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Aberdeen Council has approved Uber’s application to become a licensed private hire operator in Aberdeen, becoming the third Scottish city after Glasgow and Edinburgh to approve the ride-hailing giant. Uber had initially received permission to launch in Aberdeen in 2018 but later relinquished its…
Take Me Group has acquired shares previously held by MBH Corporation PLC for its operations in Farnborough, Leicester, and Stoke-on-Trent, after MBH Corporation entered receivership in February. MBH was an early backer of Take Me, which grew out of the ADT Taxis business in…
Bedford Borough Council has rejected calls to do away with roof sign requirements for private vehicles, claiming they were a “community safety issue”. In the town, hackney taxis have yellow lights while PHVs have green ones. But David Masih, owner of local private hire…
York Council had no right to impose additional conditions on a private hire operator looking to use drivers licensed in neighbouring cities, Harrogate Magistrates Court has ruled. In a case that has implications for cross-border hiring, District Judge Adrian Lower ruled that taxi operator…
Renault has closed its Karhoo mobility service after seven years. It is the second time the business has entered administration, after the first version of the company went out of business in 2016. A blunt statement on the Karhoo website reads: “Unfortunately, the decision…
The new all-electric BMW i5 Touring estate arrives in the showrooms this month. BMW’s first all-electric estate car offers a range of up to 350 miles (WLTP) and fast DC charging at up to 205kW. This means it takes around 10 minutes to add…
Israeli parking payments app Pango has acquired ride-hailing app Gett in a deal worth $175 million (around £140m) – a fraction of the company’s $1.4 billion ($1.17bn) valuation in 2018. Pango is buying the shares from a number of private venture capital investors, including…
Leeds-based chauffeur operator Privilege Executive Cars has acquired local rival Elite Voyager Chauffeur Travel. The deal adds eight chauffeurs to the 30-strong Privilege team of over 30 chauffeurs and six more vehicles to the company’s fleet of Mercedes-Benz S-class, E-class and V-class vehicles. “This…
Uber has re-applied for a license to operate in Aberdeen, having previously surrendered its license in the city in 2018. Matthew Freckelton, Uber’s UK Head of Cities, told the Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce that he hoped Uber would be up and running…
South coast private hire operator Cab My Ride has been stripped of its license by Southampton Council after the council’s licensing sub committee found the business was not “fit and proper”. Cab My Ride will be able to keep its licence with the two…