captain cab wrote:
for the record highwayman whats your own view if they issue licenses carte blanche? do you think the trade would suffer, or would it make little effect?
regards
Captain cab
The trade is suffering now, been slow this last 3 months, never mind if they issue more plates, theres only 38 rank spaces for 150 odd cabs, and the council are trying to remove a 6 space rank near the station, where will they put us all, the place is gridlocked, further rank space limited
Now when GNER issue station permits shorty in April it is reckoned that the cost of the permits to ply in the station will rocket, it's about 400 quid at the moment, restriction is held at a number around 100 cab permits issued to a 12 space rank, if you are not well in with the cab firm running the show on behalf of GNER, you don't get one, all you can do is put your name down on the list, hear stories that some are not going to renew, so thats extra on the streets
I will still make a living but could do with some tax relief on the fuel side,now fuel is on the increase, but I think the rent drivers/plate hire drivers will start to suffer, I hear some are paying around the 200 quid mark per week then they gotta put fuel in, before they start making out for themselves. Heard that we could be getting around a 6% fare increase, don't know how true that is tho.
If I can't make it pay if they do put more plates on I'll just go on the dole, find an old blanket, buy a penny whistle, take the dog and sit outside a cashpoint