Isle of Wight taxi DBS checks updated | Isle of Wight County Press
Isle of Wight taxi drivers have to sign up for more frequent criminal record checks — and there is a crackdown on those who have not yet done so.
Source: countypress.co.uk
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Taxi driver ordered to remove Cross of St George from vehicle
Market Drayton taxi driver John Brockhurst of Basil’s Taxi has been asked to remove the cross of St George symbol from his hackney carriage.
Source: shropshirelive.com
Bracknell Taxi and private hire drivers split over 'knowledge test'
Taxi drivers and private hire drivers in Bracknell are divided over whether the notoriously difficult geographical “knowledge test” – which…
Source: bracknellnews.co.uk
How do you make a black cab green? EV upgrades for the iconic London taxi
Is an electric conversion the most environmental way to keep our capital’s fleet of black cabs moving? We find out
Source: autoexpress.co.uk
UK clean air zones?
Find out what cities are introducing clean air zones (CAZs)
Source: fleetnews.co.uk
Calls for police probe into bankrupt Birmingham Council's £11M payments to tiny taxi firm charging £200-a-day to take one pupil to school - as city faces selling major assets from library to museum and airport to cover debts
EXCLUSIVE: Birmingham opposition councillor, Ewan Mackey (pictured) has called for a probe into the cosy relationship with a school taxi firm charging £200 a day to take one pupil three miles to school.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Senior Birmingham Council official in charge of overseeing city's school taxi drivers worked from same building as cab firm at centre of £11M over-pay probe during three years when it's annual profits rose 1,900% to £1.6M
EXCLUSIVE: Jay Shimano (pictured), an official at now-bankrupt Birmingham City Council worked for two years in the same tiny community centre as a school transport firm that it was his job to regulate.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Manchester City Council suggests changes to Black Cab fares and payments
The suggested changes were drawn up with the input of the GMB and Unite unions, who represent many of Manchester’s Hackney Carriage drivers.
United Kingdom Lee Ann Igbon Manchester City Council Manchester City Council Executive Hackney Carriage Executive Member
Source: mancunianmatters.co.uk
Petrol and diesel Reading taxis may be gone by 2028
Changes to taxis in Reading could see petrol and diesel cars used by drivers phased out in the next five years according to a council strategy.
Reading Private Hire Association Reading Borough Council Ola Cabs Kings Road Hackney Carriage Private Hire Strategy
Source: readingchronicle.co.uk
Labour-run Birmingham City Council is under fire after £11M probe over eye-watering payments made to taxi firm charging more than £200 a day to take a child three miles to school and back
EXCLUSIVE: An office above a playschool in a Birmingham industrial park was at the centre of a multi-million pound investigation at Britains biggest council.
United Kingdom Henry Bilinski Jameel Malik Birmingham City Council Birmingham Council Green Destinations Ltd
Source: dailymail.co.uk