GMB HOLDS BRIGHTON TAXI DEMO TO CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY FROM UBER
GMB Union calls on Uber to let the public know how their app stays on the right side of the law – people have a right to know.GMB, the union for private hire and taxi drivers, working with the London...
View ArticleCome here, There's More....it gets worse.... By Jim Thomas
Although TfLTPH have still refused to answer my question about which legislated regulation gives their COs the power to remove a news paper from a Taxi...Even after being asked 35 times (so far but...
View ArticleCouncil Scraps Plan To Force All St Albans Taxis To Become FullyElectric As...
Proposals to force all taxis registered in St Albans to be fully electric within five years have been scrapped after they were condemned by cab drivers. Between March and June this year, St Albans...
View ArticleStop the fake taxis: warning as hundreds sign-up to illegal cabservices on...
YOUNGSTERS have been warned not to accept lifts from strangers after it emerged that hundreds of people had signed up an illegal taxi service on a social networking website.The Daily Echo has been made...
View ArticleU.S. card firm Vantiv clinches $10 billion deal to buy Worldpay
U.S. credit card processing company Vantiv moved closer to creating a $29 billion global payments powerhouse on Wednesday with a formal offer to buy Britain's Worldpay for 8 billion pounds ($10...
View ArticleTaxi Drivers Get TfL To Admit Uber Are Acting Illegally. Blue TouchPaper Lit,...
On Monday, a group of Taxi drivers from Dads Defending Daughters and also trade reps from the LCDC, met at a prearranged location just off the M25. Their mission was to drive into Brighton and make...
View ArticleRoyal National Hotel Alleged To Be Offering Guests An Illegal,Unlicensed Car...
A London Taxi Driver picking up a Passenger at the Royal National Hotel, overheard the concierge taking a booking for their car service.The driver spotted this list on the counter of the reception...
View ArticleBreaking News : Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is getting sued foralleged...
The battle between Benchmark Capital and Travis Kalanick just went nuclear, with the venture capital firm suing the former Uber CEO for fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty. The...
View ArticleUCG Say COs Have No Power To Confiscate Personal Property : TfL InsistTaxi...
After yesterday's major bus crash, questions were asked about the driver. We wanted to know if the bus driver was also working as a PHV driver.Not hard to check you would think. But again this is TfL...
View ArticlePlaza Executive Cars..."Taxi Service"...In Liquidation....StillOperating From...
Letter from Greenbadgejohn: As the race to the bottom continues to endorse illegality within the private hire systems (licensed or otherwise) In the case of the unlicensed car service at the Royal...
View Article"MINICAB" Passenger Jailed For Raping Fellow "MINICAB" Passenger.
A man who said he had 'the right' to sexually assault a vulnerable woman after paying for her Minicab home has been jailed.Jeetender Singh, 41 (09.11.85), of West Hill, SW15, was convicted of assault...
View ArticleLondon Taxi Driver's Saturday Night Flash Demo : Reaction To SundayTimes...
London Taxi Trade reacted quickly to this recent expose' in the Sunday Times. We've known for a very long time that TfL were bending over backwards to protect Uber:• We've seen Uber, illegally...
View ArticleCMT Press Release : Arro App Is Now Live
We are extremely excited to announce that our hailing app ARRO is officially live in London! As of today, ARRO is fully operational and available for passengers to download and use. Whether you have a...
View ArticleDouble amputee, 33, told to ‘f*** off’ by Uber driver in London whorefused to...
A DOUBLE amputee, 33, claims she was left stranded after being told to “f*** off” by an Uber driver who refused to take her home because “she was drunk”.Clare Brown, 33, who has survived both...
View ArticleUber To Be Given Another Temporary Licence And Told They Need To SortOut...
Although we don't know the exact details, it's been leaked that Uber have been given another temporary licence and been told to sort out their present troublesBut that was before Brighton and the...
View ArticleLetter From Lee Ward : Pressure Must Be Put On All Local AuthoritiesWho Have...
Equality:The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities.That’s the Utopian belief of many of us in this trade, or it used to be.It used to be the reason why many drivers or...
View ArticlePlease Support Fellow Taxi Driver Stripped Of Licence For CriticisingTfL.
Weʼre raising £2,500 to London Taxi Driver, Sean Stockings who had his license revoked 3 months ago by TFL. Please donate 2 help him cover his bills for this period.IT COULD BE YOU...
View ArticleBank Junction Update : It's Never Been About Safety, It's All AboutMoney,...
New traffic cameras will rake in £50million a year in finesAbout 1,500 drivers a day are being hit by seven cameras monitoring one junction, with revenue topping £16,000 an hour – almost £200,000 every...
View Article#UBERGATE : Sexual Assaults Increase, As TfL Registered Uber Cars FloodInto...
Calls have been made for all taxis to carry officially-approved markings to prevent passengers becoming victims of crime.It follows an incident in which a woman is alleged to have been sexually...
View ArticleThe Curious Case Of The Russell Square Disappearing PHV RegistrationIncident.
Footage emerged yesterday on Facebook, showing a minicab driver, desperately trying to drive away, after allegedly causing a collision. The TfL registered private hire car was seen by witnesses to...
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