On Sunday 15th March 2010 Albert Square will be closed from 11.30am to 2pm due to the Irish Festival Parade. This means that the Taxi Rank will be inaccessible during these hours.
 

The January meeting of the Licensing and Appeals Committee will include a report proposing details in respect of the annual hackney carriage fare review. The report will detail proposals based on the halcrow formula, and also include the request from Network rail to increase the recharge to  60p for a barrier charge at Piccadilly Station .

 

If there are any other special  circumstances that you think need to be included within the report, but are outside of scope of the halcrow formula please contact the Licensing Department.

  

 

 

Representatives from the TODA attended a Trade Liaison Meeting on 17th September 2009 at Manchester City Council.

Council representatives informed the trade that Network Rail are planning to improve Manchester Piccadilly Station by altering the Taxi Rank.  They also want to bring the station charges in line with other Pay As You Go stations .i.e. by raising the 20p barrier charge to 60p.

Shall we challenge this outrageous imposition or shall we be pragmatic and ask the council if we can pass this charge on to the passenger?

Please send your email responses and comments to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and talk to your trade representative (GMBU, Unite etc).

 

Last Updated (Friday, 18 September 2009 12:41)

 
We have received two emails from Mrs Hicks the licensing manager.  The first says that after a 50% improvement in pass rates between Feb and August after introducing the test manual and the retest fee there has been a recent decline. The garage has responded by creating an additional 6 appointments a day. Licensing have asked the garage to make appointments available on Saturday 19th December. The garage will make ever effort to make plates available. I have replied "Thank you fro your email, it is always a matter for regret when standards drop.  I am sure after many conversations with our members that the increase in failures is due to the unprecedented drop in income these last few weeks, which has forced owners to economise on maintenance.  Let us hope that the income and the pass rate will soon improve.George SimmsThe second email says that over a 10 day period at he end of October an enforcement officer noted over 1400 incidents where hackney or private hire cars were illegally parked and the council are greatly concerned.I replied that again this was the result of lack of business, and our only alternative to to drive round the city thus contributing to pollution and traffic congestion.  Perhaps the parking enforcement officials would show us the same latitude they allow buses.

Last Updated (Thursday, 04 March 2010 09:43)

 
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