Sirius wrote:
Yes I believe they could and do, not because the amount would affect each others level of business, but under the planning and licensing regimes, what about telling business's to close at certain times, there is no freedom to do as you please when you think about it, I think the planning can be worse than the licensing.
Well all businesses are regulated, but you're confusing qualitative, safety, environmental etc restrictions rather than the more arbitrary quantitative restrictions imposed on the taxi trade.
Anyone who knows anything about the real work of commerce, business and regulation will appreciate the difference, that's why so few people other than the vested interests have anything good to say about restricted taxi numbers.
But I suspect you know that, but admitting the truth clearly wouldn't be in your interest.
"But Paul Waterson, chief executive of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, said: "While I don't want to comment on any individual cases, there's no doubt that Edinburgh already has a major problem with the over-provision of licensed premises.
"We would agree with what the police are saying about over-provision in this part of Edinburgh, but they're merely coming around to our way of thinking. We've been saying this for years."
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