Taxi drivers eligible for enhanced CRB checks

From today, all taxi licensing authorities can request enhanced criminal record checks before issuing licences to taxi and private hire vehicle drivers. This means licensing authorities can find out if someone is barred by the Independent Safeguarding Authority from...

Tout fined £200

A 47-year-old private-hire driver received six points on his licence and was fined for touting outside a Bermondsey nightclub. Laszlo Gazdag was caught red handed during a police operation, when he asked three female officers if they needed a cab. The cops, who told...

Cabbies Embracing New Tech But For Whose Long Term Benefit?

Smart phones have offered us as cabbies new technology which if used correctly would connect cabbies to customers to the mutual and long term advantage of both by reducing costs and improving service levels however I am convinced this new tech is being perverted and...

iZettle Launches In The Nordics, UK Launch On The Cards

iZettle, the Swedish mobile payments startup that basically competes with Square, has gone live on the App store in the Nordic markets today (Denmark, Norway and Finland). It’s making 5,000 card reader devices available in each country. They’ve also appointed a UK...