Following the London Taxi Company going into administration and the uncertainty of being able to purchase a suitable new replacement vehicle a Manchester taxi proprietor is prepared to challenge the Council's policy of following London's conditions of fitness for hackney carriages, he has purchased an E7 and has presented the paperwork for it to be tested and licensed, if it is refused a licence then that decision will be challenged in court. Given the Liverpool precedent based on certain wheelchair users having difficulty using vehicles other than the E7 Manchester City Council would appear to be in a difficult position both legally and morally.

Following the London Taxi Company going into administration and the uncertainty of being able to purchase a suitable new replacement vehicle a Manchester taxi proprietor is prepared to challenge the Council's policy of following London's conditions of fitness for hackney carriages, he has purchased an E7 and has presented the paperwork for it to be tested and licensed, if it is refused a licence then that decision will be challenged in court. Given the Liverpool precedent based on certain wheelchair users having difficulty using vehicles other than the E7 Manchester City Council would appear to be in a difficult position both legally and morally.

has anyone so far experienced problems getting parts for there cabs the garage im with is struggling bigtime and even having to tell the driver sorry we cant get the parts and leaving them with no cab ! ,is this a problem with alot of the garages or just mine ?

Had a look on the web and it would seem unipart will not supply parts due to "payment issues".....................sorry i dont actually know what that means.

What that means is that they will only supply parts cash on delivery. Most garages have a credit account with the parts supplier/ distributors. The garage orders the part, the parts are delivered, the work is carried out, and customer picks up the taxi and pays the bill.

There have been to many knockers of late and the problem will be here for some time to come.

What will be the process in future?

If you have a problem with your taxi, the garage will quote the price of the work to be carried out and will want at least the parts to be paid for up front.

I was told by another driver that he was in Ascott's earlier where he was told that Unipart only give Credit Accounts to Garages moving 12,000 pounds worth of parts per week which means smaller garages will suffer and be unable to offer Credit to drivers.