The parking operator NCP has announced the closure of 22 locations this Friday, including a site in Sussex.
National Car Parks stated that the facilities will cease operations at 11.59pm on March 27 following the company’s recent entry into administration.
The business, which has been operating for 95 years, has faced difficulties in the period following the pandemic.
Last week, PwC partners were named as joint administrators to manage the company after years of financial pressure.
According to NCP, the shift to home-based work has dramatically reduced the need for urban and commuter parking, resulting in many facilities operating below capacity.
One NCP parking site in Sussex will be among the 22 shutting on Friday – the Trinity Place location in Eastbourne.
The company has confirmed the complete list of 22 parking facilities set to close at 11.59pm on Friday, March 27.
The sites are: Ashford County Square, Ashton-un-Lyne Cotton Street, Banbury Marlborough Road, Bexley Royal Oak Road, Birmingham Gough Street, Bournemouth Hinton Road, Bristol Nelson Street, Bromley Travelodge, Cardiff Dumfries Place, Eastbourne Trinity Place, Exeter Market Street, Grantham Station 1 – 3, Hinckley Britannia Shopping Centre, Ipswich Portman Road, Leicester Abbey Street, Leicester East Street, Leicester Lee Circle, Leicester Rutland Centre, London Harley Street, London Kings Cross St Pancras, London Knightsbridge, and Luton Regent Street.
An NCP spokesperson stated that National Car Parks Limited, which is in administration, will close 22 sites on March 27 while all remaining locations continue trading.
The spokesperson added that following an initial review of operations, the joint administrators identified 22 locations that lack commercial viability, meaning they will no longer serve customers from 11.59pm on March 27.
NCP indicated that 318 other parking facilities will remain operational for the time being, though 33 employees will be made redundant and hundreds of additional positions across the group are potentially at risk.
The spokesperson noted that regrettably, due to these site closures, 33 workers will lose their jobs on March 31, and they will receive assistance through the statutory redundancy payments procedure.
Established in London in 1931, the company is now owned by the Japanese corporation Park24.
It operates hundreds of sites at transport hubs including airports, hospitals and railway stations, but income has declined since 2020.
Administrators Zelf Hussain, Rachael Wilkinson and Toby Banfield stated they have not yet determined any further sites for closure.
Motorists who use the affected Sussex location or other urban sites must arrange alternative parking before the Friday midnight deadline.