Gerrard Chauffeur Drive has established a strategic partnership with Capstar Chauffeurs, the company set up in 2013 to provide careers in chauffeuring for ex-military personnel.

BMW has revealed a mid-life facelift for the 7-series, including a striking enlarged grille and the addition of an upgraded plug-in hybrid with pure electric range of 36 miles, making it London ULEZ-compliant.

Berlin-based chauffeur service Blacklane has been selected by Emirates as the exclusive provider for its chauffeur-drive services in India, Italy and Sweden for the airline’s First and Business Class passengers.

The number of total licensed private hire and taxi vehicles in England increased by 1.7% (4,900 vehicles) to 285,400 in 2018 compared to 2017, according to new Government statistics.

Taxify has been forced to rebrand in the UK in a bid to convince Transport for London to grant it an operator’s licence.

Private hire vehicles will have to pay the daily £11.50 central London congestion charge from April 8, Transport for London has announced.

Leeds-based airport transfer specialist Arrow Cars has taken on the private hire concession at Birmingham airport. Now the company is promising a £1 million investment in new vehicles in order to serve passengers using the airport.

Veezu-owned V Cars, which has operations in Bristol, Bath, Chippenham and Swindon, has increased the capacity of its Bristol-based fleet by 20% through the acquisition of local firm Call Cars.

The taxi and private hire industry in London is “enduring systemic adverse impacts” which could lead to taxis dwindling and even disappearing, according to electronic platform Karhoo.

Ethos Asset Finance managing director Chris Brown has helped raise more than £18,000 to help the homeless during Harrogate’s first ever ‘CEO Sleepout’.

Energy supplier Engie is to supply a dedicated network of electric vehicle rapid charge points solely for the use of taxis and private hire vehicles.

A Birmingham City Councillor has called on local residents to boycott the Wolverhampton-licensed private hire drivers who operate in Birmingham.

Professional Driver QSi Award-winning private hire operator Q Despatch has changed its name to OnCue Transport.

The all-electric Jaguar I-Pace has been judged to be Car of the Year for 2018 by readers of Professional Driver magazine. The I-Pace also won the Green Car of the Year category in the Awards.

Defra has launched a consultation on plans to create a central national database to help local authorities identify taxis and private hire vehicles.

Addison Lee is planning to launch self-driving taxis on London’s streets by 2021. The private hire giant has teamed up with self-driving specialists Oxbotica to develop autonomous vehicles over the next three years.

BMW has revealed its new flagship SUV, the X7. On sale from April 2019, it’ll compete directly with the Range Rover, Mercedes GLS and the new Audi Q8, with prices starting from £72,155.

New-start rental company Hubert Cars has taken delivery of four new Hyundai Ioniq hybrid cars, which it intends to rent out to private hire drivers looking to work for Uber and other operators.