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Ambitious private hire operator Take Me Group has made another takeover in the West Country. The deal, which brings 80-car fleet A1 Ace taxis of Bridgewater and Taunton into the group, is Take Me’s third of 2022. The group has so far this year…
WeFlex, which supplies and finances electric vehicles for ride-hailing drivers, has appointed accountancy firm EY to drive its £60 million fundraising efforts. The company says the funds, a mixture of debt and equity, will be utilised to support its goal to get ride-hailing drivers…
Ride-hailing operator Bolt has pledged to donate at least €5 million to support Ukraine by donating 5% of every fare collected in the next two weeks. The operator is also pulling out of Belarus and removing any Russian products from its Bolt and Bolt…
London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone will be expanded to cover the whole of London under plans announced by Mayor Sadiq Khan (pictured). Khan has asked Transport for London to consult on extending the scheme’s boundary from the North and South Circular Roads to the…
Blacklane has cancelled all bookings in Ukraine and Russia and suspended operations in both countries following Russia’s hostile invasion of its neighbour, CEO Dr Jens Wohltorf (pictured) has announced. The company has also pledged to help Ukrainian contractors working for the global chauffeur broker.…
Take Me has added a second Yorkshire private hire firm to its growing portfolio of UK businesses. Star Cars of Catterick is also the acquisitive company’s second UK acquisition of 2022, following the takeover of Station Taxis of nearby Malton, as it builds a…
Britain’s electric vehicle charging network must be “safe, reliable and accessible to all”, according to the boss of one of the leading charging networks. Responding to reports this week from consumer advisor Which? and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Ian Johnston, CEO…
Nottingham’s DG Cars has acquired two more of Arrow Cars’ airport taxi operations, adding Leeds-Bradford and Bristol Airports to the East Midlands service it acquired in late 2021. The move sees David Richmond, chairman of Leeds-based Arrow Cars, exit the taxi business after 18…
Mercedes-Benz has revealed its all-electric executive saloon, the EQE. The saloon, expected to go on sale from the third quarter of 2022, uses a shortened version of the EQS platform, and shares a similar roof profile with the company’s electric flagship. The electric architecture…
All licensed hackney taxi drivers in Brighton will be required to accept cashless payments from passengers after councillors approved a rule change yesterday (Thursday, February 17). The new rule means drivers must carry card readers in their cabs and cannot refuse to carry customers…