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North Tyne Set for 18% Test Fee Hike!

North Tyneside Council Regulation and Review Committee

6pm Monday October 12th 2009 Review of Fees and Charges for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Scheme

The table below shows the proposed fees……….

North Tyneside H/C Proposed Fare Increase

There is a fare increase on the table for the next meeting of the North Tyneside Regulation and Review Committee, Thursday 8 October 2009 at 6pm………..

Taxi drivers want exam axed

Cabbies are calling for the scrapping of a rule that they must pass an exam before getting a licence.

Taxi drivers say they should not have to take the Btec in passenger transportation – a condition required by Charnwood Borough Council.

Three Loughborough drivers had their licences suspended in February for refusing to take the £120 course………

Freeze Taxi fares!?!?

I’ve been reading a lot about ‘Fare increases’ in the Taxi world lately. Some people think that the answer to Credit Crunch, recession or whatever you want to call it is to raise prices. I think this is a mistake. Any short term gains through increasing fares are quickly evened out by lost custom.

Looking around the Country we, Taxi drivers, are sitting about doing nothing. Longer waiting times between fares & less people going out and using Taxis coupled with the high price of fuel has had a devastating effect on the Taxi trade. Another factor is the Government obsession with de-limitation of Taxis, every city and town across the country is under pressure to issue more and more licences. As more licences are issued then the work gets even thinner, standards drop,…………………..

Private Sector Cuts – Taxis Increase

British Airways last month asked thousands of its staff to work for free during the summer, and to switch to part time hours. Many car manufacturers have sent workers home on half pay for months at a time………..

Ultimate Leisure suspends trading in shares

TRADING in shares in the business behind many of the North East’s best known pubs and clubs has been suspended.

As Ultimate Leisure, Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR) operated many of the big bars and clubs on the Bigg Market and the Quayside and had its head office on Mosley Street in Newcastle.

Council taxes set to rise as town halls take £4bn squeeze

Could the proposed Parking Control have something to do with This:

Published: November 27 2008

Many councils are facing “the worst financial settlement for a decade”, raising the prospect of sharp spending cuts or council tax rises above inflation, local government leaders warned yesterday.