Parking firm investigated over charging drivers queuing at petrol pumps The investigation will scrutinise the firm’s practices at petrol stations The Independent UK · Jul 16
Euro Car Parks investigated over fining drivers queuing at petrol pumps The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Euro Car Parks, one of the UK's largest parking companies, focusing on tickets issued to drivers at petrol stations. The inquiry will specifically examine the fairness of issuing tickets to drivers queuing for fuel pumps or other forecourt services,… The Independent UK · Jul 16
Valid Euro Car Parks ticket holders chased by debt collectors Even if motorists can provide evidence they’ve paid for parking, they are threatened with bailiffs and court The Guardian - UK · Apr 6
Penalty notice: Euro Car Parks fined £473,000 for ignoring regulator High court refuses injunction to stop CMA naming company penalised for failing to hand over information The Guardian - UK · Feb 13
Parking machines ‘set up to trap people’ as thousands sent tickets There have been numerous cases of drivers who insist they entered their registration correctly but still received a PCN The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2025
Taxi driver slapped with £100 fine after getting trapped in car park by delivery truck Taxi driver Leonard Egbedi, 43, was taking a client 220 miles to Lewisham, south London, from Manchester when his car became trapped in a car park by a delivery truck Daily Mirror · Jun 21, 2023
£100 parking penalty for taxi driver who says he was blocked in by lorry Leonard said he had been unable to contact the company involved Nottingham Post · Jun 21, 2023
Taxi driver given £100 parking penalty says he was blocked in by delivery driver Leonard said he had been unable to contact the company involved Wales Online · Jun 21, 2023
Couple's fury over 'extortionate' Sunday parking fine after theatre show overruns They said the £100 charge, falling to £60, only serves to tarnish Stockport's reputation Manchester Evening News · Mar 19, 2023
Mum fined £100 after being stuck in 25 min queue for carwash at garage forecourt Natalie Carby queued for around 25 minutes for her turn at the £9 car wash in Rickmansworth, Watford before heading home but 12 days later the fine landed on her doormat Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2023
Struggling mum slapped with £100 parking fine despite proving she bought a valid ticket Rosie Welch, from Colchester, has been threatened with court action over a £100 fine after a firm claimed she failed to input all of her car registration for her 15-minute stay Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 2023
OAP Morrisons shopper hit with hefty fine after 'spending too long in the supermarket' The disabled 80-year-old went to Morrisons 'to enjoy the warmth of the company' Manchester Evening News · Jan 31, 2023
Disabled 80-year-old woman fined £100 after taking too long shopping in Morrisons Ann Tawe-Jones spent just over two hours shopping in her local supermarket and when she got back to her vehicle in the car park, she had been handed a ticket Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2023
Disabled elderly woman fined on visit to Morrisons supermarket because she took too long to do her shopping 'When I'm in the shop, I have to lean on the trolley, because I'm in so much pain,' said Ann Tawe-Jones, 80, who said she went in person to the supermarket because she was lonely and enjoyed the company Wales Online · Jan 30, 2023
Daily Mirror · Nov 2, 2022 Motorist fined £100 over £1 parking space angry he 'can't complain to a person' Keith Morby paid double the advertised Sunday charge but was ordered to shell-out a three-figure amount to the parking firm which later refused his appeal on the grounds he had overstayed
Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022 Gran fined £100 for parking outside pub after 'meter covered by scaffolding' Sandra Smith received a fine after visiting The Old Cobblers Inn in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, on September 21. She claims the parking meter was covered by scaffolding
Manchester Evening News · Oct 18, 2022 I was slapped with £100 parking fine despite signs being covered by scaffolding Sandra Smith had been visiting a Wacky Warehouse with her grandson for 90 minutes, and believed she was parking legally
Zenger · Aug 2, 2022 Grandmother Who Injured Herself While Shopping Was Fined For Leaving Her Car In The Carpark "The next thing I knew I was on the floor, there was this woman saying ‘are you alright?’ It was awful."
Daily Mirror · Aug 1, 2022 Gran rushed to hospital is fined £155 because she left her car outside Morrisons The pensioner was unable to open her left eye for two days due to injuries sustained when she tripped over uneven cobblestones
Daily Mirror · Jul 30, 2022 Fuming driver hit with £60 fine after parking car for just eight minutes Engineer Ian Dykes was shocked to receive a parking fine when he'd only spent eight minutes there during which time he made four attempts to pay but gave up and parked elsewhere
Daily Mirror · Jul 12, 2022 Woman slapped with £100 parking fine while waiting in 30 minute car wash queue Colleen Russell, 69, received the parking penalty from Euro Car Parks despite never actually leaving her vehicle during her visit to the Sutton Court Service Station
Wales Online · Jul 12, 2022 Woman gets £100 fine for queuing to use car wash Colleen never even left her car
Wales Online · Apr 20, 2022 Car park firm fined mum £100 after her vehicle got stuck at a charging point Sue Connerty overstayed the car park's two-hour time limit because she had to wait for the AA to detach a charging cord which had become stuck in her electric vehicle
Daily Mirror · Apr 20, 2022 Irate mum fuming after getting £100 fine while waiting for AA repair van to arrive Sue Connerty had taken her disabled son to get a coffee and whilst there decided she would charge her electric car. After difficulties with the car, she called the AA for help but was later fined
Liverpool Echo · Apr 20, 2022 Mum 'disgusted' after getting fined while waiting for the AA Mum of three Sue Connerty says she couldn't move her car but she's failed to change parking bosses' minds