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Helping ensure every taxi business is a success

As well as being safe drivers, taxi drivers have to be in charge of marketing and public relations, as well as customer services and complaints.

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Ipswich Taxi Marshals: A decade of making a difference.

Taxi drivers prefer to be busy because it means more money in the bank, as well as helping a shift to go faster.

While having lines of fares waiting for the next cab is a dream for drivers, the longer passengers have to wait, the shorter their patience becomes, especially if it is late at night and they have been drinking.

A taxi driver helps a person with a wheelchair get in a taxi , London, UK

National taxi standards would protect vulnerable passengers

National taxi standards designed to protect the most vulnerable would improve services for all cab and PHV passengers. With a focus on safety and accessibility, the Government says it is committed to introducing national minimum standards for the taxi and private hire vehicle industry, following a written question by Shadow Minister for Transport, Simon Lightwood.

Greener vehicles could be the key to city’s Clean Air Zone, not charging

Manchester’s Clean Air Zone plan could see millions of pounds made available for greener taxis and commercial vehicles, while no one will be charged or fined for driving on the region’s roads in older, more polluting vehicles.

Huge public backlash led the region’s leaders to do a U-turn over the original plans.

Sing along with musical cabbie’s catchy Christmas single

If you weren’t a taxi driver, what would you be? After hearing a catchy Christmas tune, we know the answer for one talented cabbie!

Veteran Gloucestershire taxi driver Michael Ian Brown has released Santa’s on his Way to help spread festive cheer – and shows he is just at home with a microphone

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What does it cost to be a taxi driver?

When you are launching any business, you need to know how much it will cost to start up. The price of buying a vehicle for any job is a major expense, but for taxi drivers, the start-up costs don’t end there. Once a driver has found a suitable vehicle that is affordable to buy

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Taxi drivers helped ease festive misery caused by rail strikes

Taxi drivers have been helping people carry on their festive preparations after the latest industrial action on the railways. Members of the Aslef union went on strike earlier this month as part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. During the disruption, train drivers walked out on four separate days in different parts

How do you deal with fare dodgers?

Taxi drivers earn their living by taking passengers from one place to another. When a refuses to pay, surely it is theft. But, for some reason, some people view it differently to someone stealing an item from a shop.

Now one taxi driver wants more to be done about the growing problem.

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Will commuters turn to e-scooters instead of taxis?

The journey to work seems to get worse each day and commuters are trying to find new ways to beat the queues, with one in five turning to e-scooters instead of taxis and their own cars. This could be good news for the drive to reduce emissions and improve air quality.

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Gulf widens between number of PHV drivers and cabbies in London

The number of private hire drivers in London continues to rise and there are now five times more PHV drivers than black cab operators – but both groups have people driving in their 90s! The latest Transport for London figures show the gulf between black cabs and PHVs continues to widen and Taxi Point

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Taxi drivers need better Knowledge to keep passengers safe

Officials have put the brakes on plans to scrap the Knowledge test for taxi and private hire drivers in Bury and have instead updated it to improve safety. Bury Council had considered removing the Knowledge test from its licensing process following claims it is outdated and unnecessary. Opponents felt instead that taxi and private hire

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Out-of-town PHVs can’t avoid council’s ‘rigorous checks’

A council says it is keeping a close eye on thousands of private hire taxi drivers who are registered with it but could be working hundreds of miles away. City of Wolverhampton Council had faced a backlash from some authorities for licensing almost 9,000 private-hire drivers working in Manchester, and 300 operating in the capital.