National Car Parks (NCP) are the UK's largest and longest-standing private car park operator, with more than 150,000 spaces in more than 500 car parks, London Underground and National Rail stations. Founded in 1931 as a small operation in West London, they took shape in 1957 when NCP were acquired by Central Car Parks. Today, NCP have 1,000 staff under Chief Executive Officer Jo Cooper and a turnover of £650m. Since August 2017, NCP have been owned by Park24, a Japanese company, and the Development Bank of Japan. They have two main offices, in London and Manchester. NCP value their staff, encouraging internal moves and career progression through training and development and on-the-job shadowing. There's a structured online performance-management cycle encouraging regular conversations between management and staff. Employees get great perks such as access to healthcare benefits, discounted gym memberships, discounted phone contracts and their birthday off.