Transport for London has confirmed a number of substantial improvements will be made to the licensing process for taxi and private hire vehicles, drivers and operators from next year. NSL, the company contracted to run the new system will be responsible for providing the taxi and private hire vehicle licensing and inspection service, as well …
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Jan
20
LTPH Lose Appeal against Diamond Cars
On Tuesday, The Taxi Trade stood stunned, as the news emerged of the result from the appeal against the revocation of the satellite office license at Abacus in the City of London. No reports or statements have been forthcoming from LTPH. The only news report of the case was an email we received from Diamond cars and a couple of lines …
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Jan
20
Enhanced CRB Checks to be Reinstated
By Thomas The Taxi Taxi drivers are to be subject to enhanced background checks under new proposals announced yesterday. Proposals will allow taxi licensing authorities to carry out enhanced criminal records checks on their drivers before they are issued with a licence. Current drivers will get additional checks when they renew their licence. Under the …
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Jan
20
Press Release from Helen Chapman
Helen Chapman, Deputy Director of London Taxi & Private Hire, said: “Touting in London is a significant issue. As far as we are concerned there was clear evidence that this company did not operate this private hire service in line with their clear legal obligations and we are naturally disappointed with the outcome. We will …
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Dec
29
London Taxi Drivers strip naked for Charity Calendar
GetTaxi has teamed up with 12 of London’s finest black cab drivers to launch its very own 2012 calendar Called the Cabbie Calendar, it has been launched to help raise money for the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, the pioneers of personal safety which links perfectly with our philosophy. We care about the safety of our passengers …
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Dec
19
Government Review on Enhanced CRB Checks for Taxi & Private Hire Drivers
Lord Henley, Minister for Crime Prevention, has announced that the Government will reconsider its view that enhanced criminal records checks are not needed for taxi and minicab drivers. The Criminal Records Bureau informed councils earlier this year that it was ending the 10-year practise of checking drivers through the enhanced check. Lord Henley made the …
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Dec
19
PMR Radio, an interesting thought
A colleague of mine came up with an interesting idea today, he said that if every Taxi was fitted with a PMR Radio or every driver carried a handheld PMR radio it could make driving a Taxi in London a lot easier which when you think could be quite a good idea. It would mean …
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Dec
16
Get 30% Off Your Taxi Ride Home
You’d be forgiven for thinking there’s a war coming – a war of the cab apps, that is. Since we reported on the Hailo app for iPhone last month, several others have pulled up and started the metre. Each have their own little bonus: Hailo seems to have a large part of the cabbie workforce on their …
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Dec
15
Changes in London taxi drivers’ brains driven by acquiring ‘the Knowledge’, study shows
Acquiring ‘the Knowledge’ – the complex layout of central London’s 25,000 streets and thousands of places of interest – causes structural changes in the brain and changes to memory in the capital’s taxi drivers, new research funded by the Wellcome Trust has shown. The study, published today in the journal Current Biology, supports the increasing evidence that …
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Dec
15
Contributors Wanted
Fancy writing for the London Taxi Trades top ranking website? we are looking for contributions from the trade to be included in this site, if you have something interesting to relate, or a story to tell, or you just want to get something off your chest then please get in touch. We want to make …
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