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anyone on here do advertising on your car for a company? , ie graphics, mag sticker etc ,do you charge ? if so is it worth it ?

our council wont allow it

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Charge them £250 a year, that's the going rate round here. if you've got a heavy car it pays for the road tax each year.

I have a full wrap, only get a grand a year for it but it's a grand a year for doing nothing.

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we have to get special permission and council generally will only allow a small add BUT there is no demand for it so none carry advertising

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We have one firm here that carries adverts for other businesses. I don't know how much they get for it but in my opinion if I can carry an advert on my cars it will be to advertise my business. This is what we do and I am certain that it gains us much more work than the revenue we would receive from advertising someone else.

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Grandad,

I cut the phone number off the magnetic door signs for my last base, why?

well the logo was ok for identifying me on booked jobs but as i never got long runs or airports (cherry picked by the base owners family) why should i promote them?

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they are only allowed on the back doors here, just wondered what the going rate was, thought i might ask the bike firm i have started using if they want a mag on the doors, maybe just a free bike service, of a couple of new tyres a year, you never know , shy bairns get nowt

Under legislation hackneys may carry advertising, it's only private hire over which councils have the power to allow or prohibit.

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there are no words in the legislation to allow the prohibition of signs on taxis

seems we have invented some then

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Local Government {Miscellaneous Provisions) c. 57
Act 1976

47.—(1) A district council may attach to the grant of a licence of a hackney carriage under the Act of 1847 such conditions as the district council may consider reasonably necessary.
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Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing sub-section, a district council may require any hackney carriage licensed by them under the Act of 1847 to be of such design or appearance or bear such distinguishing marks as shall clearly identify it as a hackney carriage.

Any person aggrieved by any conditions attached to such a licence may appeal to a magistrates' court.

48—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, a district council may on the receipt of an application from the private hire proprietor of any vehicle for the grant in respect of such vehicle of a licence to use the vehicle as a private hire vehicle, grant in respect thereof a vehicle licence:
Provided that a district council shall not grant such a licence unless they are satisfied—

​(a) that the vehicle is—​
​​(i) suitable in type, size and design for use as a private hire vehicle;
​​(ii) not of such design and appearance as to lead any person to believe that the ​​vehicle is a hackney carriage;
​​(iii) in a suitable mechanical condition ;
​​(iv) safe; and
​​(v) comfortable;

​(b) that there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle a policy of insurance or ​such security as complies with the requirements of Part VT of the Act of 1972,

and shall not refuse such a licence for the purpose of limiting the number of vehicles in respect of which such licences are granted by the council.

A district council may attach to the grant of a licence under this section such conditions as they may consider reason-ably necessary including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, conditions requiring or prohibiting the display of signs on or from the vehicle to which the licence relates.