PARTS of Richmond ground to a halt yesterday as taxi drivers flooded the town centre with cars in protest at a decision to deregulate the industry. More than 40 hackney cabs and private hire cars drove into the town at 4pm in an attempt to show what drivers believe will happen when the limit on [...]
The views expressed in this column may not be those of the National Taxi Association Debunking the myth of a National Cab Act Over the years I have used this column to advise you all of the various goings on throughout the countries cab trade, I like to think some of you even got beyond [...]
A BLACK cab driver is calling for tougher enforcement on mini cab drivers in an area that is blighted by unlicensed cab drivers illegally touting on the street. Peter Rose, who is also the secretary for UNITE Cab Section, London Branch, has been campaigning for a taxi rank outside nightclub, Funky Mojoe in South Woodford, [...]
Angry taxi drivers opposed to disciplinary rules which would see them given penalty points have put together a petition with nearly 600 signatures. Drivers complain they have not been consulted about the changes, which would see them accrue points for complaints about their conduct or for misdemeanours such as using a mobile phone behind the [...]
A Private Hire driver has been made to pay more than £3,000 for using a forged ID. Amjad Mahmood, of Albion Street, Aylesbury, was fined for driving with a forged driver’s identity badge and for failing to keep adequate records. He was caught by an Aylesbury Vale District Council licensing officer in November 2010 during [...]
A PRIVATE hire driver was ordered to pay out more than £2,000 after being found guilty of picking up passengers without a pre-booked appointment. Kamran Tahir, 26 of Flint Close, Luton was found guilty of picking up passengers without a pre-booked appointment at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court on Tuesday, October 18. Private hire vehicles can [...]
Calls have been made for the number of private hire cabs to be capped to help struggling trade. Hackney carriage drivers claim they can be waiting on the rank for more than one hour for a job and can often earn less than the minimum wage. Last week some private hire operators claimed that the [...]
2011 Annual General Meeting Cober Hill, Newlands Road, Cloughton, Scarborough Event Timetable Monday 31st October 2011: (approx)1500hrs – 1800hrs : Directors Meeting (Directors & Officials Only) Monday 31st October 2011: 1900hrs for 1930hrs Chairman’s Dinner Dinner £25.00 pp (non resident) (Open to Everyone) Glass of Red or White Wine on arrival Soup of the Day [...]
Strike action threatened by Oxford cab drivers over the introduction of CCTV cameras in their cars is unlikely, a driver’s union said last night. The move to introduce a pair of CCTV cameras into the back of all cabs has been rubber-stamped by Oxford City Council’s general purposes licensing committee. The decision will mean all [...]
A taxi drivers’ leader claims proposals to phase out saloon cars as a way to improve access for disabled people will put some Cardiff cabbies out of work. Mathab Ahmed Khan, chairman of Cardiff Hackney Carriage Association, wants the council to abandon the idea, saying it will cost drivers £8m. Cardiff is consulting on the [...]
