November 4, 2008
- Taxi-London.Net
The History
The Black Cabs' history goes back to the time of horse-drawn cabs which were called Hackney Cabs. (…)
October 19, 2008
- Information & Advice on Taxis & Private Hire
Getting from one place to another in the UK is becoming increasingly difficult. The rail network is not always reliable, the tube is crowded and bus lanes are mired in traffic. (…)
June 13, 2008
- Cab firm limiting NW10 bookings
A minicab company has decided to stop taking cash bookings at night from one postcode in London, because too many of its drivers were being attacked. (…)
June 10, 2008
- Touting Gatwick cabbie's car crushed
A TAXI driver has had his car CRUSHED after he was spotted illegally touting for business at Gatwick airport on THREE occasions. (…)
June 6, 2008
- Addison Lee immediately benefits and increases market leadership with Magenta’s Dynamic Scheduler
Addison Lee, London's largest minicab, courier, chauffeur and coach company has been now using Magenta Technology’s (http://www.magenta-technology.com) dynamic scheduling tool to optimize the allocation of their drivers and passenger cars to customer jobs. (…)
June 5, 2008
- Cabbie assaulted female passenger
AN UNLICENSED taxi driver was jailed after sexually assaulting a passenger and trying to force her into a car. (…)
June 4, 2008
- Minicab driver sexually assaulted woman
A MINICAB driver was jailed yesterday (June 2) for sexually assaulting a female passenger. (…)
- Bogus minicab driver rapist is jailed
A BOGUS cab driver who raped a partygoer after she fled a row with her boyfriend was jailed for eight years on Friday. (…)
- Gatwick Airport Crackdown On Unlicensed Taxi Drivers
Gatwick Airport are cracking down on unlicensed taxi drivers at the airport and have made their intentions clear after crushing the car of one such driver.http://www.compare-airport-parking.co.uk/news/702/Gatwick-Airport-Crackdown-On-Unlicensed-Taxi-Drivers.html
Bamidele Soyoye, 46 was arrested in July of 2007 for touting illegally for business and then was arrested again later that year in September for driving whilst disqualified. (…)
June 2, 2008
- Fine for rogue driver
A PRIVATE-hire driver who illegally picked up fares outside Manchester United's ground has been prosecuted - and fined.
Tahir Bilal Baig, 33, of Rusholme, was fined £700, plus £350 costs at Manchester Magistrates' Court after admitting illegally plying for hire. (…)
May 28, 2008
- 60% of minicabs breaking the law
A JOINT operation to clamp down on rogue minicabs revealed that a staggering 60 per cent of drivers stopped and quizzed were breaking the law. (…)
May 27, 2008
- How to Start a Taxi Company
Setting up and running your own taxi or private hire firm is by no means simple as there are regional differences and management styles are very different in different parts of the UK. (…)
- Addison Lee extends hi-tech systems strategy with CODA Financials
• Advanced finance system at the heart of modern IT infrastructure
• Hi-tech strategy driving value proposition and growth
• Flexible chart of accounts vital to successful business performance analysis
CODA Group, the finance software specialist, today announced that leading private hire company, Addison Lee, has signed a contract for CODA’s Financials software and services to support an advanced IT architecture which already helps them to rival the black cab trade in London. (…)
May 22, 2008
- Taxi firm boss hit by £20,000 fine
A TAXI proprietor who drove passengers around in unlicensed cabs has been fined £20,000. (…)
- Taxi worker furious with YouTube pranksters
A taxi worker who fell asleep on the job says his life has been made a misery after prankster colleagues filmed him and put it on the Internet. (…)
May 15, 2008
- New York taxi driver fined for swearing at fellow cabbie
NEW YORK — New York’s reputation for foul-mouthed taxi drivers appears to be going the way of the checkered cab. (…)
- Addison Lee Gets Immediate Benefits and Increases Market Leadership with Magenta’s Dynamic Scheduler
Addison Lee, London's largest minicab, courier, chauffeur and coach company has been now using Magenta Technology’s dynamic scheduling tool to optimize the allocation of their drivers and passenger cars to customer jobs. (…)
May 13, 2008
- Girls allowed
FLAGGING down a stranger's car and climbing in for a late night lift sounds a risky business.http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/women?articleid=4069457
But after a night out with the girls, scores of women are faced with either leaping into a cab or braving unsavoury characters on buses or in the streets. (…)
May 8, 2008
- Mum's alarm over rogue taxi
A concerned mum has warned other parents in the area to beware of a rogue taxi driver who picked up her 12-year-old daughter and held hostage her schoolbag. (…)
- Taxi firm race row
A TAXI firm has sparked a race row by ordering its drivers to dress in `European' style and remove all headwear. (…)
