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Breaking News : TfL take Backward Step In Regards To CC Mandate And Taxi Condition Of Fitness

TfLTPH have clearly shown today, that the Credit Card mandate and associated condition of fitness, is a product of third party interest, rather than what's best for the driver and the passenger. News was afoot early in the day when CabVision posted on their Twitter...

A Level Playing Field…. Or Deregulation By Stealth To A One Tiered Service?

News broke over the weekend that the DVSA were going to scrap the Taxi driver test as from December 2016. Yes, you heard it right, after many years of calls for a more level playing field regarding the standard of driving for Taxi and private hire drivers, the DVSA,...

Night Tube Advert, Insults The Licence Taxi Trade….UCG Complain To Commissioner Mike Brown

Offensive and Inappropriate, Night Tube Advert.   Mr Brown, I am writing to you to complain about a night tube advert run by TfL that is both misleading, offensive and wholly unbecoming of TfL as the Taxi regulator. I find it beggars believe that I should be writing...

Drivers Safety Compromised With Rear Fitted CC Readers.

Imagine, you pick up two or three male passengers, it's obvious they've been drinking. They take you to a destination, 10 miles from the centre of London, it's two in the morning and they direct you to a quiet, badly lit, side street. One says "can we pay by card ? "....
CAB CHAT RADIO SHOW E112 31-10-2016

CAB CHAT RADIO SHOW E112 31-10-2016

  CAB CHAT RADIO SHOW E112 31-10-2016 HOSTED THIS WEEK BY: @SUPERCABBY, @GENTLEMANCABBIE, @SEANPAULDAY & @MACTHECAB Issues Discussed this week: Uber drivers are deemed employees by the London Employment Tribunal. What Does this mean for the trade. Call in for...

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