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Erwei (David) Xiang, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Accounting, Newcastle University

National Car Parks is in administration – some big companies are so dependent on debt that they can’t adjust to change

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When the UK’s biggest private car park company went into administration last month, some motorists might have been surprised. How could National Car Parks (NCP), a company that charged so much for parking, at so many prime sites across the country, run out of road?

Maybe it was down to a drop in commuters and high street shoppers after COVID? Or perhaps the firm suffered from too many long leases and the rise of new parking apps?

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