TfL Caught Bang To Rights Issuing PH licence Without CRB Check.
This tweet appeared on Twitter yesterday afternoon.It followed this alleged TfL document which was posted earlier in the day.We have been told repeatedly by TfL that Private Hire drivers go through the...
View ArticleAddison Lee, Arrive In Greater Manchester.
Addison Lee arrives in Manchester. London PH Giant Addison Lee arrives in Manchester, EXCEPT, they missed it on their Sat Nav and instead set up in a nearby Town, usually the case with PH drivers, but...
View ArticleBreaking News, The United Trade Cartel Has Been Smashed.
At a meeting held earlier today, between the UCG, Deputy Mayor Val Shawcross, and TfLTPH General Manager Helen Chapman, a deal was hatched to approve engagement by all trade orgs with TfL, finally...
View ArticleImportant Announce From The UCG June 8th Demo Cancelled.
Following a Committee of Management vote, we are suspending the planned action of June 8th.We trust the integrity of Val Shawcross and thank her for trusting us.She has shown commitment to our trade,...
View ArticleMore Good News : St Pancras Parking Problem, Solution Found.
We would like to give an update on the St Pancras parking situation. After a series of demonstrations the like of which the trade had never seen before that were instigated by the group known as Dads...
View ArticleUber, Amazon And TfL's Buses, Blamed For London’s ToxicPollutionIncrease
Another damning report, puts the blame for London's toxic air quality, squarely at the feet of TfL....and they do what they always do, try to lie their way out of it.As Managing Director Leon Daniels...
View ArticleThe Pledge | 2nd June 2016
Watch the first 11 minutes Something else I wanted to share. As a fantastic surprise Florence and the Machine (Guitarist Rob Ackroyd) turned up at the Christopher House Hospice in Austin Texas and...
View ArticlePossibly The Best Article Ever Written "What is Plying For Hire....byAlan...
First published 2012 Coventry Street, minicab lined.I read with interest in the last edition of United Cabbies News the proposals of T&PH, for allowing PH ranks....
View ArticleIt's Not Just Women Getting Sexually Assaulted And Raped By...
In the early hours Sunday 5th June 2016. A young man hailed me in bustling Shaftesbury Avenue. He was slightly inebriated but not drunk. On our journey to Kings Road. He decided to unburden and talk...
View ArticleUber Announce $3.5 Billion Investment From Saudi Public InvestmentFund...by...
The Secretary of State and the Department of Transport ignore human rights violations in favour the market.Whilst the political drive in the USA is forcing Uber to recognise labour rights, and...
View ArticleUndercover Cop Spied On RMT. Taxi Trade Not Surprised!
Nothing new to Taxi drivers, they've been spied on at virtually ever demo they've held. The first time I personally noticed we were being watched as individuals, was in Trafalgar Square November 2011....
View ArticleThe Question We'd All Like An Answer To ... by Tom Scullion.
I know we have a wide audience here from Tfl, MP's and others involved with the surface transport industry, what I cannot understand is why Tfl have not revoked Uber's operators license? Let's explore...
View ArticleUber Pitch....Get Investors to back your brilliant idea.
It seems Uber have so much money, $3.5 billion in fact, they want to share some of it with their customers who may have brilliant business ideas. :.How about this one.: UBER BUSES, to run in direct...
View ArticleLatest From The Lords Regarding Rickshaw Pedicabs.
Lord StoreyLiberal Democrat Lords Principal Spokesperson for Education:Asked.Her Majesty’s Government what are the health and safety requirements for operators?Lord Ahmad of WimbledonParliamentary...
View ArticleSt Pancras update from the Mayfair Mob(MM) & Dads Defending...
Camden have contacted me with an update on St Pancras.The guy I met in early May has asked if drivers could show a little bit more patience as the design team are finalising their reports and have a...
View ArticleD-Day For The Taxi Trade. Trevor Merralls Speech, UCG AGM 6th June 2016.
The End Of The Three Amigos The United Cabbies Group have smashed the cartel that has kept the Licensed Taxi trade divided for the past six years and kicked the engagement policy into touch....
View ArticleUber driver calls for ban of "dangerous" Uber Pool after femalepassenger is...
An Uber driver has called on the company to stop its "dangerous" UberPool car sharing service after he was forced to call police when a woman was attacked in his cab.James Farrar, the co-founder of...
View ArticleLetters To Taxi Leaks From Paul Sweeney And PaddyWC1. Plus DoormanAbusing...
From Paul Sweeney:This was all over social media yesterday. A London cabbie innocently tooted the uber minicab at a junction. The minicab driver then proceeded to shower the cabby with abuse. He then...
View ArticleTAXI DRIVER HONOURED BY THE QUEEN AFTER 30 YEARS WORKING TO...
A TAXI driver who has spent 30 years making a difference to the lives of underprivileged children “thought it was a joke” when he found out he was being honoured by the Queen.Michael Son, 72, of...
View ArticleJo Bertram Quits Twitter, Over Alleged Abuse From Taxi Drivers.
Uber’s UK boss claims she's been forced to quit Twitter after being bombarded with sexist and abusive messages from taxi drivers. Bertram claimed the attacks have included one angry cabbie saying he...
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