Monthly Archives: July 2024
Don’t mention the private hire sector…
For trade anoraks like me, one feature evident in commentary when Uber first appeared more than a decade ago was a failure to even acknowledge the existence of the private hire trade. Therefore London-centric opinion pieces in the press would … Continue reading
The myth of the Wolverhampton cross-border cabbie commuters
One common theme in the genre of press articles about ‘taxi’ drivers in particular towns and cities objecting to cross-border working is that the drivers licensed elsewhere aren’t local to the area, and are portrayed as commuting in from elsewhere. … Continue reading
More disinformation being touted about Uber at Gatwick
Shock, horror, but there’s been no online press articles about the Gatwick Airport dispute for at least a week now. And, as opposed to the earlier stuff about widespread and self-evident illegality involving Uber cars licensed by Transport for London … Continue reading