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Gett Announce Their Intention To Buy Radio Taxis
Press release from Gett:Gett, have today announced our intention to acquire The Mountview House Group, best known for operating Radio Taxis. This deal will make Gett the biggest black cab app in the...
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Message to the new Mayor.....by I'm Spartacus.
As we all sit in polluting traffic jams now extending from 6am to well past midnight, some suggestions as to improve all our lives:The CC zone operates 24/7 and double yellow lines operate 24/7.PH can...
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Uber Rewarded At Heathrow, For Defecating In ResidentialGardens.....Well Done...
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for struggling London Cabbies.After stories appeared in the local paper, about Uber drivers defecating in plastic bags and discarding them in residential...
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Uber Technologies Inc.’s “genius” just backfired on the company and its co-founder Travis Kalanick.U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan on Thursday denied Kalanick’s bid to dismiss a proposed...
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Steel, Trump, Farage, Corbyn, Sanders and the Feeder Park...by I'mSpartacus
How is any of this related?What's happening to the steel industry is exactly what's happening to us- In town and at LAP, unfair competition from someone who does not have to follow the same rules...
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British Transport Police halt plans to axe sexual offences unit
Plans by the British Transport Police (BTP) to axe their sexual offences unit have been halted.The British Transport Police are to carry out an urgent review into plans to close their sexual offences...
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Dads Defending Daughters Say...... LET'S TAKE THE FIGHT TO THEM.
TIME TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED Like most of you, I have heard about this impending Demo to close LAP for twenty four hours.And like most of you, I welcome it.If you intend to Demo, get Union...
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Action for Cabbies...They think it's all over......it isn't yet
Action for cabbies are not fighting the CC mandate. Although it may not be totally legal, for TfL to mandate drivers having to accept card payments, most drivers won't see this as detrimental to the...
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Letter To Editor : TfL Card Scam.....from Noel Oats.
My first question, is the fact TFL are imposing credit card fees on the drivers legal? I am a driver and an independent business. How can it be that an outside organisation ( TFL)can pick and choose a...
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Dads Defending Daughters....Reply From The Mayors Office
Dear Mr Etheridge Thank you for your email to the Mayor dated 17 March setting out your views on the taxi and private hire trades in London. I would like to assure you that the Mayor is a proud...
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It's Not Just Us Affected By A Woefully Inadequate Regulator, Top EndOf The...
Chauffeur crisis in the capital?The chauffeur industry has a proud heritage, and nowhere more so than on the roads of London Town. But what’s gone wrong and why are so many operators completely...
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Update From Dada Defending Daughters : Empathy In High Places
Today I received a positive letter from my local MP, Bob Neill.I wrote to every Mayoral candidate, the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Mayor of London, my local MP for Bromley...
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Private Hire Feeder Park...A Terminal Problem?......by I'm Spartacus.
For those in the trade years ago who thought a phone on the wall of the local supermarket to a minicab firm wasn't a threat, just look what's happened since!We now have Private Hire looking to have...
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iZettle Announce Their Contactless Payment Bundle.
The backgroundTransport for London (TfL) and Mayor Boris Johnson MP announced in November 2015 that new regulations will be imposed upon the licensed cab drivers of London. From October 2016, TfL say...
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Illegal Positive Action...Ethnic Knowledge : Tribunal Decision IsImportant...
This decision relates to an information request made way back in July 2014. TfL were asked certain probing questions about their 'positive action' / 'ethnic encouragement' campaign in an FOI request....
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Your Data, Being Sold To Interested Third Parties.
So, I wonder who told Uber, Aygun was a Taxi Driver?The Question that needs to be answered! Established: Transport for London has an Open Data Policy. I am of the understanding that TFL are, where...
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2911 Private Hire Drivers Are Using EU Based Licenses Rather Than UK.
It's What The Public Wants: 2911 Private Hire Drivers Using EU Based Licenses Rather Than UK LicensesUpon the request of a Private Hire Driver member GMB made an freedom of information request based...
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Uber sends private investigator to question former employee suspectedof...
The extraordinarily broad reach of Uber across the world and their questionable process for screening and hiring drivers has a lot of people worried about what the next negative PR bomb will be. Back...
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MP Wes Streeting's Ten Minute Bill Runs Out Of Time.
Many drivers pinned there hopes on the Taxi trades lobby of parliament, which resulted in a 10 minute bill from Wes Streeting, being read in the house.We've now been informed that it's not going to get...
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Letter To The Editor : Police Harassing Taxi Drivers Queuing To...
Another day and another directive from TFL to the Metropolitan Police, to hound and hassle every Cabbie in London. As you are all aware, to join the rank at Paddington, you start via Harrow road...
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