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Good News For Mercedes Vito Euro 5 Owners.
Long suffering Mercedes Vito owners are to receive good news in the post. Following extensive testing by Mercedes-Benz UK, working closely with their engineering partners, a revised dogtooth component,...
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Anti-smoking group blasts council's move to ban e-cigs from taxis
Anti-smoking campaigners have blasted a council's decision to ban passengers from smoking e-cigarettes in taxis.St Helens Council decided to ban passengers from using e-cigarettes as they felt drivers...
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The Actions Of One London Licensed Taxi Driver, Can Bring Shame On The Whole...
You never know who you have in the back of your cab as a passenger.As we are seen by many to be "Best Taxi Service In The World", we should endeavour to be on our best behaviour at all times....
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Incompetent And Poor Service....Part 1, LTPH
It has been bought to our attention that some drivers are having difficulty, getting answers to serious complaints from LTPH. There appears to be a new policy of non-compliance. Even the interim...
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Shape Of Things To Come?
Cabbies and private hire drivers are at loggerheads over whether Shipley railway station should have a hackney carriage rank.Mehrban Khan, a member of the Bradford Hackney Carriage Association, thinks...
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Credit And Debit Cards Contact Payment Systems At Risk To Major Fraud...by...
A few years ago, I read a story about a new system of touch cards that would speed up shopping for customers wishing to purchase small items, cigarettes and news papers. I have even seen articles in...
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Incompetent And Not Fit For Service....Part 2, Westminster Parking Services,...
There seems to be a policy of noncompliance under the new administration of interim General Manager Helen Chapman. We have had reports from many drivers, that complaints to LTPH are not receiving...
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Old Etonian ex-City stockbroker thinks he's a Taxi Mogul...ha ha.
Nicholas Monteith, 51, bought minicab company Mornington Cars in 2008 as a business venture alongside his 25-year career as a Japanese equities salesman.But in 2009, Mr Monteith found himself jobless...
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Boris Bike Cyclist, Injured In Collision With Car In Bethnal Green.
A 32-year-old cyclist was taken to hospital after a collision with a car yesterday afternoon.Paramedics and police were called to Bethnal Green Road at around 1.15pm after the collision between the...
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Cab drivers say Maidenhead council colours make taxis look like 'dustbin cars
Hackney carriage taxi drivers are now required to brand their vehicles in Royal Borough colours under new council guidelines.Drivers must use a white vehicle, with a purple boot and bonnet, and place a...
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Licensed Taxi Drivers being denied their right to work, under new rules.
We've just got over a nightmare weekend where the Taxi trade and many other businesses found London closed. Emergency vehicles couldn't get to patients, people couldn't get to elderly relatives to...
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GetTaxi launches in New York, will have to prove its weight in cheap reliable...
Ever since the New York State Supreme Court ruled that taxi-hailing apps were indeed legal, New York is teeming with upstart taxi-hailing apps. There’s Uber, Hailo, Taxi Magic to just name a few. Well,...
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Ex Boxer 72, Disarms Burglar 23, Giving him Black Eye And Swollen Lip.
A burglar who broke into a house and threatened a pensioner with a knife got more than he bargained for when the victim turned out to be a retired boxer who left him bruised and bleeding.Frank Corti,...
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Latest on the Nissan NV200 taxi
Hi-tech and efficient new Nissan NV200 black cab will take to the capital’s streets by 2014Nissan has come up with a new take on the iconic London black cab, and is aiming to have it on UK roads by...
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What made London Olympics so great? It was our taxis
What made last year’s London Olympics so successful?Was itThe athletes in their prime?The crowds?The national pride?No chance. It was the capital’s iconic black cabs, according to the Chinese company...
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Ex-minister Tim Yeo accused of harming public's health with new 'green'...
Mercedes Vitos have been hailed as eco-friendly replacement for black cabsBut they emit much higher levels of nitrogen dioxide, which affects lung function and causes respiratory problemsFormer...
View ArticleA Blast From The Past The May Interest Those With Older Taxis.
PCO Notice 16/03Taxis converted to LPG or re-engined to Euro 3 emission standardThe emission strategy for taxis in London is not expected to be finalised until the Energy Saving Trust (EST) has...
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Police appeal after Ride London cycle theft
Police Officers from the joint Transport for London and Metropolitan Police Service Safer Transport Command Cycle Task Force are appealing for help in identifying a man following the theft of a bicycle...
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Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg works as secret taxi driver
. What Reaction Would Cameron or Clegg Get If They Drove A London Taxi. Norwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo, he has revealed....
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Illegally plying for hire:
Dear sirThank you for your letter email dated 15th July 2013 sent to the Ministry of Justice, inwhich you asked the following information. Can you please confirm the number of times that persons with...
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