David2428 wrote:
Absolute FACT Private hire more expensive than Taxis Addy Lee LCA to EC3 £26, my meter £20!
Sussex PH to Heathrow £80-100.
London HC to Sussex £120-150.
Fact.
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| Author: | Renfrewshire Driver [ Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | BBC spends £32,000 a day on taxis |
TAXIS for BBC staff and celebrity guests cost £32,000 a day last year, it was revealed yesterday. The corporation racked up an £11.8million bill - up 3.5 per cent on the previous year's £11.4million - for cabs ordered through its central booking system. The total bill could be higher as the £11.8million does not include taxis booked by other means. Staff living within 30 miles of work get a taxi if they start before 6.30am or finish after 10.45pm. Former director general Greg Dyke famously tried to ban them, introducing shuttle buses. In the year to April 2000, the bill for taxis had swelled to £13.1million. A BBC spokesman insisted the increase was due to more people using the central booking system. Couldn't they save money & use private hire companies ? |
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| Author: | McDeHack [ Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC spends £32,000 a day on taxis |
Renfrewshire Driver wrote: TAXIS for BBC staff and celebrity guests cost £32,000 a day last year, it was revealed yesterday.
The corporation racked up an £11.8million bill - up 3.5 per cent on the previous year's £11.4million - for cabs ordered through its central booking system. The total bill could be higher as the £11.8million does not include taxis booked by other means. Staff living within 30 miles of work get a taxi if they start before 6.30am or finish after 10.45pm. Former director general Greg Dyke famously tried to ban them, introducing shuttle buses. In the year to April 2000, the bill for taxis had swelled to £13.1million. A BBC spokesman insisted the increase was due to more people using the central booking system. Couldn't they save money & use private hire companies ? They do in London. I used to rank on the Beeb rank. You see more PH being used nowdays. |
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| Author: | Tom Thumb [ Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:36 pm ] |
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That will be because they pay taxibank a commission to book cars then. |
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| Author: | David2428 [ Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:06 pm ] |
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Absolute FACT Private hire more expensive than Taxis Addy Lee LCA to EC3 £26, my meter £20! |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:46 pm ] |
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David2428 wrote: Absolute FACT Private hire more expensive than Taxis Addy Lee LCA to EC3 £26, my meter £20!
Sussex PH to Heathrow £80-100. London HC to Sussex £120-150. Fact.
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| Author: | Tom Thumb [ Fri Sep 09, 2005 7:48 am ] |
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Heathrow to my neck of the woods Local PH £65 London PH £90 Black cab off rank £140 |
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| Author: | GBC [ Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:52 pm ] |
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Tom Thumb wrote: Heathrow to my neck of the woods
Local PH £65 London PH £90 Black cab off rank £140 Yep, but thats danger money. |
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| Author: | GBC [ Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:54 pm ] |
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Kings Cross Station to London Airport (Htrw) Addison Lee - £55 Me- £48ish Ollie- £35, because you can bargain a tout down.
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| Author: | GBC [ Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:57 pm ] |
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Sussex wrote: David2428 wrote: Absolute FACT Private hire more expensive than Taxis Addy Lee LCA to EC3 £26, my meter £20! Sussex PH to Heathrow £80-100. London HC to Sussex £120-150. Fact. Yep, but your a 'bumpkin' PH, low overheads and extras for taking the milk urn's to the station in the morning. Ooo aar.
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| Author: | tcabbie [ Sat Sep 10, 2005 3:16 pm ] |
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heathrow to our area black cab 75.00 heathrow to our area p/h or h/c 35.00 max plus car park |
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| Author: | Ollie [ Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BBC spends £32,000 a day on taxis |
Renfrewshire Driver wrote: TAXIS for BBC staff and celebrity guests cost £32,000 a day last year, it was revealed yesterday.
Most of those 'taxis' are infact LPH. 
Ollie |
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| Author: | David2428 [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:47 pm ] |
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Tom Thumb wrote: Heathrow to my neck of the woods
Local PH £65 London PH £90 Black cab off rank £140 And you know as well as I do many black cab drivers would be happy to do it "off the meter" for a lot less.....Victoria coach arrivals to Boston Lincs £330 on the meter I did it for £190 and very often do a deal to Gatwick, Luton or Stansted which is a hell of a lot less than Addy Lee or the Merc firms..... |
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| Author: | GBC [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:37 pm ] |
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David2428 wrote: Victoria coach arrivals to Boston Lincs
If you get that one again David, and can't do it, give me a bell.
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| Author: | David2428 [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:49 pm ] |
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I doubt it mate only the second £150+ job Ive ever had, with my luck its usually a Belgrave Rd off there.... 
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| Author: | GBC [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:16 pm ] |
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David2428 wrote: I doubt it mate only the second £150+ job Ive ever had, with my luck its usually a Belgrave Rd off there....
Better than my Victoria Coach Station last month. 
I think they got the message I was'nt impressed when I asked them if they had problems with their legs. |
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