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Bransons cab 2008-03-31 08:21:03 HE may have an entire fleet of jets at his disposal, but Richard Branson has trouble hailing a taxi like the rest of us. (...)
Taxi fares 2008-03-29 16:48:52 The table shows typical fares
and journey times based on distance for three types of tariff. (...)
Taxi And Car Parking fines to rise 2008-03-29 16:44:11 New two tier fines
for illegal parking is no April fool's joke A new two tier fining system for motorists who breach parking regulations comes into effect on Monday (March 31st). (...) Read more:Parking
Blackberry Taxi 2008-04-02 14:40:31 Blackberry is set to launch a new taxi advertising campaign with Cabvert Media, offering Blackberry Smartphone users discounted cab fares. (...)
Minicab touts face losing licence 2008-04-01 15:12:34 Hordes of night time revellers jump into their cars, wrangling over fares outside nightclubs but minicab drivers could find themselves without a licence if they are caught touting three times. (...)
Is a London black cab the latest must-have fashion accessory 2008-04-04 16:56:50 Have I missed a memo or better yet… the latest issue of Grazia? Because it appears that I have skipped out on a new, rather strange emerging trend - the black cab. (...)
Cab cameras could record everything you do and say 2008-04-07 15:11:37 HIDDEN microphones would record all private conversations in the back of Worcester taxis under Big Brother proposals laid out by the head of a key council group. (...)
Minicab explodes into flames 2008-04-14 14:23:07 Firefighters are investigating why a car exploded into flames in Hounslow this week. (...)
After 50 years, the end of the road for the classic black cab 2008-04-14 14:16:59 They are as much a part of the national landscape as the London Routemaster bus or Gilbert Scott's red telephone box, but this year the last of the classic black FX4 "Fairway" taxi cabs could be erased from our streets. (...)
Cabbies threaten stations blockade 2008-04-16 12:22:35 TAXI drivers across the region have threatened to blockade East Coast Main Line railway stations if negotiations over rents break down. (...)
Cab sales down after boom year 2008-04-16 12:06:30 The alarms were ringing today after the manufacturer of London's iconic black cabs, often taken as a bellwether for the health of the capital's economy, warned today that sales in the first months of 2008 are sharply down from last year. (...)
Youngest cabbie about to arrive 2008-04-18 12:28:53 Putney's Casey MacLaren is looking forward to more than just presents and cards when he turns 21 at the end of the month - London's youngest ever taxi driver will get his first fare too. (...)
The end of the road for the classic London black cab 2008-04-17 15:04:51 Another London institution, the FX4 “Fairway” black cab, is about to go the way of the old double decker Routemaster buses, this time in the name of reducing carbon emissions, and providing a taxi service befitting of the “21st century”. (...)
Cab firm fears London downturn 2008-04-17 14:43:41 Black cab maker Manganese Bronze yesterday reported sharply higher profits on the back of the launch of its TX4 model last year, but warned sales so far this year had been affected by the uncertainty which has swept through London's financial market. (...) Read more:downturn
The Arcane World of the London Taxi 2008-04-23 10:52:35 By Andy Bannister
Possibly uniquely among the world’s major cities, if you hail a taxi anywhere in London it will be a purpose-built vehicle, not an adapted production car. (...) Read more:World
Black cabs and routemasters 2008-04-23 10:51:32 By Andrea
According to the Guardian this could be ‘the end of the road’ for the famous London black cab.
The taxi we all know and love is the FX4. (...) Read more:Black
Ordinary lives of Muslims on show 2008-04-23 10:49:48 By Frances Harrison
Taxi driver Erbil Celebi is one of the people profiled in the exhibition
A storytelling exhibition called Peace by Piece has opened at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark in south London that aims to challenge some of the stereotypes about Muslims
. (...)
London to get nuclear-powered taxis 2008-05-01 03:25:42 The company which makes London's black cabs is to develop an electric-powered version, which it is promoting as a "zero-emission urban taxi" designed for congested urban areas. (...) Read more:taxis
Ignored no more ? 2008-05-08 03:35:09 At long last the hard working people of London have woken up and delivered Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party the keys to City Hall. (...)
Cutting back hits banks’ taxis 2008-05-07 13:32:13 All the banks
are at it. Cutting
people and costs is the priority du jour.
Morgan Stanley, relatively unscathed by the credit ructions, is no exception. (...) Read more:taxis
Warning after taxi sex attacks 2008-05-09 14:52:40 Unlicensed minicabs put students at risk.
Oxford students have been warned against the dangers of taking unlicensed minicabs following news that two sex attacks
have taken place in taxis in seven weeks. (...)
Surrey link to 'black cab sex assaults' probed 2008-05-09 14:50:42 POLICE believe a black cab driver who allegedly sexually assaulted a string of women in London may have struck in Guildford. (...)
Cab firm fears London downturn 2008-05-09 09:47:57 Black cab maker Manganese Bronze yesterday reported sharply higher profits on the back of the launch of its TX4 model last year, but warned sales so far this year had been affected by the uncertainty which has swept through London's financial market. (...) Read more:downturn
London's cabbies hit by back-seat gloom 2008-05-09 05:18:30 London's taxi drivers are holding back on buying new cabs because they are being scared off by their City customers who keep telling them how miserable things look. (...)
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