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Author: taxiboss
Re-opening DSA, will the South Yorkshire airport have a new name?
The campaign to reopen the airport is currently underway and has seen involvement from various stakeholders, including local government officials, regional authorities and community leaders. The airport was closed in November 2022 shortly after the COVID-19 Pandemic with reported losses by its owners indicating that the airport was not financially viable, making its continued operation…
Paid taxi to get to Hospital Appointments
Total expenditure by Scottish Ambulance Service on taxis has risen drastically since 2019 from £88.00 in total to £165,999 in 2023 to get patients to hospital. The ambulance service has said that they “are only arranged after clinical assessment through our Integrated Clinical Hub or clinicians at scene, who have identified that a patient requires…
New Road Tax for Electric Vehicles
Private Hire drivers need to be aware of the changes to Vehicle Excise duty for Electric Vehicles (EVs) from 1st April 2025.
Lincolnshire and the English Test Saga
LocalCabs.uk is circulating the news story about Barry Drake a Lincolnshire based Taxi Driver to passengers and cabbies alike because to keep the industry transparent. Barry is rurally based, 70years old happily working having been driving as a cab driver for 17 years and being ‘forced’ to take an English test as part of the…