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Black cab fares in Nottingham set to go up by 15 per cent from a week before Christmas

The price of getting a Hackney cab in Nottingham is set to go up by more than 15 per cent. Fares are due to go up by an average 15.3 per cent in the night time and 16.5 per cent during the day. The increase, which is the first in seven years, was proposed by the trade...

Cab Chat Radio Show E189 23-11-2018

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Taxi trade to be ‘decimated’ by Clean Air Zone in Birmingham – warning

Birmingham's iconic black cab trade will be 'decimated' by the Clean Air Zone, drivers have warned. According to city council figures, only 72 of the 1,265 Hackney Carriages licensed to operate in the city will be compliant with the emission standards being imposed by...

Taxi! Metrocab prototype number one up for grabs

Offered on behalf of its late owner, this unique survivor is no ordinary taxi. Built in 1969 to showcase a new direction of generational cab design, powered by a 1760cc S4 diesel engine churning out 52bhp and mated to a four speed all-syncromesh gearbox; this is...