Drivers Still Waiting For Taxi License Renewals: Problem Going National.
Taxi drivers have been forced off the road in Scarborough, waiting for CRB checks: Why the sudden delays? Delays in processing background checks on Scarborough taxi drivers means a handful of them are still unable to get behind the wheel of their cab, months after...
Hailo Introduce New Minimum Fare Structure.
Hailo for 2014: updated pricing tiers means more jobs for drivers In order to make every Hailo job a good job, Hailo increased the minimum fare at the end of 2013 to encourage more drivers to accept more jobs and leave fewer passengers stranded. It worked. In...
Hammersmith Bridge Southbound Closures.
Urgent repair work to Hammersmith Bridge begins on January 13, meaning that it will be partially closed on weekdays until the end of February. The southbound lane over the bridge (A306) will be closed between 7am and 3pm every Monday to Friday from January 13 to...
New Website and Host
We have managed to complete the move of our website to its new host and with its new format without a hitch, you may look and think that nothing much has changed and that the site at first glance does not look as good as it did before the move! During the move we...
French Cabbies Show What A United Taxi Trade Can Do….by Jim Thomas.
January 1st, 2014, the Parisian Taxi Commission implement the ’15-minute law’. The 15 minute law will take effect, requiring smartphone Private Hire apps to wait at least 15 minutes, after customers order a ride before a pick up can be completed. Paris has a long...
ALL OVER, BAR THE SHOUTING? …..By Jim Thomas.
Death by Design Most of the trade are completely unaware just what lies in store for us in the new year. The majority believe what they are fed by the Vichy trade press, which purveys the myth that everything is in hand and under control. Truth is, we are in dire...