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DaC Chairman Brian Rice Says : TfL Have Got This Totally Wrong.

There isn't any question that having the PED in the back of the taxi could be a threat to driver safety. That is why in March 2011 we at DaC sought and obtained permission from TfL to site our PED's in the front of the taxi, although it is wired to the taxi and gives...
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One in four Londoners fear they won’t get home safely in minicab in early hours, research finds

One in four Londoners fear they will not make it home safely in a minicab in the early hours of the morning, new research suggests. A quarter of people living in the capital who use minicabs fear a risk to their safety when travelling in one between 12am and 4am,...
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INDEPENDENT TAXI ALLIANCE (ITA) ON CREDIT CARD CHAOS.

The ITA believes that TfL's card machine fiasco is a scam. A scam backed by credit card companies and groups with vested interests in the deregulation of minicabs, and the demise of the Taxi. Steve McNamara has to hold his hands up and publicly announced he was wrong...
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Taxi Charity Receives Much Deserved International Coverage.

Recently the press has not been the best friend of the cab trade.  Reporting is often biased and sloppy, and journalists persist in printing outdated stereotypes of the trade, so unlike the trade that we know and love. However, the press has rallied somewhat in the...
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Iain DunCam Smith Talks About His Support For Black Cabs , On LBC

Iain DunCam Smith Talks About His Support For Black Cabs , On LBC

Nov 1, 2016

Iain Duncan Smith savaged ride sharing app Uber, accusing it of operating an ‘unfair market’ against London’s black cabs.      Talking to LBC’s Andrew Castle the former DWP minister said that the app was not competing on a  a level playing field with London’s black...

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