Leading taxi supplier Cab Direct’s staff gave it their all as they tackled a 5K run to raise money for the wheelchair rehabilitation charity WheelPower. (…)

Liverpool cabbies were left bewildered at the North West Taxi & Private Hire Exhibition in the city last weekend.  Visitors to the Cab Direct stand struggled to understand why Liverpool City Council’s Licensing Committee continues to block the way for drivers wanting to use the modern Peugeot E7 Hackney Carriage, despite the fact it operates successfully in 95% of UK towns and cities.  
Promoted to raise funds for the annual taxi driver’s outing for underprivileged children, the show was well organised and attended by drivers from across Merseyside.  Yet while operators in boroughs such as The Wirral, Sefton and Wigan were able to go ahead and place orders for the modern E7, cabbies operating in the city centre were left asking “Why on earth can’t we have this up-to-date vehicle in Liverpool?”
It’s the same question put to the Council’s Licensing Committee earlier this year by Glasgow manufacturer Cab Direct, supported by more than 300 Liverpool taxi drivers and by local wheelchair users.  The Council’s refusal to grant the E7 a Hackney Carriage Licence is currently being challenged through the courts. (…)

Keep your carbon footprint to a minimum and don’t travel too far this Easter. (…)