You have to wonder if this is what Bryan Roland would have thought or said
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Jan 18, 2026 4:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Licensed Spivs suck up to Wolverhampton |
Taxi association defends licensing work by council https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn561rwx1zdo A taxi association has defended City of Wolverhampton Council for processing large numbers of licences for drivers across the country. It comes after the government announced out-of-area taxi work, where drivers get a licence in one place but operate mainly in another, will be overhauled after a sharp rise in licences from the authority. The National Private Hire Taxi Association said the authority's "quick and efficient" process had earned them a huge influx in licence requests. "Wolverhampton council is very, very strict and stringent and follows all of the taxi vetting process, with tests proving challenging to pass," Steve Wright, chair of the association, said. In the last five years, Wolverhampton has tripled the number of private hire vehicles it has licensed to more than 30,000, a practice that is legal. Wright, who has been campaigning for high standards in private hire for 50 years, said Wolverhampton's standards were "the highest in the country and diligent". He stated that fast processes for taxi applications were needed after about 100,000 drivers dropped out of the industry after the pandemic. "Many local authorities are absolutely awful at getting licences processed and done," he said. Roger Tomlinson, who works for Tamworth Taxis, said the number of drivers working for the company had reduced by more than a third as Wolverhampton-licensed drivers worked in the town. Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, claimed more than half of private hire vehicles operating in the region were licensed elsewhere, which made the industry unfair for local operators. However, Wright said drivers working in areas other than Wolverhampton were probably local to another area and had just got their licence in the city. "It's not true that you can walk in the door and get a licence, it's very, very hard to do so in Wolverhampton," he said. A spokesperson for City of Wolverhampton Council stressed that it was illegal for it to refuse applicants a taxi licence "on the basis of where they live". "Applicants are usually local to the area they drive in, but many have chosen to be licensed in Wolverhampton due to our efficient, yet rigorous, licensing process," they said. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sun Jan 18, 2026 5:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Licensed Spivs suck up to Wolverhampton |
You have to wonder if this is what Bryan Roland would have thought or said
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Jan 18, 2026 5:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Licensed Spivs suck up to Wolverhampton |
edders23 wrote: You have to wonder if this is what Bryan Roland would have thought or said I don't think it's his mob, more the old London mob who have added a few millionaires to their board. |
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| Author: | StuartW [ Sun Jan 18, 2026 9:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Licensed Spivs suck up to Wolverhampton |
Someone just mixed up the NPTHA with the LPHCA, presumably? Anyway, wasn't Steve Wright/LPHCA's claim that there was a shortage of 160,000 drivers during Covid?  Today, the BBC wrote: He stated that fast processes for taxi applications were needed after about 100,000 drivers dropped out of the industry after the pandemic. In 2021, the press wrote: The Licensed Private Hire Car Association (LPHCA) estimates the industry is short of 160,000 of the previously 300,000-strong workforce.
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| Author: | edders23 [ Mon Jan 19, 2026 10:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Licensed Spivs suck up to Wolverhampton |
Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: You have to wonder if this is what Bryan Roland would have thought or said I don't think it's his mob, more the old London mob who have added a few millionaires to their board. I know it's not NPH but had he been alive he would have had a very interesting take on this I suspect |
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| Author: | StuartW [ Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Licensed Spivs suck up to Wolverhampton |
Did you factcheck this, BBC Verify? The BBC wrote: Correction 20 January: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Steve Wright is the Chair of the National Private Hire Taxi Association. It has been updated to correctly state that he is from the Licensed Private Hire Car Association.
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Jan 22, 2026 7:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Licensed Spivs suck up to Wolverhampton |
StuartW wrote: Did you factcheck this, BBC Verify? The BBC wrote: Correction 20 January: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Steve Wright is the Chair of the National Private Hire Taxi Association. It has been updated to correctly state that he is from the Licensed Private Hire Car Association. I suspect, quite rightly, the hierarchy of the NPTHA did. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Jan 22, 2026 8:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Licensed Spivs suck up to Wolverhampton |
Quote: Wright, who has been campaigning for high standards in private hire for 50 years, said Wolverhampton's standards were "the highest in the country and diligent".  'But modern technology see's no borders' is what the guy said when he wanted the deregulation act - then he realised it suited Uber too - and he sh^t his pants |
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