Q-Park’s Liver Street car park wins RIBA architectural award The 500-space Liver Street car park, Liverpool, has won a prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) award. More information >

Q-Park appoints new management team at BCP Q-Park, one of Europe's largest and most advanced car park operators, has appointed a new management team to drive forward its BCP airport booking service. Freddie Kemp, UK Commercial Director of Q-Park Ltd, who has been involved in the airport car parking and property sector since 1994, takes over the business following the departure of Stephen Moss CBE and Eric Campus, members of the founding family of BCP. He is supported by Q-Park Head of Marketing Will Dunnett, who has taken on responsibility for sales and marketing at BCP and by Kevin Sage, previously Commercial Director who assumes the role of Finance Director. "BCP is one of the most highly respected organisations in the travel industry. Multi-award winning, it has developed an industry-leading reputation for customer service and professionalism. The role of the new team will be to drive this philosophy forward as the premier airport car parking service", says Q-Park Chief Executive Alan Ashbee. More information >

Q-Park expands in Scandinavia with biggest takeover in its history Q-Park, the European car parking company, has today announced the further expansion of its international operation with the acquisition of the Swedish parking firm CP Group AB, also known as Carpark for an undisclosed sum. The takeover puts the company in a top 2 position as a private parking company in Europe. More information >

Q-Park’s Criterion Place in Leeds in top ten of best UK car parks A nationwide survey commissioned by AA Insurance of the best car parks in the UK has put Q-Park’s Criterion Place in Leeds in the top ten. Q-Park’s Liver Street car park in Liverpool also featured in the top ten, and it’s Waterloo Street car park in Glasgow featured in the next best five. More information >

Q-Park Liver Street Liverpool in top ten of best UK car parks A nationwide survey commissioned by AA Insurance of the best car parks in the UK has put Q-Park Liver Street in Liverpool in the top ten. Q-Park’s Criterion Place in Leeds also featured in the top ten, and it’s Waterloo Street car park in Glasgow featured in the next best five. More information >

Q-Park appoints new Commercial Director Q-Park Ltd has appointed Freddie Kemp to the position of UK Commercial Director. In this new role Freddie will be responsible for all Q-Park’s commercial activities including branding, partnerships, joint venture and licence agreements. More information >

New appointment to Q-Park’s management board Q-Park UK Ltd has appointed Will Dunnett to the new position of Head of Marketing. More information >

Q-Park achieves another prestigious ParkMark award Q-Park’s 1050-space Merrion Centre car park in Leeds has been awarded the ParkMark Safer Parking Scheme award, adding to the company’s host of ParkMark accreditations for its car parks across the country. More information >

Q-Park agrees deal for Reading’s Chatham Place development Q-Park has agreed a deal to own and operate a 591 space public multi-storey car park for the new 11 acre Chatham Place development to the west of Reading town centre. The completed development will include residential homes, commercial buildings, a hotel, retail outlets and public open space. More information >

Achieving Park Mark standards at Shopping Centres Q-Park outlines the steps that should be taken It is fairly common for Shopping Centres to have attached car parks, most of which are operated and managed independently. But whilst the Centres themselves are on the whole bright, smart, clean and inviting, the car parks more often than not are the opposite. More information >

Car park operator Q-Park forges sponsorship links with PWSA UKcar-park operator Q-Park Ltd will be supporting the PWSA with exciting corporate sponsorship links, starting with our 25th anniversary and including an exclusive car park discount offer through their 22 airport parking facilities. Q-Park’s Chief Executive, Alan Ashbee, talks about the company’s support for the PWSA and how, as a parking operator, they too are determined to make a difference. More information >

Q-Park strengthens its management team Q-Park has appointed a new Operations Manager for its City Centre division. More information >

Q-Park wins Big Difference Award 2006 Leeds-based car park operator Q-Park Ltd was pronounced the winner in the corporate category at the Big Difference Awards. More information >

Safety and security the Q-Park way Q-Park’s policy is to provide a customer-oriented service, with a strong emphasis on safety, security and service. The company has a reputation for top quality customer care and an imaginative approach to interior car park design and finish. Innovative features, ultra-safe and secure facilities, outstanding aesthetics and functionality, and a very stylish parking environment are fundamental to every car park. More information >

The former NCP Paradise Street car park was ‘blown down’ on 22 January, with Q-Park Liver Street now open to replace it. Over 780 individual charges and a total of 40kg of explosives were used to demolish the 8500 tonne edifice, leaving a perfect debris pile at ground level. More information >

The lighter side of parking Q-Park looks at how lighting impacts on shopping centre car parks More information >

Q-Park flies the Park Mark flag in Liverpool Q-Park’s striking Park Mark-accredited car park in Liver Street is a prime example of the standards the SPS is encouraging car park operators to adopt. More information >

Las Vegas comes to Q-Park RICS matrics, The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor’s organisation for members under 35, is holding a Viva Las Vegas-themed summer ball at Q-Park’s Criterion Place car park in Leeds. More information >

Nice shopping centre — shame about the car park Car park operator Q-Park wonders why shopping centre car parks are failing to mirror the centres they serve More information >

Q-Park receives six ParkMark awards for Taunton hospital Q-Park has received six ParkMark awards for its car park operation at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, and is recipient of the two thousandth award made through the Safer Parking Scheme. More information >

Better business through training Car park operator Q-Park looks at the business benefits of professional staff training and development More information >

Q-Park at Sale Work underway on Broad Road multi-storey car park More information >

Creative car parks Car parks have far more scope than simply providing parking facilities. A novel way for operators to make the most of their assets is to use car parks as venues for special events. Q-Park looks at what works, what doesn’t and how to get it right. More information >

Hospital parking Car park operator Q-Park’shead of healthcare, Jim Rayner,talks about how to get it right More information >

Q-Park expands at Belfast Airport in Northern Ireland Q-Park, the top-5 player in the European parking market and market leader in the Netherlands has announced that they will take over the 8000 space car parking operation at Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland. More information >

Official opening for Q-Park’s first Liverpool One car park Car park operator Q-Park has officially opened its Liver Street car park, the first of its three car parks for Liverpool One - Liverpool’s prestigious Paradise Project development. More information >

Q-Park Award reflects Quality In Parking Q-Park, Europe’s leading car parking company, has today hailed the receipt of an award from the European Parking Association (EPA) as a sign that the parking industry has changed to become a design and quality led consumer business. Q-Park was awarded with the EPA’s prestigious Best Renovated Car Park in Europe Award for its regeneration of the Waterloo Street car park in Glasgow, Scotland. More information >

BHF BANK SELLS SHARES IN Q-PARK BHF Bank has sold its shares in the European parking company Q-Park. The shares have been acquired by four other Q-Park shareholders, i.e. TKP Pensioen, RUPA, Reaal and Interpolis (via its pension funds in the housing, retail, foodstuffs and agriculture sectors), which have exercised their rights of pre-emption. More information >

First construction industry award for a car park: Silver medal for Q-Park’s Waterloo Street project manager Car parks made their first appearance this year in the Chartered Industry of Building’s (CIOB) Construction Manager of the Year Award, with Q-Park’s Waterloo Street car park in Glasgow featuring as the silver medal-winning project. More information >

Q-Park acquires Danish parking company The Dutch parking company Q-Park has acquired the Danish parking firm DKParkering, thereby increasing its share of the parking market in Europe and entering the Danish market. More information >

Largest car park acquisition in history of Q-Park Q-Park, the top-5 player in the European parking market and market leader in the Netherlands, is investing over 100 million Euro in the strategic international business and mobility centre that is currently being developed along the southern edge of Amsterdam (better knows as ‘Zuidas’). The acquisition of a new multi-storey car park in the area, with room for around 2,000 vehicles, is the biggest investment Q-Park has ever made in a car park. More information >

Stage one: Q-Park Paradise Street Project car park opens in November Car park operator Q-Park is set to open the first of three car parks in November as part of the prestigious £800 million Paradise Street Project in Liverpool. More information >

ParkMark awarded to all Q-Park’s Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre car parks Every one of Q-Park’s 18 operational car parks across the Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre’s (QEMC) site in Birmingham, including Selly Oak Hospital two miles away, have been accredited with ParkMark awards. More information >

Waterloo Street car park short-listed for EPA award Q-Park’s Waterloo Street car park in Glasgow is one of just three finalists in the running for the European Parking Association’s (EPA) prestigious Best Renovated Car Park in Europe Award 2005. More information >

Airpark Glasgow gets the special Q-Park treatment Airpark Glasgow, which serves Glasgow Airport, has become the first off-airport car parking operation in the Q-Park stable to undergo a complete rebranding, rebuild and refurbishment. More information >

ChildLine gets support from Q-Park Q-Park has donated a parking space to ChildLine Scotland, enabling staff to park free of charge for a year. More information >

Q-Park achieves a RoSPA Award – an industry first! Q-Park has achieved a Bronze Health & Safety Award from RoSPA – the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. This is the first ever RoSPA Award given to a car park operator and is testament to Q-Park’s commitment in providing exceptional quality standards and ensuring that a safe environment is constantly maintained. More information >

Q-Park cements Taunton deal Formal contracts between Q-Park and Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust have been signed, giving the green light for Q-Park to start work on a new build multi-storey car park at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. More information >

Q-Park profits up 39% As shown in the annual report prepared by its Executive Board, Q-Park, the European parking company, posted sales of EUR 201.5 million for 2004(2003: EUR 173.9 million). The increase was driven by organic growth as well as acquisitions. Profits also improved considerably, up 39% from EUR 41.5 million in 2003 to EUR 57.8 million in 2004. Operating profit grew by nearly 30% to EUR 45.8 million. More information >

Car Parks with Charisma The word ‘charisma’ might seem like a contradiction in terms for traditionalists, but for car park operator Q-Park, it’s the only way to go. More information >

Q-Park partners Liverpool’s £650 million Paradise Project Leading car park operator Q-Park has been chosen to provide 3000 new parking spaces for the prestigious multi-million pound Paradise Project in Liverpool - an ambitious construction programme covering 42 acres, designed to transform the centre of Liverpool ready for its year as European Capital of Culture in 2008. More information >

Q-Park shines at Parkex The recent Parkex exhibition at the NEC Birmingham amounted to a very productive three days for car park operator Q-Park. The entire exhibition – which was a first at the NEC and a first in combination with Traffix – was upbeat and lively, with Q-Park attracting record numbers of visitors to its bright, vibrant stand. More information >

Q-Park is donating EUR 100,000 to Asia and supporting a special fund for student grants Q-Park is paying EUR 100,000 into a special fund for the reconstruction of the afflicted areas in Asia. The company has initiated a collection in all 460 car parks in Europe, where every euro deposited in the collecting boxes will be doubled by Q-Park. Q-Park will supplement this amount with a percentage of the turnover. More information >

Outstanding Contribution award for Q-Park The Princess of Wales Hospital, NHS Trust, Bridgend, Wales, has presented its car park operator, Q-Park, with an Outstanding Contribution award. More information >

Smart new car park for Sale town centre A new mixed-use development at Waterside in Sale has been announced, comprising a smart car park and affordable housing. The development will include a top quality, stylish new 440-space multi-storey car park being built by specialist car park operators Q-Park, and 41 attractive apartments being built by Manchester Methodist Housing Group. Together they meet the need for both new housing and new parking facilities in the area. More information >

Q-Park raises funds for cancer charity Q-Park has raised over £1000 for the Linda McCartney Centre at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. More information >

Safe parking service for women at Q-Park Q-Park car parks across the country are providing a special service for women, by walking them to their vehicle. The service has been introduced to ensure that women customers are totally confident about using the car park at all times. More information >

Travel in style with Q-Park Q-Park owned car parks at UK airports are offering a special meet and greet chauffeur-based parking service for travellers. The service enables travellers to have their vehicles collected from right outside the terminal entrance and returned there on arrival. More information >

Q-Park invests £3.5 million in Glasgow car park Q-Park Ltd has spent a hefty £3.5 million on a lavish car-park refurbishment at Waterloo Street, Glasgow. More information >

Q-Park’s Marketing Department expands again Car park operator Q-Park UK Ltd has expanded its Marketing Department yet again with the recent appointment of Paul Somerville as Marketing Communications Executive. More information >

Interpolis and Rabobank Pensioensfonds acquire stake in Q-Park Netherlands-based European car park operator The Q-Park Group has been joined by two new major shareholders - N.V. Interpolis BTL (life insurances) and Rabobank Pensioenfonds. Each will invest approximately 20 million euros in the company. More information >

Q-Park partners Liverpool’s £655 million Paradise Project Leading car park operator Q-Park has been chosen to provide 3000 new parking spaces for the prestigious multi-million pound Paradise Project in Liverpool - an ambitious construction programme covering 42 acres, designed to transform the centre of Liverpool ready for its year as European Capital of Culture in 2008. More information >