groupfirst.co.uk Reviews 

Toby Whittaker the MD of this company Charged with Conspiracy to Fraud for £75 Million.

Group first and park first should both be held responsible for the park first failure. They scammed thousands of people out of millions of pounds and got away with it scot free. Its amazing how the government do nothing about all these scams.

I have only just found this page, and I too, have been scammed by ParkFirst and StoreFirst and have lost a considerable sum of money, this was my pension. When they went into receivership, I received a derisory 10% of my investment.
I am no expert in these matters, however it is my understanding that if a company goes into administration, they can no longer trade, but it would appear that they are still in business.
Like so many others, I am disgusted and extremely angry and wondered if there is any legal action that we can take. If anyone would be interested in taking a group action against them, please leave me a message. If we can get a small group of dissatisfied investors together, we could share the cost.
It makes my blood boil to think of these crooks enjoying my hard earned cash!

Toby Whittaker is a conman & can not be trusted!!!! DO NOT INVEST WITH THIS MAN.. please read TheTimes business-park-first-scandal if you have your doubts..

25/7/25
Toby Whittaker is among six defendants who have been charged as part of an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the transfer of £75m in pension funds into storage units based mainly in the north of England and Scotland.

Terrible service. Booked a hotel and parking via holiday extras with hotel stay on return. Website did not allow me to give an extra days parking to factor in that I would return after midnight. I checked with the customer service team about how I should book and was told to leave parking as day before and that this would not be a problem. Due to my concern with the confusion I asked for this to be put in writing which it was.

Upon my return from holiday Parkfirst said this was incorrect and would not let me leave the parking facility without paying a fine. When I tried to say I had this agreed with the customer service team, they said it’s not their problem, would not even look at the written confirmation and said holiday extras is not a part of their company, despite holiday extras signs being plastered all over their building. I was then left intimidated when additional staff surrounded me to say I had to pay whilst noting ‘this happens all the time’. With my young family waiting in the rain at the early hours of the morning I had no choice but to pay the fine.

They know this is a problem yet refuse to fix this with holidays extras, so they can earn extra money from fines.

The owner Toby Whittaker is a scammer, he cons Old people out of their Pensions

I have been working with Group First as a supplier for some years now, and find management really helpful and dedicated.

I've also visited multiple sites across Group First and Store First, and find the premises fitted out to an excellent standard, with staff who are positive, polite, and keen to offer a great service.

Highly recommend.

The most despicable family business you will ever come across any money invested will go straight into funding a lifestyle that only the mega rich can afford.Behind the smiles and handshakes is a company that has no intention of honouring any of the reasons you invested , you may as well give your money to charity at least it may be used by people who actually need it

This company is totally corrupt. They stole over 200 million pounds of investors money with their park first car park investment. The sad part is they got away with it the government and fraud squad did nothing. Like lambs to the slaughter and they get away with it!

Having invested in parking spaces at Glasgow and London Gatwick with Park First I have lost a phenomenal amount of money.
If you think that their marketing material bears any resemblance to the truth then you are going to be disappointed.
If you invest with them then you won't see your money again.

This company is in administration with investors who lost pity I cannot give 0 for this scam.
I invested money with Park First part of GPG controlled by a certain individual and operates from the same address in Burnley ,UK. I have received only 10% of the original sum as it's in administration .The administrators and lawyers continue to defend and take extortionate fees to defend this scam ..
The same applies to Store First investors they lost money .See Investors in Park First on Facebook for angry investors . The lost money from these failures is just put into another company name and the scam continues.

I would urge anyone looking into any of the portfolio of companies that group first manages to stay away at all costs. These guys are serial fraudsters and I have had extremely bad experiences with them. Stay far far away. And if you have also been impacted by them please report your complaints to the relevant regulators.

I have had a bad experience with group first and lost £££ thousands, I advice not using this company, if this statement is removed then trust pilot can not be trusted!

This Company is owned by the same family and uses the same Marketing resources(Ex Fifth Gear presenter) as Warranty Wise and Lister Cars. Group First as been wound up by the Secretary of State for taking 1000s of vulnerable customers life savings which amounts to more than £230 Million (A Simple Google Search of this company will tell your what this company is about.) Just noticed Toby Whittaker as given a Review(world Orgs)for Lister Cars which is owned by his Brother and Father. He confirms that he owns a Lister Jaguar Knobly which sold for more than £1 Million. I wonder if the regulators know about this? As they have order him to sell his assets to pay back to the People he as scammed!

Toby Whittaker
As the proud owner of a Lister Jaguar Knobbly, we couldn't be happier with our purchase. The whole friendly and professional team at Lister made our experience extremely easy and enjoyable and we recently had a visit from the CEO of the Lister Motor Company to view our vehicle in its new home at our head office. We would highly recommend Lister and taking a visit to their incredible showroom!

Stay away.... that’s all . Avoid like covid19

Not recommended at all
Investing with them has been a nightmare
Trustpilot should not remove this accurate review