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A garage has closed off its own forecourt to prevent motorists falling victim to a team of clampers it hired itself. National Tyre and Autocentre took the action after receiving dozens of complaints about the behaviour of White’s Car Park Solution. But the clamping company has responded by threatening legal action for breach of contract, saying the garage is stopping them making money. It says it has a one-year contract to patrol the site and insists it will not walk away from the lucrative £150 pounds-a-time release fee. The dispute arose when visitors to a local takeaway, whom the garage owners allowed to park on the premises out of hours, left their cars on the forecourt overnight. A former manager asked WCPS to tow away the offending vehicles and signed a one year contract allowing them to manage the site in the city. Signs warning clamping is in operation were put up around the site and neighbouring businesses were issued with free parking permits to give to customers. But bosses at the National Tyre and Autocentre head office tried to terminate the contract when people reported being clamped before they had time to collect their permits. More