Our annual conference, ProDriver Congress London 2019, takes place next week – and we’ve put together a programme that will help every operator find a way to combat the key issues that face us all.

Street Cars Manchester has replaced Arrow Cars as the resident private hire operator at Manchester Airport. The move is a major coup for Street Cars, founded in Manchester in 2002, and winner of two Professional Driver Gold QSi Awards. Arrow had held the Manchester…

Global chauffeur service provider Carey has added its premium car services to the Karhoo platform. The integration will expand Karhoo’s offering in London, providing users with an wider choice of transport options.

Dacia is offering a highly competitive 48 months hire purchase scheme on the latest version of its Logan MCV estate.

Wolverhampton Council issued nearly 12,000 taxi licences last year, though only 7% of them were for drivers in the city.

Karhoo has launching a new roaming partnership with Spanish corporate transport specialist Taksee, which enables users to book a ride either immediately or in advance across Europe.

Leading corporate ground transport provider One Transport is being rebranded as Gett Business Solutions. One Transport was founded in the UK in 2001 and is used by more than 20,000 corporations worldwide.

Transport for London has agreed to delay the introduction of written English Language tests for private hire drivers until September 2020, following pressure from the LPHCA, GMB Union and other trade bodies.

On Monday, April 8, life will become more complicated – and potentially more costly – for London private hire operators. That’s the day the industry is hit with a financial double-whammy. The new Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will launch in central London, and on the same day,…

German car rental giant Sixt has joined Europcar in offering a ‘mobility’ service through a major UK private hire operator.

WeKnow Group’s ambitious plans to electrify Heathrow’s private hire service has gone live, 12 months after the plan was announced at last year’s Business Travel Show.

Carlyle Group is again considering selling Addison Lee, and has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch to run the sale. Analysts believe the move is likely to happen later this year, after the issue of Brexit has been made clearer.

French-based Uber rival Chauffeur Privé has dropped its French branding and is planning to expand into London under a new name, Kapten.

Leeds City Council has been given approval – and £29 million of funding – by the government to implement its proposed Clean Air Zone (CAZ).

French transport giant has exited the UK private hire market by selling its London subsidiary Green Tomato Cars to chauffeur specialist Travelhire.

The Licenced Private Hire Car Association has vowed to continue its battle against Transport for London after the regulator announced that private hire vehicles will lose their Congestion Charge exemption from 8 April 2019.

Scottish chauffeur operator Little’s has boosted its eco-fleet after taking delivery of eight new Mercedes-Benz E350e plug-in hybrids.

For the first time since 2009, Addison Lee has ordered Volkswagen Sharan MPVs for its London private hire fleet. The company has placed an order for 1,200 of the seven-seaters, the largest fleet order for the model ever placed in the UK.