Image credit: Cab Direct Greater Manchester Mayor Bev Craig has highlighted ongoing support for taxi drivers and a new £2 million support fund for local private hire drivers, whilst taking a ride in a fully electric, wheelchair-accessible Ford MAXiCab taxi. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority said Craig met a driver named John and travelled in his new black cab. The post said locally licensed drivers could use grants to switch to cleaner vehicles. Greater Manchester’s s

A driver can spend 20 minutes reaching a collection point, wait outside and leave without a passenger or fare. Treating that failed booking as commercially harmless would be absurd. A cancellation charge can therefore have a legitimate purpose and compensate for wasted mileage, waiting time and the opportunity to accept another job. That does not give an operator unlimited freedom to impose whatever figure its software permits. Consumer contract terms must be fair and transpa

Record diesel prices are adding to the cost of keeping taxis and private hire vehicles on the road, with drivers facing an immediate squeeze on earnings and operators weighing how to manage higher running costs. The average UK diesel price has reached 200.01p a litre, according to the figures supplied by the RAC, taking a 55-litre fill-up to £110.01. At that price, a diesel car averaging 45 miles per gallon uses about 20p of fuel per mile. A driver covering 10,000 miles would