Taxi leaks ran a story back in September, that the owners of Addison Lee, the Carlyle Group, were putting the Private Hire operator up for sale. It has now been announced that one of Singapore's largest transport groups is examining an £800m takeover bid for Addison...

TfL have started to send out warning letters to Taxi drivers turning left from Buckingham Palace Road to access the terminus place rank of Victoria Station at night. Although the old rank has been suspended, after midnight access to the temporary Taxi rank in Hudson...

Who wouldn’t be rooting for London’s black-cab drivers in the latest assault on tradition and perhaps the drivers’ livelihoods? These drivers, who find themselves fending off ridesharing service Uber, spend years learning their craft before they actually earn the rank...

Fines for exceeding the Islington 20mph Speed Limit The Metropolitan Police have started to  enforce the 20mph speed limit in Islington with fixed penalty notices for motorists. The borough-wide limit was introduced last year, but until now drivers have been given...

The apps jostle for space, fighting to be tapped in a global war for fares that is at its fiercest on the streets of London.   Liam Griffin has only just got the new iPhone and hasn’t had time to reorganise his apps. His “taxi” folder has disappeared, littering...

Maaxi uses GPS location tech to direct taxis to passengers using the app A new app is recruiting London's black cab taxi drivers with the promise that it can help them compete against Uber, Hailo and other car pick-up services. Maaxi is designed to match up to five...

A second wave of protests by black cabs earlier this month were the latest skirmish in an ongoing conflict over public car fleet transport. Drivers of traditional black cabs, under their umbrella organisation, the London Taxi Drivers’ Assocation (LTDA), staged a...

Ken Livingstone called Maaxi revolutionary Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has thrown his backing behind financier Nathaniel Rothschild’s new taxi sharing app Maaxi, believed to be likely to launch in the next few weeks. In an open letter to taxi trade...

More than 190,000 mobile phones are lost in the back of London taxis each year, in what a security firm has called a technology "black hole". PA photo. More than 190,000 mobile phones are lost in the back of London taxis each year, in what a security firm has called a...

Jailed: Alaksur Rahman faces 30 months behind bars   Police ignored a sex attack by a minicab driver on a professional woman leaving him free to strike again 10 days later, a court heard. Alaksur Rahman, 39, assaulted a media executive as she returned home from a...