NI MLA: fuel spike may make contracted taxi work unaffordable
Diane Forsythe told Stormont diesel at £2/litre could leave school and patient taxi contracts priced below costs.
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Minister tells ADCU bogus self-employment is unacceptable
Kate Dearden said worker rights apply whatever the platform model; HMRC and the Fair Work Agency will act on breaches.
Southampton neighbours fight 24-hour taxi HQ plan
Townhill Park residents petition against JSY Travel’s control room at the former Forest Hills driving test centre.
Swinney open to barring sex offenders from taxi licences
FM told FMQs he agrees the Highland Brown case should never have kept licences and will consider law changes.
East Fife Taxi Association demands Uber objection review
EFTA wrote seeking urgent clarification after 431 submissions were ruled incompetent mid-hearing.
Four generations of Gouldings in London’s black cabs
Dave Goulding, 71, and four sons drive hackneys; grandson Harrison, 19, plans to start the Knowledge.
Uber Fife office approved after 400 objections thrown out
Committee disregarded unsigned submissions; with no competent objections the Rosyth licence passed.
West Country cabbies call fuel surge a ‘complete nightmare’
Stroud Taxi’s Pieter-Jon Allis says customers demand old prices while rural pumps hit up to £2.40 a litre.
Kazakhstan aims for commercial driverless taxis in 2027
Pilots run in Astana, Almaty and Kosshy; Yandex’s Almaty test car must log thousands of kilometres first.
Barra Cabs to add wheelchair-accessible taxis in Barrow
Firm says it will be Barrow’s only WAV platform at set weekly times on Facebook; no launch date yet.
Waymo drives through Denver farmers’ market during setup
Robotaxi entered South Pearl Street market past barricades; no injuries. Police say they cannot ticket a driverless car.
Unite seeks Waverley taxi rank under Edinburgh’s North Bridge
Proposed ~50m stance for seven cabs nearer Market Street entrance; council officers asked to study feasibility.
Highland taxi fares compared as fuel hits £2 a litre
Courier stacks Tariff 1 against Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth and Aberdeen while the next formal review waits until 2027.
Bolt posts first annual profit on €2.27bn revenue
Estonian mobility group made €920,000 net in 2025 after 14% revenue growth and launches in Canada, NZ and Taiwan.
Uber’s Fife booking-office bid draws 400-plus objections
Operators cited safety, oversight and economic impact before a special licensing hearing on the Rosyth application.
Uber offers free vintage US car rides in Bucharest
Route 250 used five classic American cars for Cotroceni loops marking 250 years of US independence; 550-plus took part.
Brighton and Hove cab fares set to rise after trade plea
Cabinet-bound plan keeps £3 flagfall but shortens yardage and wait; city slipped to joint 38th in national fare tables.
London black-cab fleets warn of vehicle shortage squeeze
Proprietors say LEVC supply and parts delays risk drivers losing work at the 12-year age limit; LEVC and TfL disagree.
LA test: Uber and Lyft pay different rates for same trip
Seven drivers side-by-side saw Uber undercut a peer 63% of the time; Lyft gaps averaged $1.54, More Perfect Union says.
Sefton PH driver facing court after Liverpool test purchase
Council officers approached 67 PHVs; one Sefton-licensed driver allegedly accepted an unbooked fare — 98%+ compliance.
Athens taxi union seeks fuel tax cuts and EV delay
SATA president Thymios Lymberopoulos wants lower fuel taxes, higher fares and more time before mandatory electric cabs.
Oxford Botley Road reopens, ending 6-mile taxi detour
After 3½ years closed for rail-bridge works, Botley Road reopened 20 September; cabbies welcome shorter city routes.