The Taxi Insider

The Taxi Insider I’m Perry Richardson, Editor and Founder of TaxiPoint and a licensed London taxi driver.

With nearly two decades of experience in the industry I’m well versed in the UK taxi industry and will share exclusive content and news right here 👍

18/06/2026

Done like a kipper!

Tower Gateway to St Thomas’ Hospital. Mobility scooter, bloke was chatty, no immediate alarm bells.

Get to outpatients. Rolls out without paying, call him back and asks me to tap terminal with a blue card holder. It’s a bus pass…

We then go through the act of looking for a card for a couple of mins, when he says ‘sorry, I’m going to have to leave you short’.

Pulls out cash worth half the value of the fare from a pocket he didn’t check throughout the act

I’d wager a bet that was not his first rodeo ⚠️

28/04/2026

You can tell a TX rental cab by the way it’s floored when the lights change! The amount of ERADS some garages must get through!

My TX doesn’t touch the 🟠

WeRide plans 2,000 new robotaxis with Geely Farizon in push for global autonomous rollout 🤝⬇️
11/03/2026

WeRide plans 2,000 new robotaxis with Geely Farizon in push for global autonomous rollout 🤝⬇️

Autonomous vehicle developer expands partnership to scale robotaxi production as commercial services widen across Asia and the Middle East.

11/03/2026

The best taxi service can be found where in the world?🚕💬⬇️

Uber expands global ‘Driving Change’ safety initiative as gender-based violence partnerships reach $15m ⭐️⬇️
11/03/2026

Uber expands global ‘Driving Change’ safety initiative as gender-based violence partnerships reach $15m ⭐️⬇️

Ride-hailing firm outlines scale of NGO partnerships and safety programmes aimed at tackling gender-based violence across its platform and communities.

Interesting case worth a read if involved in the UK industry 👀
11/03/2026

Interesting case worth a read if involved in the UK industry 👀

The High Court has struck out a taxi driver’s fraud and harassment claims against a council and its law firm as “totally devoid of merit”.

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23/02/2026

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23/02/2026

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Congratulations to Nabil, Syed, Hossan and Habibur who all collected their well deserved Green Badges today and will be joing the ranks amongst the best in the world!

16/02/2026

Bang on! 👏👍

16/02/2026

Love this!

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