Over 30 jobs lost as Banbury car park shuts amid administration

National Car Parks (NCP) entered administration in March after what its insolvency practitioners described as severe financial pressures and insufficient cash to meet its obligations.

As part of the initial restructuring, just over 20 “commercially unviable” car parks across the country were earmarked for closure in late March, with a little over 30 roles made redundant in total at those sites.

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The NCP‑run car park in Marlborough Road in Banbury was included in that first wave of closures and has now shut for good.

It is not known how many jobs have gone in Banbury specifically, but the administrators have confirmed that the redundancies linked to this initial closure programme number slightly above 30 across all affected locations.

The rest of NCP’s estate – more than 300 car parks nationwide – continues to trade while the administrators explore options for the business.

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Two NCP car parks in Oxford city centre remain open and are among the sites being operated under the administrators’ control.

NCP, a familiar name in town and city centres for decades, has been hit by changing travel patterns, more home‑working and rising costs.

Its fall into administration has put nearly 700 jobs at risk across the company, although only a small proportion of those have so far been cut through the first round of car park closures.