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Special Compliance Assignment For New Man In The Job...by Jim Thomas.
Late last night, 2:45am to be precise, the new head of compliance and part time special constable John Strutton, organised his crack team to take part in a special mission. One of the upmost...
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Another London Bus Bursts Into Flames.
Another double decker bus has been destroyed, when it burst into flames in south London.The bus burst into flames at about 09:20 GMT on Forest Hill Road in Wood Vale near to Honor Oak Park. Clouds of...
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Uber loses bid to keep its ‘unique’ insurance policy secret
Ontario Superior Court Justice James Diamond rules against the ride-hailing app company in its request for a court order to seal details about its $5-million insurance policy.Uber, who argue that as a...
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Intelligence Lead Enforcement...Your Having A Laugh... By Jim Thomas.
Just before midnight last night, our brave compliance officers, in league with a crack team from the City of London Police, set up a Taxi check point in Beech Street (again). Is this Tfl's answer to...
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Boris Predicts End Of The Knowledge Of London.
LONDON MAYOR BORIS JOHNSON has appeared to prophecise the end of the London Taxi ‘knowledge’, in a recent speech on technology in Boston in the United States of America.Boris had to give his speach at...
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Reply To Boris Johnson's Comments ... From Semtex.
Almost 400 years of loyal and professional service to London and it's travelling public, wiped out by Men who have come and killed us.Peter Hendy, Livingstone & Johnson will rejoice as our great...
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Another Uber Serious Sexual Assault, On Young Parisian Victim.
On the 15 of January 2015, we were informed of an Über driver, a 46 year old married father of three Adnan Nafasat, had been charged with choking, kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 21-year-old male...
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Undercover Uber Driver Alleges London Target Of 42,000 Drivers by March2016.
Uber currently have around 13k-15k drivers. It's hard to give an exact number as some drivers are so casual they are only doing a few jobs a week, working part time. The Uber model and pricing scheme...
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Project Kipper : Interview With An Uber Driver
..Another Licensed Taxi Uber Rat, working his way to the bottom.
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RAC Claim Diesel Users Being Taken For A Ride.
Motorists with diesel vehicles are being 'taken for a ride' by retailers who are charging too much, the RAC has said.The motorists' organisation said that even though the wholesale price of diesel has...
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Minicab driver handed community order for threatening to kidnap14-year-old...
A minicab driver, who threatened a teenage girl in Bromley before two women came to her rescue, has been handed a community order.Abdul-Muhib Hannan, of Imperial Way, Chislehurst, pulled up in a silver...
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Nissan Taxi delay: Good news and bad news for Midlands firms
It seems that Nissan has suspended development of its new London black cab, because its petrol version it won't meet standards for London's proposed Ultra-Low Emission Zone.Its plans for a new black...
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The most honest cabbie in the world? Taxi driver hands in forgotten bag-...
We've all left things in Taxis - mobile phones, spare change, the odd shopping bag.But one Taxi driver in Walsall ended up with a rather more valuable forgotten item - a bag containing £10,000...
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Letter To The Editor : Towards Trade Peace.... By I'm Spartacus
There have been encouraging signs of late that the trade organisations and unions whilst they might not all be singing the same tune, at least have gathered around the same piano.Trade politics will...
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More Smoke And Mirrors From TfL, As Val Shawcross Calls For Action OnMinicab...
Assembly member Valerie Shawcross, has called for more to be done to stop illegal touting by unlicensed cab drivers. Assembly Member Val Shawcross celebrating St George's dayThe Labour...
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Letter To The Editor. New Home For LTPH + Why Would Geely Invest InDying Trade.
Morning Jim.I have been an avid reader of your columns for a number of years now. I am a knowledge student and I am nearing my journey as a student and looking forward to becoming one of London’s...
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Uber Drivers, Working Tax Credits And Housing Benefits... By I'mSpartacus
As the man said 'you could not make it up'Über a non British, non UK taxpaying company, has a labour force that through the tax credit and housing benefit system, make any meaningful comparison...
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Uber Customer Accounts Are for Sale On The Dark Web, For As Little As $1
For the second time in just a few weeks, Uber's data system has been hacked. This time it's more serious as customer accounts, complete with valid passwords, have shown up for sale on the Dark Web for...
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Another Bad Day For London Buses....by Taxi Leaks Travel CorrespondentGlenn...
Areas of North London have been gridlocked this afternoon and this evening following accidents in Finsbury Park and on Forest Road Walthamstow. A woman with severe back injuries, had to be cut out of...
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