Taxi Rental Ltd

23/02/2022

Any Vehicle, under 5 years old van now be MCR plated.

This has been an ongoing battle for over 20 years

03/01/2022

Here is the reason for signing up to the DBS update service. SAVES MONEY & TIME!!!

Regular DBS checks and the introduction of CCTV in licensed vehicles have been just two of the key elements discussed by English licensing authorities since new taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards were introduced by the Department for Transport (DfT). Many taxi and private hire licensing authori...

10/11/2021

Today, officially been announced that in a nutshell local councils, ie. Manchester cannot stop out of area drivers to work in Manchester.

If you want your private hire badge (Taxi Badge), there is no better time than applying right now!!!

Message or ring me on 07932 85 36 85 for further information.

01/11/2021

Greater Manchester’s 10 councils have published a set of minimum vehicle standards for hackney and private hire vehicles that are licensed by GM local authorities.

Please see below for more info....

The Minimum Licensing Standards have been designed to make taxi and private hire services safer

25/10/2021

Please watch the following video regarding new rules tax changes whether you are an operator or driver....

Coming in affect from April 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTXtjgIJjrU

Webinar held last week with HMRC, the Institute of Licensing, (IoL) accountant Gary Jacobs David Lawrie of NPHTA - National Private Hire and Taxi Association and LPHCA.

Including an online presentation of how the new tax rules will work in practice, and lots of questions answered.

An extremely well attended meeting with both licensing authorities, and licensed drivers attending.
Getting rid of the myths

View our webinar which focused on the practical implementation of tax conditionality and the tax check – what people will need to do and how.Confirmed panell...

22/10/2021

The eagerly awaited all-electric Mercedes-Benz eVito Tourer arrived on the market last summer, at a price which raised eyebrows across the UK taxi industry at the time. Since its market launch how has the eVito Tourer faired in the taxi industry and is it the future heir to the throne of its older M...

30/09/2021

In what could be a major setback for private hire firms nationwide, an Employment Tribunal has ruled that private hire drivers at Northampton based Bounds Taxis are workers. In a case brought by Shafqat Shah and Samuel Adjei and backed by the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU), the Employment Tribu...

28/09/2021

GMB union are the latest taxi and private hire representatives to call for the sector to be classed as an essential service as the industry struggles under the fuel crisis. In a letter to the Department for Transport’s Policy Adviser for Buses and Taxis, the union says the industry was only just b...

28/09/2021

The App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) are staging a 24-hour strike of Uber drivers with demonstrations organised at Uber offices in eight UK cities today. Strikes and protests are set to be staged in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow which started at...

24/09/2021

Uber has announced that it will start rolling out its pension plan to all eligible drivers in the UK. Drivers will be auto-enrolled in a pension scheme provided by NOW: Pensions, and managed by leading workplace solutions provider Adecco. Uber will contribute 3% of a driver’s earnings into a pensi...

22/09/2021

In recent weeks social media has been bombarded with complaints over waiting times and ride costs from ride-hailing app Uber. TaxiPoint has recently covered a number of incidents where either passengers have complained over the increased cost of fares around the UK, or have stressed their concerns o...

19/09/2021

Ride-hailing firm Uber are looking to recruit an additional 3,200 private hire drivers in Manchester as a rise in demand for the service and also a shortage of drivers hits regions across the UK. Earlier this year Uber announced they were seeking to recruit an additional 20,000 UK private hire drive...