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About Us

ian betts

Betts Consulting

Ian Betts founded the Ian Betts Consultancy in 1996, after working in Local Government for 30 years.For over a decade he has been involved in the theory and practice of car park management, fulfilling this role in the capacity of a direct consultant and by presenting papers at seminars, notably for both the World Parking Symposium and the Canadian Parking Association held in Canada.

Ian Betts has been a member of the British Parking Association since 1990, a Council Member since 1991 and the President of the Association in 1995/1996. Apart from in-depth knowledge of Parking Management and Local Government, Betts Consulting has compiled databases of car parks throughout the United Kingdom and car park management statistics information for car parks throughout the United Kingdom. For which in order to ensure that there is a consistent approach it has been necessary to produce a series of DEFINITIONS in English, French, Dutch and German of the types of car parks and there control systems . The definition used on this website for Long and Short Stay car parks was produced by Ian Betts in 2004; car parks for which no charge are made are not covered by the definition which relates only to the cost of parking. Free car parking relies on strict management to ensure the use required is maintained something difficult to maintain when no income from the parking is available to support it.