Quotax are pleased to announce that their sponsored welterweight, Dean Richardson, has been invited to fight on the under card of George Grove’s bout against Eduard Gutknecht at the SSE Arena Wembley on 18th November. This means that Richardson’s proposed fight at York Hall, Bethnal Green on 29th October has been cancelled but fighting at […]
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As if it wasn’t hard enough pursuing a professional boxing career, former Dale Youth ABC starlet Dean Richardson, aged 21, has also been putting in some hard graft outside the ring, as he has just completed The Knowledge and become a licensed black taxi driver. Having turned 21 at the beginning of August, Richardson is […]
London’s mayor has announced a list of measures which are to support the black cab trade amid growing competition from the private hire sector. Sadiq Khan has come forward and pledges that the number of taxi ranks will increase from 500 to 600 over the next four years with 20 more bus lanes operational for […]
Uber have confirmed that within the next fortnight app users will be able to hail self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Uber first revealed plans to use driverless vehicles two years ago however after teaming up with Volvo they have now made the plans a reality. To start with all vehicles will be supervised by a […]
Uber has now won the right to take TFL to court over their new rules which would require its drivers to pass an English test. TFL recently set out new rules within the industry and wanted all private hire drivers to undergo a reading, writing and listening test from the 01/10/2016, which was accepted by […]
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee released a report on the sustainability in transport which has received a positive reaction from the Freight Transport Association. The report states that fiscal support will be needed as well as a regulatory reform in order to develop the market in ultra-low emission vehicles. The reform for cars […]
Uber react to new rules put forward by Transport for London (TFL) by launching an application for a judicial review. The new rules in London would require thousands of drivers to take an English language. Uber have stated that the legal action was a ‘last resort’. The General manager of Uber London, Tom Elvidge stated […]
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has announced that the number of compliance officers in London will be quadrupled in a bid to crack down on illegal taxi and minicab activity. Transport for London (TFL) will look to employ an extra 250 compliance officers by September 2017. To support the current 82 officers that TFL already […]
London taxi-hailing app Hailo has now been brought by Daimler who will look to shut down the Hailo brand and merge it was its own company MyTaxi. The company will look to rebrand by mid-2017 with Daimler owning 60% of the business and the remaining 40% being owned by Hailo stakeholders. Hailo has been recognised […]
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