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Statistics for England have recently been revealed which show the amount of income brought in from both parking fees and parking tickets has hit the £667 million area in the United Kingdom. This means a twelve percent increase on that of the previous revenue from last year. The income has been taken from the 2013/2014 year with the 2012/2013 year showing funds of £594 million. In a very telling statistic though, it has been reported that forty four percent of this revenue has come from Boroughs inside of the city of London alone. This is a huge figure which has been determined due to the cost of parking fines and fees taken into consideration. The figures have been revealed by the RAC who have also commented saying “Parking profits seem to be a one way street for councils having risen annually for the last five years. Yet over the same period spending on local roads has fallen about a fifth in real terms”.
Bentley receive a new director of communications
Bentley are one of if not the most luxurious car firm in the world today. They are well known for producing high standard vehicles benefiting from a very comfortable driving experience and a good range of power. The company are continuing to make the headlines in the news this year with one of their latest ventures being the new Grand Convertible concept model which has now been confirmed will make it onto the production line. Today though the firm are in the news for a different reason as they have now appointed a new director of communications within their company. The new head Andrew Roberts will replace the former director Wolfgang Glabus who has left his position in Bentley to join with the Volkswagen group. The Chief Executive Officer and owner of Bentley Wolfgang Durheimer commented on the new positioning and also shown that the relationship between himself and Glabus is still well by stating “I would also like to thank Wolfgang Glabus for his contribution over the last couple of years which have brought record results for Bentley motors and wish him continued success in his new role”.
Aston Martin appoint a new chief engineer
Matt Beckler has joined the team over at Aston Martin to pursue a role as the manufacturers chief engineer. He leaves a role in a similar position from Lotus and is well known for his contributions to the chassis technology that Lotus cars have benefited from on many occasions in the past. Aston Martin have revealed that Matt's key role within their company will be working on the new generation Aston models which are set to arrive on the road from 2016 and the general architecture on which these cars run on. This means that if you own a future Aston Martin vehicle, you may notice some vast improvements to the aerodynamics noise and vibration coming from the car as these are just some of the highlighted features that Matt Beckler will take on in Aston.