by admin | Mar 27, 2012 | Taxi
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...
by admin | Mar 17, 2012 | Minicab, Passenger Information
Private Hire drivers and Chauffeurs will not face compulsory Driving Standards Authority, tests after the plans were dropped by TfL, following a successful campaign by the Licensed Private Hire Car Association. The proposals were dropped as hundreds of operators voted...
by admin | Mar 17, 2012 | Taxi
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...
by admin | Mar 14, 2012 | Taxi
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...
by admin | Mar 11, 2012 | Taxi
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...