Liverpool City Council licensing officers issued 55 penalty charge notices (PCNs) and moved on a further 65 vehicles during a joint enforcement operation targeting the misuse of taxi ranks across the city centre. The operation, carried out by Licensing Enforcement Officers alongside colleagues from Parking Services, focused on vehicles illegally using designated taxi ranks. The council said the initiative formed part of ongoing efforts to ensure ranks remain available for lic

Image credit: TfL The Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association (LTDA) is encouraging London Knowledge students to adopt a simple but demanding routine aimed at accelerating their progress through one of the world’s toughest vocational qualifications. In the latest edition of its TAXI magazine, LTDA Executive Anthony Street outlined what he calls the “30 Miles a Day, Four Runs a Day Challenge”, urging students to make daily road experience a central part of their studies. Street arg

Large football and special event crowds continue to create some of the busiest periods for taxi and private hire licensing enforcement teams, with councils across England increasingly deploying targeted operations around stadiums to tackle illegal plying for hire, uninsured journeys and unlicensed drivers. Recent prosecutions by Trafford Council, which saw three out-of-area Hackney Carriage drivers convicted after accepting undercover fares outside Old Trafford, are the lates