NEARLY £700,000 looks set to be paid back by Middlesbrough Council to Teesside taxi owners and operators after several years of overcharging for licences. The potential refunds on the cost of the licences follows a decision by the Local Government Ombudsman and covers the four years from 2012/13 to 2015/16. The plan, which will be …
Category Archive: Fees
Mar 13
Tunbridge Wells taxi drivers in outcry over council fees hike
TUNBRIDGE Wells taxi drivers have criticised a hike in fees voted through by council bosses this week. At the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council licensing committee meeting on Wednesday, members unanimously approved increasing the fees and costs for licences for hackney carriage drivers and private hire vehicles. A report put before councillors emphasised the service needed …
Mar 08
Crewkerne taxi firm owner hits out at district council after rise in fees
The Western Gazette reports that the owner of a Crewkerne taxi company fears firms could be put out of business after the district council hiked vehicle fees. South Somerset District Council has increased the cost of a one-year badge for hackney and private hire drivers to £160, up from £53. A three-year badge has gone up …
Jun 20
Planned hike in cost of taxi licences slammed
TAXI firms across Dwyfor and Meirionnydd fear a proposed increase in taxi licence fees will have a huge impact on their business. Gwynedd Council’s general licensing committee is set to approve a 25 per cent increase on hackney car-riage, private hire and operators li-cence fees. The increase would see hackney carriage and private hire drivers …
Jun 17
Burton taxi firms anger at licence fee hikes
TAXI firms across Burton have reacted angrily after it was agreed to hike licence fees by almost 50 per cent. One taxi company said the move by East Staffordshire Borough Council was like ‘trying to get blood from a stone’. The licensing committee at the borough council has agreed the setting of licensing fees and …
Jun 12
Taxi drivers critical of council’s ‘stealth tax’
Taxi drivers across East Lindsey will now have to pay an administration charge if they change their vehicle during their licence term. East Lindsey District Council’s General Licensing Committee is making a number of changes as part of a review. One of the main changes is the introduction of a £30 administration cost every time …
Jun 05
Proposed taxi license fee hike ‘astonishing’
A TAXI chief has said proposed hikes in license fees by the borough council are ‘astonishing’. Mohammed Ikhlaq, chairman of the East Staffordshire Taxi and Private Hire Association, said the proposed ‘above inflation’ rises in renewing taxi licences in East Staffordshire could see customers having to foot the bill. The proposals are to be put …
Jun 03
Hundreds of taxi drivers object to council plans to double annual licence fees
Cardiff council committee will today decide whether to go-ahead with plan to increase fees from £230 to £435 Hundreds of furious Cardiff cabbies have objected to a council proposal to almost double their annual licence fees. A Cardiff council committee will today decide whether to rubber-stamp an increase in the annual hackney carriage vehicle renewal …
May 31
Admin blunder means payouts totalling £210,000 to Hyndburn taxi drivers
HUNDREDS of taxi drivers are set to get a windfall because of a £210,000 council blunder. For nine years council chiefs failed to advertise increases in taxi licensing fees. Now, to avoid legal action, they will refund the cash equivalent of the rises paid by private hire and hackney drivers. A probe into the mistake …
May 27
Win for Cornerstone Barristers in License Fee case
Soho Sex Shops Strike Euro-Blow Against Westminster R (Hemming & Others) v Westminster City Council, Court of Appeal, 24th May 2013 A group of sex shop owners has won a major victory in the Court of Appeal after a three year campaign to reduce its licence fees. The judgment of the Court of Appeal is …
