AI parking enforcement – ScanNeo
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Digital patrolling – Unity5
NEW Wellbeing Award
Sponsored by Empira and Gladstones Solicitors
The Wellbeing Award recognises work being done to enhance the physical and mental health experiences of people in the parking sector. Wellbeing initiatives creative a positive, supportive and inclusive environment where employees can thrive, feeling valued and fulfilled in their roles. Prioritising workplace wellbeing leads to numerous benefits for both employees and the organisation, including increased productivity, reduced absenteeism, and improved employee retention.
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Agena Group
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Hackney Council
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London Stansted Airport
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Newcastle City Council
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NSL Marston Holdings
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RCP Parking
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Trellint
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ZZPS
NEW International Award
Sponsored by Go2Sim
The International Parking Award recognises innovative and inspiring work being done by the parking sector across the world. The award is open to:
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UK parking professionals and organisations working internationally
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International parking organisations working in the UK
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Sector-defining parking initiatives from around the world which merit attention.
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APCOA – Delivering sustainable mobility
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JustPark and ParkHub – One platform. Two continents
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Trellint – Smarter streets: Chicago’s strategy for reallocating enforcement to improve safety and cut congestion
2025 EVolution Award
The parking sector is playing a key role in the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), as reflected in the launch of Parking Review's special EVolution section and website.
EV Charging Award
The EV Charging Award recognises the development of innovative approaches to providing EV charging infrastructure, systems and services in car parks and at the kerbside. The category is open to parking providers, chargepoint operators and technology developers.
An EVolution Award
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APCOA and AGS Airports
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Believ
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Char.gy
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Nottingham City Council
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PayByPhone
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Q-Park
2025 Special Awards
The recipients will be selected by the jury from either the field of entries or wider parking sector.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sponsored by the British Parking Association
The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to a parking professional who has made an outstanding contribution to the sector over the course of their career. Parking organisations and professionals are invited to nominate an individual who has consistently made an outstanding contribution to the industry and represents a 'model of excellence' across their entire career.
