toomanytaxis

Feature Article #1

Out of area Hackney carriages: By I.S.

I was recently asked to air my views and beliefs on the situation that faces us all, on the issue of ‘out of area’ Hackney Carriages working as private hire within Newcastle and beyond.
Many of you may think you know ALL about the situation, and what has gone on before, and how we are present [...]

I.S | August 22nd, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #2

The Perfect Vehicle for the Taxi Trade

Peugeot E7. Designed and manufactured jointly by Peugeot and Cab Direct, reliability and performance are hallmarks of the E7’s success.

News admin | August 21st, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #3

Scumbag Hacks!??!!

Long,Long ago in 1985 the now owner of the very successful East Coast Taxis drove a Private Hire car out of North East Minicabs, based at the Esplanade in Whitley Bay. The weekly rent at that time was £25 per week. There were set fares in place as follows £6.50 Newcastle, £5.50 Blyth & £8.50 [...]

northtynehack | August 15th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #4

Immigrant Taxi Drivers

A Hundred and ninety new immigrant Taxi drivers are starting on Monday.The drivers are from Scandinavia and are not required to have an enhanced CRB check,They do not have to have a Locality test and it doesn’t matter if they cannot drive or have any Taxi Insurance. Unusually, There have been no complaints from the [...]

News admin | August 15th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #5

TooManyTaxis:Social Network for Taxi Drivers

TooManyTaxis Brand new Social Network site Click on the Screenshot. Make your own page just like Facebook or MySpace

northtynehack | August 14th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #6

DFDS Terminal: Misinformation

Readers of our Comments section may have noticed a little “Tit for Tat” occurring over the last couple of days. this appears to be sour grapes on the part of a certain Berwick driver working from a certain Private Hire company. It seems there was something that put his nose out of joint on Thursday [...]

News admin | August 2nd, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #7

Why are there Too Many Taxis?

Can we take it that North Tyneside Council admits there are too many Taxis, when they request that we refrain from parking on Tynemouth Front Street before 9pm? Are they suggesting we work part time?
One would assume that prior to the issue of Licences; the licensing committee would have looked at Demand for taxis, Rank [...]

News admin | July 27th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #8

Professionalism:Your Future in Taxis.

I would think it was obvious to everyone that someone who uses the services of a Taxi, does so because it is convenient and expeditious, they want to get where they are going quickly, What they don’t want to do is sit in your Taxi and wait whilst you finish your conversation,coffee,pie,tab or corned beef pastie! The chose to take a Taxi for quickness, we should honour that if only for the fact that they will pay us to do it. It’s how you make your living!

News admin | July 19th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #9

A Big Thankyou for a Small Mention:To Mouth of The Tyne

Thanks for the plug in the July issue of upfront magazine Alan. I don’t really want to get into a debate with you or anyone else about wether a Hackney Carriage licence is a ‘business to be traded or not’ So I’ll settle for a small rant. Your Fishing analogy is a good one [...]

northtynehack | July 18th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #10

Sting on Bogus Taxis:Newcastle-u-Tyne

Aside from the safety issues,this deprives the legitimate hackney carriage trade of work. Hackney Carriage licence holders pay money to us to have their badges and expect to be able to work without having to compete with cars operating illegally

News admin | July 8th, 2008 | Continued

About this Site

This is North Tyneside Hacks Homepage, Created for the use of all Taxi Drivers whether they be Hackney,Private Hire, Berwick or Costa Del Sol Plates,a place to let off steam and bring to light any problems we may have within the trade.It is also a place to comment on Positive things about our trade.We would [...]