A lot of rumours were appearing on social media that parking on the car park above Home Bargains in Alfreton had been cut to one hour (from two hours) free parking.

We get in touch with Home Bargains to clarify the situation and they told us;

The car park is controlled and always has been by another company who have recently installed new signage. They made a mistake with the new signage it should read 2 hours free parking. The signage is being changed.

They didn't say when the signage was being changed nor did they say if the company are going to honour the two hours parking before the signs are changed so we would suggest not staying longer than an hour until the signs are changed back.

Just remember if you do get a fine notice from a private company, it's not a fine, it's a charge and they don't have the same enforcement powers as councils so do so check out this great article about how to fight it (We used the militant approach against one in Chesterfield recently and got the charge waived)
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-tickets