Upfront Andrew Pester on being at the forefront and driving change Leading the way It was wonderful to welcome members represented and has the focus it deserves, we of our BPA community to our Presidents have established a new membership group Reception last month where Stuart Harrison called EV Connect. donned the chain of office and paid tribute to Your Association has been at the past Presidents, and committed to using his forefront of many of the leading initiatives presidential year as effectively as they did. that are driving change. BPA Advance, our Stuart spoke about how much our BPA new membership offering for employers community has and employees, evolved over the provides enhanced years, reflecting the opportunities increasing complexity for professional Our new three-year of a dynamic sector, strategic plan demonstrates development with with a much greater access to thousands our Associations relevance, of online courses, focus on technology, and its clearly needed now guidance, information, data, environmental more than ever issues, and a global and resources. If outlook. Our new you havent already three-year strategic signed up, please plan demonstrates contact paula.b@ our Associations relevance, and its clearly britishparking.co.uk to find out more. needed now more than ever. We are delighted that the BPA Council Whether its electric vehicles, the National has agreed our new Equality, Diversity and Parking Platform, or data standards and Inclusion (EDI) Policy and Action Plan. Weve the work of the APDS, our BPA community always been proud of our commitment to continues to come together in record EDI. This policy formalises and focuses this numbers to solve problems and work with into a powerful initiative at the heart of our partners internationally to find solutions. Association. Please watch this space! Over the past few years, our Parking Technology Interest Group has become increasingly more diverse, with EV charging BPA chief executive infrastructure now a significant segment. To andrew.p@britishparking.co.uk ensure that this growth segment is properly Andrew Pester 3