Where would we stand withholding our license fees until our officers give us what we pay for, a level playing field?

We have a situation in our area, where the licensing enforcement officers are all over the private hire trade with a fine tooth comb, but leave the hacks to their own devices. We've recently had 2 P.H. cars lifted and taken to the pound, and both drivers incurred costs and fines of approx. £1000, and 6 driving license penalty points, both of them guilty of taking an 'unbooked' fare worth less than £10.
Meanwhile, the hacks are constantly over-ranking, driving past empty ranks to tout, off-rank, outside nightclubs. Circling past our office queues at 1 mph until they get a flag.

Our council has now outlawed lap belts in the rear of our vehicles, on safety grounds, but allow them in the exact same model vehicles, if they have a hackney plate on the rear.

Our association has reported all this to our local authority 'solutions' team, and they can't see a bias. We are now awaiting a report from the 'ombudsman'. Where would we stand withholding our license fees until our officers give us what we pay for, a level playing field?

We have a situation in our area, where the licensing enforcement officers are all over the private hire trade with a fine tooth comb, but leave the hacks to their own devices. We've recently had 2 P.H. cars lifted and taken to the pound, and both drivers incurred costs and fines of approx. £1000, and 6 driving license penalty points, both of them guilty of taking an 'unbooked' fare worth less than £10.
Meanwhile, the hacks are constantly over-ranking, driving past empty ranks to tout, off-rank, outside nightclubs. Circling past our office queues at 1 mph until they get a flag.
Our council has now outlawed lap belts in the rear of our vehicles, on safety grounds, but allow them in the exact same model vehicles, if they have a hackney plate on the rear.
Our association has reported all this to our local authority 'solutions' team, and they can't see a bias. We are now awaiting a report from the 'ombudsman'. Where would we stand withholding our license fees until our officers give us what we pay for, a level playing field?

I pity poor gazntan, no doubt he has been in the job 5 mins and he spends his evenings sat in his £125 a week rent a crate with all the other "legal experts" outside that rather dubious kebab shop featured in that fantastic you tube presentation. Those experts are leading you astray son, lets see.. "our association", is that the same Association that the 2 biggest taxi firms in Chester(whom you all work for) refuse to speak to? "our office" whos office? A lot of the new Hackneys still work for the big PH firms so its not YOUR office is it?? Lap belts? what are you driving? a model T ford? I have saved the upsetting bit until the end, those poor drivers who were caught breaking the law, if I am not mistaken, is one of them now driving a black cab??? errr yes he is. Thats him out of your association then, one less voice to ignore. Your right about one thing though, we do need that ombudsman bloke, you must have been cheating on your NVQ test and we need to tell him. Right then, as you like kebab shops, get yourself a large donner with lots of chilli sauce, jump in your vintage car(dont forget your lap belt) and drive off, take your mates with you. Watch out for the hackneys outside cruise nightclub and dont be picking up at MY office.

It sounds like that Chester place has a right load of 'bitchin' women'!!

The Jasbar and Skull of the south!!

The South?

We have a situation in our area, where the licensing enforcement officers are all over the private hire trade with a fine tooth comb, but leave the hacks to their own devices. We've recently had 2 P.H. cars lifted and taken to the pound, and both drivers incurred costs and fines of approx. £1000, and 6 driving license penalty points, both of them guilty of taking an 'unbooked' fare worth less than £10.
Meanwhile, the hacks are constantly over-ranking, driving past empty ranks to tout, off-rank, outside nightclubs. Circling past our office queues at 1 mph until they get a flag.
Our council has now outlawed lap belts in the rear of our vehicles, on safety grounds, but allow them in the exact same model vehicles, if they have a hackney plate on the rear.
Our association has reported all this to our local authority 'solutions' team, and they can't see a bias. We are now awaiting a report from the 'ombudsman'. Where would we stand withholding our license fees until our officers give us what we pay for, a level playing field?

We be sort o' civilisededed down 'ere, don't we Sussex?

Your right about one thing though, we do need that ombudsman bloke, you must have been cheating on your NVQ test and we need to tell him

'sort o' civilisededed' being the operative word



NVQ test, what test It would appear that you weren't paying attention either.

Anyway as I said in a previous post both sides of the trade have a bad element and out of curisioty is Chester a restricted area? How does the application criteria for a ph licence vary from that of a hc licence?

Really! Which bit was not paying attention to?