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Now, I know you don't really mean that Mr Skull.
I am pretty confident the majority of our members are satisfied with the commitment that I have shown over the last ten years. We have in place all of the services that are currently being offered by the new App companies. Where we will possibly fall short is the willingness to meet them on the short or long term discount levels they are offering, but make no mistake whatever discount is offered this will have to be clawed back at some stage either through charges to the participating drivers or the customers. I refer to some of the links above.
It is worth noting that during the last few years when we, as a Committee, have taken decisions to introduce new working practises to keep us up with the endless progress of new technology and new services for our customers the hardest part of our job was to suffer the abuse we get from a small section of our own members and drivers who simply resist any form of change whether that be our dress code, the introduction of our credit card facility, the need for more cars to come out during our busy periods, being the first taxi company in Scotland to introduce an Enhanced Disclosure check for all of our drivers and the list could go on. That's when a site like this comes in handy for our disgruntled members who simply think up a name, make up a story and come on here claiming to have been bullied because we have asked them to up their game. So far from sitting around doing nothing we are constantly on the look out for ways to improve our service to the Edinburgh Public.

I take some comfort in the sure knowledge that if you are calling for my resignation then I am probably doing something right.

Hot of the press.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/south-kor ... erral?r=US

Les, you know how to waffle.

If both committees had made it clear to their members, as is your duty as an office-bearer of the company, what they would be faced with in the near future with multi-billion dollar corporations such as UBER and GETTAXI moving into the market. Their would be only one cooperative in Edinburgh with a 1000 members strong promoting a single app. And that Les, is a fact!! But no, both committees were more concerned about protecting their gravy trains and just couldn't bring themselves to put their members interests before that of their own.

Les, all you have managed to do in the last three years, is to rearrange the deckchairs on the good ship City Cabs before it hits the UBER Iceberg.

You should resign.

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Hot Hot Hot of the Press.

http://mashable.com/2015/03/18/uber-par ... source=rss

http://mashable.com/2014/08/21/uber-strategy/


Perhaps hot enough to melt an iceberg.

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No one can argue against this. It will be for each licence holder to decide how to run his own business.

I did manage to dig up a story on Get Taxi. Not exactly the crime of the century but be prepared for a possible name change Flower. Their spokesman said they "don't do exotic names" and "Flower" may fall into that category.
You may well end up being a team of Jimmy's, Tam's, Shuggies and Jocks all with a surname beginning with Mac.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-fr ... e-30380415

Les you are acting like a child with all of these stupid stories. This is a new technology that's spanning the globe, of course it will have its teething troubles but ultimately the democratisation of transport is the future.

And you've had at least 3 years to circle the wagons and what have you done to protect your members interests? Nada, zilch, zero a big fat nothing. So much for Les the company man, like that was ever the first thing on your agenda.

Deary me... your lack of shame betrays your true intentions.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

I will leave it to our members to decide what I have been doing the last three years.

How many individuals do you think are running about in Edinburgh with the GetTaxi drivers App on their mobiles enabling them to accept jobs without these individuals holding a taxi drivers licence.
I think you missed an opportunity in not attending the Open Day at the Holiday Inn.

It appears that because Get Taxi operate their business from a virtual cloud without the need for a Booking Office Licence they have forgotten to apply the basic principles.

But no doubt this will be the trades fault in your book.

What has any of the above got to do with your responsibility as an office-bearer of the company?

Did you or the committee at any point, in the last 3 years, explain the magnitude of the threat posed by UBER and GETTAXI to the shareholders of City Cabs?

These are fairly simple questions Les.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

My apologies I thought the title of this thread is the Democratising of Transportation not what have I been up to in the last 3 years.
Now that the Iceberg is melting and non brief holders are turning up on doorsteps you are shifting the discussion. Perhaps we should close this one down and start up another thread to set you on your way to the next 10,000 critical posts.

Night night.

So are we to take that as a no? You failed to explain the threat posed by UBER and GETTAXI to the shareholders of City Cabs?

And why was that Les?

A rather serious omission don't you think?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

I know you will not believe this but I have been well aware of the threat from both of these companies as I am aware of the threat from the vibrant Private Hire section of our Trade.
It's geting our members to stand still long enough to listen. They are always on the go these days.

There is no need to take the trouble of applying for an East Lothian licence. The next open day get yourself along there with an e-mail address and bobs your uncle. But you didn't here it from me.

Oh I am sure you were well aware of the threat from UBER and GETTAXI but did you discuss such a serious threat with the company at an EGM or AGM so your shareholders were fully informed?

You did have at least 3 years, after all....

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Oh and Les, to admit to failing to inform your shareholders of such a serious threat to their company is at the very least, negligence and a dereliction of duty.

It's actually against the law.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

To be honest the last 3 years have been quite eventful and challenging in other areas.
Apart from preparing ourselves to match any and every service level our competitors offer, which we have achieved, apart from the discounting levels, I am not sure what else could have been done.
Our members and drivers will be up for this challenge. If Uber and Get Taxi decide to flood Edinburgh with discounts there is not much anybody can do about it other than concentrate on our own performance.
If drivers are seduced by these short term offers then I again refer to the links previously posted on how these companies operate and how drivers ultimately lose out.
City Cabs was founded in 1925 by a handful of taxi drivers who decided that it would in their interests to establish a democratic Association which would be ran by the members for the members.
Although technology has changed somewhat the principles are the same. Our members and drivers have a choice whether to retain their destiny in their own hands or jump ship to a group of entrepreneurs from Tel Aviv or a bunch of venture capitalists from the west coast of America.
I have a busy few days ahead so don't take it personally but I won't be back on here for a wee while. Perhaps when I come back you will have started a new thread about the same negativity.

Perhaps we could ask the administrator to start up a "Skull's Scottish Section"

You shouldn't post when you are having a tipple.
Perhaps I didn't explain properly. I did tell them but they were to busy to stop and take notice of anything I was telling them.