European MP accuses Uber of being 'designed, from the start, to reduceits tax'
A European member of parliament has accused Uber's European business of being "specifically designed, from the start, to reduce its tax liabilities."Labour's Anneliese Dodds made the comment to...
View ArticleTHE BLACK CAB KNOWLEDGE OF LONDON, Producing the best taxi drivers inthe world
I've been send this article which appeared in the Dutch Media, giving support to the London Taxi trade and its drivers’. The wife of a green badge who is Dutch saw this and has kindly translated it...
View ArticleThe Mayfair Mob, Taking The Ranks Back.
With the help of Hammersmith council, the Mayfair Mob managed to get the Shepard's Bush Taxi rank repainted last night.This will clearly show private cars, delivery vans and of course Touts, that this...
View ArticleLTDA's General Secretary Steve McNamara, Confirms Support For UnitedTaxi...
A few weeks ago I promised an update on the many things happening within our trade and the LTDA’s lobbying and other involvement.Credit CardsThe response to Transport for London’s (TfL’s) consultation...
View ArticleOpen Letter To TfL, Over Growing Contempt For The London TaxiTrade...by Will...
Dear Mr Bradley Thank you for your invitation to comment, as a contributing respondent, to the proposal document being carried forward following the Private Hire Regulations Consultation. I think I may...
View ArticleTransport for London's plan to make all Black Cabs accept card paymentsis...
By Derek Stewart co-founder of CabApp, a mobile booking and payment app for Black Cabs in the UK and licensed Taxis in Ireland. We all love simplicity and speed.Last weekend I popped into my local...
View ArticleNew Rules Set To Allow Hailing Of All Taxi Types In Belfast
The DoE will require some taxis, including public hire taxis, to display a new type of roof signageNew rules to allow people to hail all taxis in Belfast are set to come into place later this...
View ArticleFrance's Private Hire Drivers Protest On Heels Of Taxi Rivals
Rivals of traditional taxi drivers protested in Paris on Friday in the latest episode of a turf-war that has come to symbolise France's quest for compromise between free-for-all competition and...
View ArticleLondon Taxi Drivers are once again taking to the streets on Wednesday,the...
UNITED TAXI TRADE DEMONSTRATION London Taxi Drivers are once again taking to the streets on Wednesday, the 10th of February, to voice their grievance over the Government’s interference in the...
View ArticleAs Predicted...Media Attack Greedy Taxi Drivers Over Extra 20p Drop.
Well it didn't take the press long to take the story that every London Taxi will have to accept Credit Card payments, and turn it in to a barrage of negativity against the greedy London cabbies....
View ArticleLetter To Editor : The Demise Of London's Icons
You're probably thinking "Here we go: cabbies moaning again. Bunch of Luddites"...But it's not as simple as that.London has a serious problem at the moment. It's rapidly losing its independent...
View ArticleThe Slaves Revolt....by I'm Spartacus.
At last a topic I am a real expert in.Over the weekend in San Francisco, was the American football Super Bowl.The Uber drivers there whose wages (because they aren't really self employed) are being...
View ArticleBoris Johnson's Latest Cycle Plans Will Kill London
Boris Johnson today faced a storm of protest from motorists and taxi divers over plans to create new cycle lanes on key routes in London.The radical proposals include banning traffic from one lane on...
View ArticleTFL - The New Parliament...by Paul Simon
It would appear that regulating and deregulating as it suits is not enough for TFL that they now want more powers to abuse the taxi industry even further with…. TfL’s passive devise of London’s Taxi...
View ArticleTfL Press Release : New Tariffs for 2016
Agreed tariff 2016 figures as supplied by T&PH.Flag-fall up from £2.40 to £2.60Rate 1 metres down from 126.2 to 123.9 – seconds down from 27.1 to 26.6.£2.59 per mile, an increase of £0.04 per mile...
View ArticleUnited Taxi Demo Could Be The Biggest Taxi Demo Ever Seen InLondon...by Jim...
Carpe Diem : In the Wake Of The EU Taxi Alliance Demo, Tomorrow... It's Our Turn....and this time, we are UNITED.Many drivers complain that every time we demo, the media say it's about UberWell, lets...
View ArticleTHE CHATTERING CLASSES VERY SURVIVAL IS DEPENDENT ON THE CREATION OF...
That's you and me, guys!This concerns a country whose use of phenomenal innovation is being radically controlled by heavily invested conglomerates. The working man/woman is rapidly being constrained...
View ArticleTfL's biggest Headache, A United Taxi Trade, Brings London ToGridlock ... By...
They came from every org, lanyards of every colour, from all over London.Taxi drivers came from Farnborough, Basingstoke, Manchester and Liverpool...They also came from France, Spain and Belgium. A...
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