:idea: You can obtain business premises without leasing them from the council.
I can accept there may be a case for restricting taxi numbers, although I don't agree with it.
The purpose of restricting licences is supposedly so that there is no over supply of taxis, and that drivers can make a decent living.
When they no longer use the plate themselves, it should be handed back and issued to someone who has had to wait because the numbers are restricted - not used to fund the retirement of those who have already made their living with it, or to line the pockets of the lazy and greedy.
It may be legal to sell the licence but it isn't fair or right.
A cabby's business is more than a square piece of plastic and a sheet of paper. As Sussex pointed out, a cabby's premises are his cab. The plate is more akin to the shopkeeper's sign above the door which says he is licenced to sell alcohol.
When you sell a business such as a shop, you sell far more than just premises. You get regular customers, contracts etc. - A going concern that took time to build up. Sell someone a cab licence and they get no more than permission to trade. Seems to me that they are paying for a business they then have to build up themselves
So how does charging someone an extortionate sum for a plastic sign and a piece of paper equate to selling a business, CC?
If you buy a business that sells alcohol, the license is not transferable. You have to getyour own. You can't just buy one from the previous owner.
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