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Beer firms brew parking mutiny
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THE BREWERY Logistics Group is the latest association to join the fight against parking tickets in London, urging its members to appeal against every fine they receive.
The group, which includes Young's Brewery, Exel's Tradeteam division, Guinness and Carlsberg UK, reports that parking fines are costing its members £500,000 a year plus administration costs, and all its projections are that costs will rise.
Group chairman Mike Bracey says it wants Westminster Council's parking wardens to be more lenient towards trucks making deliveries: "Traffic wardens regularly ignore the 20-minute rule, which allows for unloading and loading. As soon as they see a truck stop they slap on a ticket. We have advised all our members to appeal against every ticket they receive."
Wandsworth-based Young's Brewery receives about two parking fines a week, says transport and distribution manager Bob Ball: "Parking lines cost us around £7,000 a year. We contest 99% of the parking tickets that we receive and have around 50% of these cancelled on appeal. If we didn't challenge them we would be looking at nearer £20,000 in fines a year. This has become a revenuegrowing operation."