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We Still Don’t Know Whether Uber Is a Real Business?
It has never had to live on the cash it generatesIn March, Uber will turn 10 years old. On paper, it’s one of the world’s most highly valued companies. Uber has become a verb for rides on demand,...
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Young Couple ‘Nearly Die’ As Uber Car Plunges Into Sea…But StillCharged The...
AN Uber passenger was still charged his £18 fare — despite “nearly dying” when his cab plunged into the sea.Businessman Nick Christoforou, 31, and colleague Sophia Toon, 23, had to swim for their lives...
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Halt final TfL payment to Garden Bridge Trust, says shadow minister Andy...
Preparations to pay the charity behind the Garden Bridge project its final multi-million pound chunk of public money should be suspended, the shadow transport secretary has saidThe Garden Bridge Trust...
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Greater Manchester Brings Forward Proposals For Clean Air Plan
Greater Manchester is expected to bring forward its proposals for addressing air pollution in the city region in the coming weeks, elected members heard yesterday (16 August).At a meeting of the...
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Will Andrew Boff Cut Taxi Fares By Half To Level Playing Field WithUber, If...
IIn his piece for 1828UK, the openly gay Assembly Member has championed the Uber platform even though they frequently discriminate against the LGBT community, as well as wheelchair users and blind...
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LCDC Chairman Grant Davis Calls For a uber Re-Trial After VestedInterest...
As news broke yesterday (which we already new) that Uber appeal Judge Emma Arbuthnot and her husband had a vested interest in the Minicab App Uber, first one up to the plate was the London Cab Drivers...
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The Real Reason Judge Emma Arbuthnot Stepped Down. SPD Complaint13/07/2018
Below is Sean Paul Day's letter of complaint to the Judical Conducts Office.Why is it that again, an ordinary rank and file working driver has had to do what drivers are paying their respective orgs to...
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Keeping It In The Family : Baron James Arbuthnot Asked To ReturnExcessive...
With thanks to Diana JordanJames Arbuthnot, the chairman of the defence select committee, has been asked to pay back £12,241 in gardening, cleaning and maintenance claims that have been deemed...
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Businessman says Manchester Airport's drop-off charges have added £50to his...
A businessman who travels through Manchester Airport every week says the cost of his minicab rides have gone up by £50 a month since new drop-off charges were launched.Michael Cowell, 34 from...
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Police Chief Inspector Arrested In Benidorm After Row With Local TaxiDriver
Police in Benidorm were called to the well-known town centre…but it was nothing to do with the traditional problems associated with British Tourists!This time, it a chief inspector from one of the...
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Family Of Suicide Taxi Driver, Puts Up Charity Billboard In Welling
A family from Welling has turned their grief into action after their father took his own life, by helping other men suffering from mental illness.Joey Barton, a black cab driver, was just 57 years old...
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LCDC letter, sent out to Lord Chief Justice and Tfl's Howard Carter.
The Rt Hon Lord BurnettLord Chief Justice of England and WalesRoyal Courts of JusticeStrandLondonWC2A 2LL 21st August 2018 Senior District Judge Arbuthnot Dear Lord Chief Justice, I am writing as...
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Hero Taxi Driver Saves Regular Passenger From Blazing a House Fire.
Cristian Dumitrescu (left) with John Hawkins A hero Taxi driver spotted smoke coming from the home of one of his regular customers and ran into the building to rescue him.Cristian Dumitrescu was...
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LTDA’s E-Taxi Signage Article In Taxi Paper Finally Confirmed As FakeNews By TfL
With the alleged "Fake News" being banded about, the London Cab Drivers Club, (for the sake of clarity), asked TfL compliance if the signage featured in a post on Taxi Leaks (which was referred to as...
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It Gets Worse....Much Worse!.....New From TOPs Meeting.
News from the latest TOPs meeting between TfL and the Taxi trade.First, we were told that TfL had indeed submitted the E-Taxis in bus lane signs and that they were not commissioned by Manchester as...
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Uber’s New CFO Suggests Next Years IPO Won’t Happen
Incoming Uber CFO Nelson Chai has suggested the company might not go public in 2019.The $69 billion transportation firm has been aiming for a 2019 IPO for a while - Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi even...
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China's Didi Suspends Hitch Ride-Sharing App After Passenger Raped AndKilled...
China’s largest ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing is suspending its Hitch services nationwide, the company said in a statement on Sunday, a day after police said a ride-sharing passenger in the...
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TAXI DRIVER LEFT SHAKEN AFTER BEING CHASED WITH A KNIFE
A Jersey taxi driver has been left shaken, unable to sleep and says he can no longer work late night shifts after being threatened with a knife on Friday.The 58-year-old taxi driver, who wants to...
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Uber Drivers Knowingly Accepting Fraudulent Journeys For Share Of Cash,Says...
Turning virtual cash into real money without being caught is a big problem for successful cyber-criminals.They often have to get creative when "cashing out" or laundering the money they have stolen,...
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Comprehensive GuideTo Joining The UCGup Twitter Account...by Jim Thomas
One of the best resources we have in our trade, to help drivers maximise their working skills is the free UCGup account on Twitter. And yet, only around 10% of drivers are using it. This facility is...
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