Tag: private hire drivers

“We’re watching you” - warning to dodgy taxi drivers

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Cabbies and private hire drivers who operate illegally in Birmingham are being warned they will be caught and face prosecution. New signs have been installed across the city centre reminding drivers against breaking the law and touting for on-street business - a specific offence known in the trade as ’plying.’ The 100 reflective signs have […]

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Hackney Carriage and private hire drivers’ tests - rebuttal

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Reports featured in local media on 16 June 2014 stated that Birmingham City Council is planning to introduce changes to its communications and local knowledge tests for Hackney Carriage and private hire drivers. It was suggested these revised tests would be applied retrospectively to drivers who are already licensed, and that the council intended to […]

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