http://taxicabnews.co.uk Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:53:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over six thousand Digitax customers successfully had their taximeters upgraded to the new 2009 tariff over the weekend of April 4&5 at the Millwall Football Club. Digitax started the upgrade process at 00:01hrs Saturday morning and worked throughout until 08:00hrs Saturday with a steady stream of night driver’s cabs being ... http://taxicabnews.co.uk/?p=311 A new late night marshalled taxi rank has been given the go-ahead for the City Of London. The rank in Cornhill is located outside number 77, which is opposite St Michael’s Alley will commence on Friday 8 May 2009. The Cornhill rank will be operational between 19:00hrs to 07:00hrs every ... http://taxicabnews.co.uk/?p=312 A hard-hitting DVD entitled London at Night, made by the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) has been shown to the Public Carriage Office (PCO), Westminster City Council (WCC) and the Met Police TOCU. With undercover cameras filming the activities of the minicab trade in the West End, the LTDA produced ... http://taxicabnews.co.uk/?p=309 Touting problems in the West End have promoted one would be cab driver to set up a petition on the No 10 website.  Billy Gould is currently doing the Knowledge of London and sees the problems the touts are causing and has asked the Prime Minster to help the taxi trade ... http://taxicabnews.co.uk/?p=307 A consultation is underway to get views on allowing Private Hire Vehicles (PHV) into the parks. The Royal Parks Regulations currently prohibit any vehicle that is “constructed, adapted or in use as a trade vehicle” from entering the Royal Parks unless they have express permission to do so, or legitimate ... http://taxicabnews.co.uk/?p=305 Head of Projects and Developments, Alan Matthews will depart from the PCO on 1st May 2009. Dave Stock, who is currently Head of Service Delivery, will then take responsibility for the delivery of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing and inspection services. Ed Thompson, Taxi & Private Hire Director at ... http://taxicabnews.co.uk/?p=303 It’s all over the country that cab drivers have been hit by a decline in passengers since the credit crunch began. In Lincoln, the taxi trade have proposed to run a new 'Pound into Town' scheme. The cab drivers proposal which would allow people to flag down a cab as ... http://taxicabnews.co.uk/?p=301 The Royal Automobile Club Foundation has welcomed the news that the Government at last looks set to tighten the regulations on 'cowboy clampers'. Responding to the Home Secretary's move to consult on toughening regulations on wheel clamping firms, the director of the RAC Foundation Professor Stephen Glaister said: "After more ... http://taxicabnews.co.uk/?p=299 Owner-driver Jas Shergill in Coventry has taken delivery of his new Vito Taxi from local Coventry dealer Gerard Mann Commercials, which is now supporting the new vehicles. Jas, who has been a taxi driver for seven years, says: "I was impressed by the superb manoeuvrability and fuel economy of the ... http://taxicabnews.co.uk/?p=297 In the latest issue of London taxi trade newspaper Taxi Globe, Martin Low, Director of Transportation at Westminster City Council, has written an article entitled “How Westminster Council Is Making It Easier For Taxi Drivers To Park And Use Public Toilets” but it would seem Mr Low has actually missed ... http://taxicabnews.co.uk/?p=295