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  • Private hire operator licences jump 17% as thousands target England’s expanding PHV market
  • Private hire vehicle numbers ROCKET by 20% outside London while national taxi fleet continues to shrink, latest DfT stat
  • TfL licensed London private hire driver numbers surge past 110,000 as driver growth accelerates to new post-pandemic lev

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taxi-point.co.uk /3 weeks ago

Private hire operator licences jump 17% as thousands target England’s expanding PHV market

Private hire operator licence numbers have risen sharply across England as more businesses seek a position in the expanding PHV market. New figures from the Department for Transpor...

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taxi-point.co.uk /3 weeks ago

Private hire vehicle numbers ROCKET by 20% outside London while national taxi fleet continues to shrink, latest DfT stat...

The number of licensed private hire vehicles operating outside London has climbed to approximately 196,600 after increasing by 20% in two years, according to the latest Department...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

TfL licensed London private hire driver numbers surge past 110,000 as driver growth accelerates to new post-pandemic lev...

London’s private hire driver workforce has climbed beyond 110,000 licence holders after another week of strong growth, highlighting the continued expansion of the capital’s ride-ha...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

HUGE RISE: TfL grants 701 new private hire driver licences in a SINGLE WEEK as London fleet continues to expand

Transport for London (TfL) has issued 701 new private hire driver licences in the space of a single week, according to its latest licensing statistics, highlighting the continued e...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Wayve autonomous vehicles handed private hire operators licence by TfL ahead of London Uber trial launch

Image credit: Wayve Transport for London (TfL) has granted Private Hire Vehicle licences to a number of Wayve’s autonomous all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles, marking a sign...

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taxi-point.co.uk /4 weeks ago

TfL stops short of naming private hire firms operating exclusively to London licensing standards

Transport for London (TfL) has stopped short of agreeing to publish a list of private hire companies that exclusively use London-licensed drivers and vehicles for journeys undertak...

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taxi-point.co.uk /3 weeks ago

Gett introduces private hire option as Freenow by Lyft integration moves closer

Gett by Lyft is introducing a private hire vehicle option to its app this week as the taxi platform prepares for its future integration with Freenow by Lyft. In a message sent to d...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

CROSS-BORDER IDENTITY: Mayor of London asked whether TfL will identify private hire firms using only TfL-licensed driver...

The Mayor of London is facing fresh questions over whether passengers should be able to identify which private hire operators use only Transport for London (TfL) licensed drivers a...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Cab My Ride launches London on-demand service as firm targets capital expansion

Image credit: Cab my Ride Cab My Ride has launched its on-demand transport services across London as part of a wider UK expansion strategy, while beginning a major recruitment camp...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Taxi Cop warns private hire drivers after uninsured roadside pickup leads to enforcement action

Image credit: PC Patrick Quinton An Avon and Somerset Police Taxi Cop has reminded private hire drivers that accepting unbooked roadside fares can leave journeys uninsured and resu...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Licensed Private Hire Car Association AGM & Roadshow 2026 to focus on taxi and PHV industry reform as registrati...

Registration has opened for the Licensed Private Hire Car Association (LPHCA) AGM & Roadshow 2026, with this year’s event set to place the Government’s planned review of the ta...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Wolverhampton-licensed private hire driver convicted after uninsured vehicle stop on M5

A private hire driver licensed by Wolverhampton City Council has received six penalty points and £760 in fines and costs after being convicted of driving without insurance followin...

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taxi-point.co.uk /3 weeks ago

Bristol private hire driver caught with marked banknotes after accepting illegal £30 street-hail journey from police pos...

A Bristol private hire driver has been refused a licence renewal after a police test-purchase operation found that he accepted an unbooked cash journey while uninsured for the trip...

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taxi-point.co.uk /3 weeks ago

New DfT data reveals CROSS-BORDER taxi licensing hotspots with Wolverhampton fleet nearing 38,000 vehicles

Wolverhampton licensed almost 38,000 private hire vehicles in 2026, giving the city a PHV density more than 27 times the English average and making it the country’s most prominent...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Liverpool licensed PHV suspended after enforcement officers find multiple missing identifiers

Image credit: LCC Licensing Liverpool City Council Licensing Enforcement Officers have suspended another licensed vehicle following a weekend compliance inspection in the city cent...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

London ‘robocab’ cap sparks awkward question: Why can TfL limit autonomous Wayve and Uber PHVs but not the rest?

Transport for London’s (TfL) decision to approve a maximum of 15 autonomous private hire vehicles for a supervised one-year trial has prompted fresh questions across the taxi indu...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 week ago

Wolverhampton PHV explosion laid bare in fresh DfT taxi stats as council licenses nearly 38,000 vehicles and takes 13% o...

New Department for Transport (DfT) data has revealed the authorities licensing Britain’s largest private hire vehicle fleets, with Wolverhampton emerging as an extraordinary nation...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 week ago

Nearly a QUARTER of authorities restrict taxi numbers, so why does Government REFUSE to shift on granting similar powers...

Nearly a quarter of English licensing authorities continue to restrict the number of taxis they will license, raising fresh questions over why similar powers remain unavailable for...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Court hands PHV driver £1,280 bill and six points after Taxi Cop prosecution over illegal hire offence

A private hire driver has been handed a total of nine DVLA penalty points and ordered to pay £1,280 in fines and court costs after being successfully prosecuted for illegally plyin...

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taxi-point.co.uk /3 days ago

TfL makes several London taxi and private hire licensing policy changes as new rules target driver debts and app account...

Transport for London (TfL) has updated its policy governing London taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers, introducing a series of amendments affecting new applicants and exis...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Taxis and PHVs checked in Huddersfield operation with one vehicle seized after driver found with no licence or insurance

Image Credit: West Yorkshire Police A joint operation involving officers from Huddersfield Neighbourhood Policing Team and Kirklees Council taxi licensing officers resulted in the...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

Uber updates Comfort, Exec and Lux vehicle eligibility rules for new vehicles in UK

Uber is updating the vehicle eligibility requirements for its Comfort, Exec and Lux products across the UK, with the new standards applying to vehicles newly added to the platform...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 day ago

East Herts Council considers fresh taxi and private hire policy changes after consultation

East Herts Council’s Licensing Committee is set to consider a series of proposed changes to its hackney carriage and private hire policies after officers recommended that the wordi...

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taxi-point.co.uk /1 month ago

TfL backs government plans for national operator database as cross-border licensing faces fresh scrutiny from the Mayor...

Transport for London (TfL) has thrown its support behind the creation of a national database for private hire operators, adding weight to calls for greater oversight of cross-borde...

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