A further £2m fund, established by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to enable its six local authorities to contribute to the costs of taxi licences, has been announced, taking the total support package to £3.5 million. Established in October last year, the first round of the fund enabled the six local authorities to provide … Read more
Liverpool City Council is to give a grant to thousands of hard-pressed cab drivers struggling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city’s 3,886 licensed drivers rely on the previously booming hospitality, events and tourism sector for a lot of their income, and were hit hard earlier this year when it dried up overnight due … Read more
Licensing enforcement officers in Liverpool took action against more than 1,400 taxi and private hire drivers in 2019, council figures show.
A look at what lies ahead for Liverpool’s taxi trade in 2020 Kevin Johnson, Liverpool Council’s City Manager If 20 years ago you’d have said to your cabbie, soon you’ll be driving around in electric cars, you’d have probably have been met with a healthy degree of scepticism. You might have got the old suspicious glance … Read more
Liverpool City Council’s Licensing Team is preparing to take centre stage as the host of a major taxi and private hire trade awareness day which will bring some of the trade’s biggest players to the city. On Tuesday 17 September, drivers, industry experts, vehicle manufacturers and licensing officers will converge on the Liverpool Community Transport … Read more
Don’t get taken for a ride on match day. That’s the big message from Liverpool City Council’s licensing enforcement officers as the new football season kicks-off. Each season the council team launches a crackdown on unscrupulous black cab and private hire drivers who attempt to rip fans off as they try to get home from … Read more
Liverpool City Council licensing officers took almost 50 taxis and private hire cars off the road in March for a string safety defects.
CITY council officers took action against more than 1,700 taxi and private hire drivers last year in a move to enforce licensing laws and ensure public safety.