Jargon

ANPR

LPR

Automatic Number Plate Recognition is EU English, LPR is American

Motorists

Drivers

Motorists (not drivers) – we use the word motorists for our parking customers (and the word drivers to address business drivers such as capital, employees, technological advancement etc)

Number plate

License plate

Number plate is EU English, license plate is American

Parking facilities

Car parks

We allow more than cars to park at Q-Park i.e. bicycles, coaches etc

Parking spaces

Parking places or Parking spots

We provide parkings space(s), that’s what we do (spots may be perceived as a stain, i.e. a floor has spots)

Programme

Program

Q-Park Programmes, such as the LED Programme, CyberSecurity Programme etc are, as always, written in British English - whereas program is American (or related to computing i.e. software program)

P+R

P&R

We use the plus-sign ... + ... for P+R (Park+Ride) to align with public parking signs

We use the and-sign ... & ... mostly for internal combinations (Pay & Display for example)

Q-Park

q-park, q-Park, Q Park

Q-Park is written with capital Q and P and a hyphen in between

Season tickets

Subscriptions

In EU English, a season ticket is something you go to (theatre, football, parking) - A subscription is something that comes to you (magazine, Netflix)