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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:01 pm 
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Had a bit of a run in with some clown last night who kept on going on about why the "fookin" meter was going up so "fookin" fast compared to when they went into "fookin" town - you know the type - even though I'd told his mates what the fare was up front and they seemed OK about it.

I said that I didn't know of a council in the land that didn't set a higher taxi tariff for later at night.

He replied that his dad was a 'taxi' driver back home. I asked him if he was hackney or PH and he said his dad worked for a company, so no help there then.

But is there any council that doesn't set a higher rate for late night taxis?

Are there PH firms which don't set a higher tariff late at night?

I suspect the answer to the first question is 'no', but I'm not so sure about the PH aspect.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:53 am 
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Caledonian Cabbie wrote:
Are there PH firms which don't set a higher tariff late at night?

There is one firm in Adur that charges no extras.

No night rate, no Sunday rate, and it would appear no spewing rate. :shock:

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:08 am 
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suspect the answer to the first question is 'no', but I'm not so sure about the PH aspect.


I'm sure there'll be a PH company somewhere that doesn't but I'd think the majority do. They certainly do here :D

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:59 pm 
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Caledonian Cabbie wrote:

But is there any council that doesn't set a higher rate for late night taxis?



Aberdeen is £1 more between 10pm and 6am, with another £1 more between 2am - 5am on Sat/Sun mornings.
These are flat charges applied to the starting fare.
Mileage rate is the same as through the day.

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falkirk 25% above general tariff 9pm-6am, 50% on xmas eve and day, hogmany and new years day

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Firms that don't set a night surcharge are doing us a favour.

As all the scum use them and not us. :D

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XL (sandwell) dont charge more than a flat rate at ANY time, nights or new years eve, they have 180 cars, all PH i think, i charge more and am proud of it.....

our lad wants a night shift job at work, its 33% extra, and double time bank holidays


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:12 am 
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I've encountered this problem recently with contractors at the local power station not wanting to pay time-and-a-half because they don't pay it "oop North" where they come from. Then in almost the same breath they boast about earning £1200 a week.... :sad:

It's common with PH firms to charge a flat rate but not HC and virtuallly all licensed vehicles here are HC.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:42 pm 
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Hi, I am new :oops: drive a HC but have a combined (HC & PH) badge.

Anyway, my licensing authority Middlesbrough, have no extra (HC) charge we do have a tariff 2(+1/3rd) but its only permitted to be used during bank holidays.

This was brought on by our biggest PH company who stopped the extra change after midnight.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:20 pm 
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we;re an extra 50p on the total journey cost between midnight and 1am with glasgow private hire


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All fares between 2300 and 0700 here are plus 33% of the daytime rate of fare........50% on bank holidays.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:47 am 
We don't charge a Sunday rate.


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ask the moaners (unless they are dole-ites) if they a) get more per hour basic than you and b) get unsocial hours and/or overtime


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