Parking management can be an invaluable tool for businesses, whether you’d like to encourage customers to visit your premises or provide a reliable and secure parking area for staff.
At Parking Patrol, we’re proud to be the UK’s leading car park enforcement agency. We have provided countless industries with business parking management solutions to handle demand, protect staff and visitors, and increase revenue.
If you’re wondering why parking management is important for business owners, we’re here to tell you everything you need to know.
Common parking problems for businesses
No matter your business sector, every company will experience parking problems at some point. Some are more common than others, depending on your specific business.
Our team works closely with clients across a variety of sectors to deliver tailored parking management for businesses. Some of the most common issues we see include:
Airports
- Not enough short-stay and long-stay parking spaces.
- Unauthorised vehicles misusing drop-off zones.
- Poor car park signage leading to jams and bottlenecks.
- Inadequate car park security measures leading to crime risks.
Learn more about airport parking solutions.
Educational facilities
- Limited parking for staff, students, and visitors.
- Traffic jams and congestion during pick-up and drop-off times.
- Unsafe crossings between car parking facilities and buildings.
- Unauthorised vehicles using reserved spaces.
Learn more about school parking enforcement.
Event spaces
- Traffic bottlenecks before and after events.
- Demand for car and coach parking.
- Fans and press parking illegally.
- Not enough parking spaces to accommodate attendees.
- Confusing signage leading to congestion and safety risks.
Learn more about event traffic management.
Healthcare facilities
- Visitors struggling to find the correct parking facilities (especially under pressure).
- Misuse of authorised vehicle spaces.
- Staff parking shortages.
Learn more about healthcare parking enforcement.
Offices
- Daily struggles over limited employee parking.
- Unclear parking instructions for visitors.
- Staff and visitors not adhering to parking space reservations.
Learn more about office car park enforcement.
Pubs and restaurants
- Misuse of customer parking spaces.
- Limited parking during peak hours.
- Vehicles left after hours and overnight.
- Difficulty balancing parking enforcement and customer satisfaction.
Learn more about pub and restaurant car park management.
Shops and supermarkets
- Customers exceeding the time limit signage.
- Non-customers using the car park facilities.
- Misuse of parent and child and disabled parking spaces.
- Unclear signage leading to trolley obstructions.
Learn more about retail car park management.
Leisure and tourism attractions
- Overcrowding at peak times like weekends and school holidays.
- Lack of clear directional signage for visitors, coaches, and other large vehicles.
Learn more about leisure and tourism car park management.
As you can see, every sector has its fair share of parking management issues. Thankfully, parking management systems are available to business owners so they can benefit from more effective management, increased safety measures, and improved customer satisfaction.
What are the benefits of parking management systems?
There are plenty of parking management systems for businesses to choose from, depending on their parking issues and future goals for their parking facilities.
Whether you work at an airport, in retail, or in the healthcare industry, we have a parking management solution that will improve the efficiency of your parking facility. These systems are designed to help business owners take control of their premises again while improving the safety of staff, customers, and visitors and enhancing business operations.
Some of our most popular commercial parking management solutions include:
ANPR systems
ANPR parking systems automatically log any vehicles entering and exiting the facility. This can help businesses streamline their operations and offers a simple way to reduce cases of unauthorised parking.
ANPR systems are well suited to businesses with high and frequent traffic flow, such as airports, hospitals, and stadiums, where manual ticketing would be time consuming and inefficient.
Find out more about our ANPR parking systems.
Car park wardens
Sometimes, on-the-ground parking enforcement is necessary, and car park wardens are a fair and effective way to introduce this to your premises. Car park wardens can be used in a car park of any size but are most common for retail shops, eateries, and offices, providing a visual deterrent against unauthorised use and criminal activity.
Plus, it also enhances the visitor experience by creating a safe and secure parking environment, encouraging them to use your facilities in the future.
Learn more about car park wardens.
Self ticketing systems
Businesses with a smaller budget may find self ticketing systems to be the most cost effective way to manage unauthorised parking.
Ideal for small businesses, self ticketing systems allow site owners to issue parking penalties independently using an online portal — completely on their terms. This minimises the risk of face to face conflict, discourages misuse, and frees your spaces for authorised users.
Find out more about our self ticketing systems.
Private land parking enforcement
Popular with the education, healthcare, and supermarket sectors, private land enforcement services can help reduce unauthorised parking by resolving the issue. Our team can deal with offending vehicles and even issue parking charge notices (PCNs) if required.
This takes the pressure away from business owners, knowing their car park is being managed and safeguarded by a trustworthy team.
Find out more about our private land parking enforcement services.
Parking solutions
From pay and display ticketing to permits, tailored parking solutions consist of various parking management approaches to suit your premises requirements.
This could include a mixture of the solutions we’ve already discussed, as well as one off event parking controls, maximum stay enforcements, private road parking, and more.
Learn more about our bespoke parking solutions.
EV parking management
With almost 1.5 million electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK, this number is only expected to grow over time. As such, many businesses (especially airports, tourist attractions, and event venues) are now expected to provide EV parking bays and charging facilities to accommodate this growth.
EV parking management can reduce the risk of ICEing, where non-electric vehicles use EV charging spaces for their own benefit. This is a growing concern among commercial car park owners.
Find out more about EV parking management services.
Find a bespoke parking management solution with the UK Parking Patrol Office
We’ve been helping businesses across the UK take control of their parking facilities for over 15 years. Take a look at the areas we cover for more information.
If you’ve been struggling with enforcing the rules of your car park, don’t hesitate to get in touch with our team to discuss how we can help.
