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#FamBizSantaDash 2018 – Helping those in need this Christmas

Plan Insurance Brokers and Family Business United have teamed up once again on a national campaign to help the homeless this Christmas. The Family Business Santa Dash sees a decorated van tour the country to collect donations from generous family businesses across the...
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Update On The Card Payment Fitment Situation From Helen Chapman.

We've just received this statement from Helen Chapman regarding the London Taxi payment by card update 30 Dec 2016 It remains the case that from 1 January all taxis must be fitted with an approved device in the passenger compartment of the taxi. We understand through...
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Are You Going To Sit Back And Let Them Take Your Trade Away ? Or Will You Fight….by Harry Wall.

I hope everyone enjoyed Christmas, I did, but most of all I enjoyed having a complete break from all things cab related for a few days. Having to come back has made me realise just how detrimental it is to my well being and I'd imagine the same for most of us. Today's...
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Riding with Uber? Read fine print on extra charges

Each Uber ride attracts an additional charge of about 1 per cent of the fare that does not show up on the receipt that Uber e-mails to passengers after the ride. The charge appears only on their credit-card statements.ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI  Passengers may be paying...
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French taxi strike protesters smash up rocker Courtney Love’s cab ‘and take her driver hostage’ as she is driven through Paris during industrial action over Uber Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3138835/First-Calais-Paris-brought-standstill-French-strikes-Hundreds-taxi-drivers-converge-city-protest-against-Uber.html#ixzz3e5QuxPJN Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Jun 25, 2015

Riot police use tear gas and baton charges in running battles with taxi drivers protesting cut-price Uber app service...

Why DO people hate Uber so much?

Dec 15, 2014

Uber has faced opposition from taxi firms all around the world (Picture: Sergio Perez/Reuters)When taxi firm Uber quadrupled its prices during the Sydney embassy siege, there was uproar not just in Sydney – but around the world. Uber’s rapid reverse to make fares from...

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Why Uber must be stopped

Sep 2, 2014

The touted start-up is proving to be the embodiment of unrestrained hyper-capitalism. What happens when it wins?494 Jordan Belfort and Gordon Gekko What is Uber? A paragon of free market efficiency and technological innovation serving the greater convenience and...

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Cars, taxis and trucks to face Tottenham Court road ban

Jun 4, 2014

Council bosses have unveiled a radical plan to ban cars and lorries from the one of the busiest streets in the West End. Credit: Simon Harris/ITV News Camden's Labour leaders plan to widen the pavements in Tottenham Court Road to coincide with the arrival of...

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