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The National Taxi Association have finally revamped their prehistoric website. There isn't much improvement on the old site but at least its a little easier on the eye.

Don't expect much News from the News pages, the NTA must think there is a decidedly lack of relevant Taxi news worth reporting. I would have thought they may have mentioned the split in the Taxi trade by highlighting the recent formation of the Taxi trades Group, on the other hand perhaps they may have seen that as a self inflicting wound.

If anyone wants to pay a visit here's the link.

http://www.national-taxi-association.co.uk/index.htm

Best wishes

JD

I think the NTA will still be with us long after the death of the NTTA (or whatever they call themselves now).

The NTTA are interested in saving their plate values, nothing else.

Are they still being run by the women from Liverpool with 30 odd plates?

Got them for nothing yet doesn't want anyone else to get them for nothing. She should really be a member of the T&G.

Thats a fair observation.



I posted the committee setup a few months ago, I don't think she was part of it. She may have an influence of some sort but I don't know.



I suspect she might be lol

Best wishes

JD

Dissagree the NTA will be with us long after taxis have gone.
because they wont notice and they never listen to what people tell them.

If it's a toss up between an association led by taxis drivers (NTA), and one led by a busman (T&G), or even worse one led by an editor (NPHA), then the NTA win hands down.

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a good source tells me the NTA website will be continually revamped during the next few months.

there will be useful links to various consultative papers and government contacts.

However, most of it will be in the members only section, afterall it is the members that pay for it.

regards

Captain Cab

Guest,

I think the NTA does listen, but you have to be a member first, its also the same with other trade bodies.

regards

Captain Cab

It needs to be revamped, for an organisation that says it represents the National Taxi trade its abysmal. There are more links to Government documents on this website than there ever will be on the NTA website.

Years ago when the web was in its infancy there were organisations that tried to make money out of selling information....... But because of people like me there was always someone willing to give that information away for free. The NTA should take a taxi ride into the 21st century and smell the roses. They can behave like little children and think they know something that the rest of us don't know, or they can be a leader and have a decent up to date website that reflects their exalted position in the Taxi trade and use the Interenet as a tool of information.

Best wishes

JD

John you misunderstand me i think.

The NTA website was initially started during January 2003, by a cab driver, as a favour to the NTA admin officer, it was never meant to be anything other than a place on the web for the NTA, with perhaps a members area where members could put regional news and minutes.

I dont doubt that there will be more links on this site, i dont think i said there would be.

You should perhaps

a, contact the NTA and offer your services (free of charge obviously)
b, join the NTA and express your view

From someone who helps out on TDO, all I can say is that running a website is a thank-less task.

I wonder if members of the NTA would wish to spend hundreds/thousands of their hard earned pounds, on a website.

I understand that a glossy high-tech site looks nice, but I wonder how many drivers would use it?

Alex

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I was trying to articulate that a national organisation should lead from the front. To some, especially me, believe that the NTA who put themselves forward as being the National voice of the Taxi trade should find their way into the modern world.

It shouldn't be left up to the good will of an individual to give them a web presence, they should say right lets get a web presence and keep the taxi trade informed.

The NTA are living in the past but they are not the only ones living in the dark ages, my own association is guilty of that too, along with many others.

My own feelings are that once limited numbers are no longer an issue a new generation of forward thinkers will emerge who will take this trade into the 21st century, I wont be around then but that’s my belief.

If my post echoes the disillusionment that the NTA and NTTA are doomed to oblivion, then so be it.

Perhaps one of those forward thinkers is amongst the subscribers to this website, who knows? But the forward thinkers will emerge, as the pivotal rallying point and those that have lived in the past will fade away.

That’s my belief, time will tell if it happens but if it does? Remember who said it first lol

Best wishes.

JD

John,

I normally agree with you, so please forgive me!

The NTA admin officer is 35yo, I think he'll out live most of us.

nevertheless, I will ensure I do my very best to inform him of your discontent about the website at next months conference.

you say the NTA is living in the past, again is that the NTA's fault or a lack of direction from its members? it is of course the latter, but each association is at fault too, it is only surely be people becoming involved that the body will both succeed and modernise.

regards

Captain Cab

lol seems like there's just you and I on here cap? I agree with you about the relevance of the members. It's up to the members to take stock of what the future holds, not what they can retain from the past. You only have to look around you Cap at the changes taking place and the encroachment other Transport organisations are exacting on our trade. It needs a forward thinker to point out to the NTA that there is more at stake than just plate premiums.

But as you and I both know the NTA and most every other association only have one agenda. Like I said I won't be around much longer but you just watch the change in the next 18 months.

Best wishes

JD

your correct about the encroachment,

the hackney carriage isnt the same monster it was 30 years ago either though

other sectors of transport are looking at our profession to see what they can take, all we can do is sit idle because not enough people are prepared to spend the time and effort to correctly fund the national bodies.

I dont see the NTA as a one trick pony, I wouldnt because I'm a member, I know theres honest people in there who do give a fig about whats happening, but hands are tied because of the apathy (a word that suits the profession) & funding.

The NTA's grasp on reality I think would open your eyes, certainly the views of the admin guy don't reflect your conclusion, well they didnt last time i spoke to him.

regards

Captain Cab