By all accounts, I haven't seen it yet, the Council's Taxi Action Plan could just offer the trade a false glimmer of hope to retain it's restriction, it's £50,000 plate values and it's correspondingly higher than justifiable rentals.

But, where is it?

The draft taxi action plan was due to be published on 15th December 2006.

It was pulled. Why? Who knows? Who cares? It is irrelevant anyway.

Nevertheless, secretly, it was presented to the Hire Car Licensing Consultation Group, on the 13th February. It was dated 7th February.

This raises some questions.

Why did ETIG, who assumed the mantle of disseminating information about the trade, not publicise this? So, what is the real value of ETIG? (Does it even still exist?)

Why did those on the HCLCG, persuaded that this document will protect the vested interest in the trade, not arrange for this document to be discussed in the widest arena?

If this site, this forum, truly has its ear to the ground, why is this document not being publicised and discussed here?

So, and I admit to not having read it, what does this document say about the way your trade will be shaped in the future?

Will it deal with the real issues of £50,000 unsustainable plate values, transferring of plates which the Act does not permit ("buyers" being "sold a pup"), unjustifiably high rentals, an interested parties list that can no longer have licences issued from it in isolation, the licence applications currently before the council and the court cases the council is defending in March, along with future court cases dealing with continued refusals of licence applications?

We shall see. I think not.

By all accounts, I haven't seen it yet, the Council's Taxi Action Plan could just offer the trade a false glimmer of hope to retain it's restriction, it's £50,000 plate values and it's correspondingly higher than justifiable rentals.

But, where is it?

The draft taxi action plan was due to be published on 15th December 2006.

It was pulled. Why? Who knows? Who cares? It is irrelevant anyway.

Nevertheless, secretly, it was presented to the Hire Car Licensing Consultation Group, on the 13th February. It was dated 7th February.

This raises some questions.

Why did ETIG, who assumed the mantle of disseminating information about the trade, not publicise this? So, what is the real value of ETIG? (Does it even still exist?)

Why did those on the HCLCG, persuaded that this document will protect the vested interest in the trade, not arrange for this document to be discussed in the widest arena?

If this site, this forum, truly has its ear to the ground, why is this document not being publicised and discussed here?

So, and I admit to not having read it, what does this document say about the way your trade will be shaped in the future?

Will it deal with the real issues of £50,000 unsustainable plate values, transferring of plates which the Act does not permit ("buyers" being "sold a pup"), unjustifiably high rentals, an interested parties list that can no longer have licences issued from it in isolation, the licence applications currently before the council and the court cases the council is defending in March, along with future court cases dealing with continued refusals of licence applications?

We shall see. I think not.

Many people just paste posts and words direct from elsewhere.

Why shouldn't Mr Skull be able to do likewise?

Still Mr TC if you like your council doing secret deals, then don't moan when they do one to get rid of quotas.

I've alway been amused that your signature seems to celebrate the Battle of Hastings - where the French won and the English lost. Always felt it said much about your motives - and your intellectual capability.

If Skull was quoting - why didn't he use quote marks? - maybe because they're sharing logins. Never forget the man you're making a pathetic attempt to defend is a convicted criminal thug, who admits he won't hold back from using violence in the future

I've alway been amused that your signature seems to celebrate the Battle of Hastings - where the French won and the English lost. Always felt it said much about your motives - and your intellectual capability.

Trythis www.edinburghtaxis.info/Draft%20Action%20Plan0207.pdf

When will the Scots best practice guide be published?????

I see the number one priority on the list is to conduct regular stance surveys lol. I wonder why that is?

1. To adopt a strategy to obtain updates on demand for taxis in Edinburgh in interim periods between large scale surveys (see Demand objectives
below)


Regards

JD

Does this mean they haven't done any yet? 'Adopt' being the operative word

But didn't they say somewhere they had already carried out interim surveys?


The Plot thickens