cab:app contactless chip & pin – rental option now available
Credit Card Package – further to the changes by TfL on the mandatory credit card mandate which come into effect in October, cab:app has a fully approved solution which includes a contactless chip &...
View ArticleCAR CLOCKING IN PRIVATE HIRE, MINICAB AND CHAUFFEURING TRADE COSTINGMILLIONS...
New research and investigations from automotive experts HPI and consumer group LicensedTransportUncovered.com (LTU) has revealed that private hire, minicab and chauffeur customers are at risk due to an...
View ArticleWill Green Taxi Be Final Nail In Coffin Of London Taxi Trade...by JimThomas.
Under Mayor Boris Johnson, TfL spent the best part of a billion pounds, putting in ridiculous congestion causing traffic schemes. They are now looking for a slap on the back for putting a bandaid...
View ArticleTfL Notice 12/16 New Island Ranks Trial
In accordance with the taxi ranks action plan, in August 2015 we published our policy on all ranks and extension areas. This policy set out what points will be taken into consideration when designating...
View ArticlePolice hunt cyclist after chain and lock attacks on taxis in Cambridge.
Images have been released by police after a Cambridge cyclist allegedly targeted city taxis in a series of violent attacks.A bike chain and lock have been used to batter vehicles as part of a vendetta,...
View ArticleNew York Taxis fight back and get into the Airport ride-share game withnew...
The taxi industry now has an answer to UberPool and LyftLine: an app that matches up riders for trips at reduced fares in yellow cabs from LaGuardia and JFK airports.By the end of the year the service...
View ArticleREPLY FROM THE MAYOR OF LONDON : DON'T PISS UP MY BACK AND TELL ME IT'SRAINING.
>SEE ORIGINAL LETTER TO MAYOR SADIQ KHAN, CLICK HERE<Mayor Sadiq Khan's Reply To Dads Defending Daughter's Lenny Etheridge. Lenny Etheridge's Reply To Sadiq Khan.Dear Mayor Khan,I would...
View ArticlePrivate Hire Feeder Park At Heathrow....Huge Flop.
Councillor Robert Evans expectations left deflated Robert Evans, Stanwell and Stanwell Moor’s County Councillor welcomed the opening of a new designated car park for minicabs at Heathrow Airport a...
View ArticleUber In The Dock Using Doublespeak Over Job Creation Claims
Lawyers representing Uber workers have accused the company of “doublespeak” and speaking with “forked tongues” over claims of job creation and its relationship with drivers.The minicab app company is...
View ArticleUber BANNED from setting up the cheap taxi app in Oxford after...
Taxi drivers are celebrating a victory over Uber after the firm was barred from launching in Oxford.Uber applied to operate in the city after 50,000 people tried to access the service there in a year,...
View ArticleFatal bus stop crash in Hornchurch
A taxi driver died after crashing into the bus stop in Station Lane, HornchurchThe suburban taxi driver died and two of his passengers were injured, after crashing into a bus stop.Police were called to...
View ArticleTaxis 'must be allowed in Oxford Street even after it's pedestrianised'
Taxis must be allowed to continue to access Oxford Street even after it is pedestrianised, the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association has said.Plans to transform the world famous shopping street into a...
View ArticleTaxi And Limousine Commission Vote To Limit Cabbies’ Working Hours
Starting in November, cab drivers will not be allowed to drive for more than 12 hours a day.The Taxi and Limousine Commission is trying to get drowsy drivers off the road.On Monday July 18, the TLC...
View ArticleUber Decide They Don't Need Operator Licence
The march to global domination of taxi app firm Uber has halted in parts of the North East at least.After submitting applications to operate in Gatesheadand North Tyneside several months ago, Uber...
View ArticleHailo Takes Fight To Uber With Daimler Deal
Sky News has learnt that Hailo will announce on Tuesday that it is to become part of the Mercedes-Benz-owner's portfolio in an effort to take on Uber, the world's most valuable taxi-hailing app.Sources...
View ArticleRange Extended Taxis, Are We Being Sold Another Lie By TheGreenies? .....by...
TAXI DRIVERS LIVES MATTERStill no reports from TfL or the Mayors office on the affect of sitting over batteries, strung together, emitting Gamma B radiation, generated by a strong electro magnetic...
View ArticleAutogas To Start Trial With Converted Diesel Taxi To New Petrol/Gas InLondon.
The Autogas Taxi- cleaner, cheaper solution Autogas is shortly to commence a trial in London of a traditional black London taxi running on LPG.The company, which has the largest network of automotive...
View ArticleMANDATE ON CREDIT CARDS, Deadline Approaches And Its All Gone A BitQuiet...by...
Back in February this year, the chair of the London Cab Drivers Club (LCDC) Grant Davis made a very bold statement, which was published in their newspaper, "The Badge".Mr Davis said:Whilst the trade is...
View ArticleAddison Lee's plan to operate ‘executive’ minicabs with tinted windowsat...
PLANS to operate tinted window minicabs like limousines from Luton Airport have been dealt a blow by the council.Addison Lee, who recently won the contract to operate their vans and cars from the...
View ArticleLetter To Editor : You Can Only a Kick Someone So Many Times BeforeThey Kick...
Soon we'll completely ignore their rules. let's face it, WTF are they going to do to our trade after kicking it in the testes for so long, it's on it's knees. Are they going to sack us, refuse to issue...
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