SIR – Revelations about the deplorable state of so many private hire cars must be taken more seriously than they have been in the past. Goods carrying vehicles on a hire and reward basis needing to be ...

The number of private hire vehicles and taxis in Singapore has grown from last year, but drivers are taking home less earnings, with the average number of trips going up by a mere 1%. Associate ...

A survey to determine whether there are too many private hire cars in Edinburgh has been approved by Edinburgh councillors. It comes after a group of taxi drivers in the capital handed over a petition ...

Singapore transport company SMRT has entered the private hire car market with its subsidiary Strides and a partnership with ride-booking app Grab. Strides will offer limousine services with luxury ...

With child booster seats shown to be effective in saving lives, Member of Parliament (MP) Louis Ng suggested last week that the Government provide each taxi and private-hire vehicle with two such ...

Taxi drivers are tested on their knowledge of their local area, such as Inverness, and the wider Highland region Hundreds of private hire drivers in the Highlands could be tested on how well they know ...

SEVEN or eight in 10 customers at Carro, a used-car marketplace, take out loans to finance their car purchases, and the majority of them register these cars as private-hire or corporate vehicles.

SINGAPORE – After more than a year of careful study and several debates in Parliament on the matter, the Government has ultimately decided not to carve out a separate certificate of entitlement (COE) ...

A Glasgow private hire driver who tried to lure two "underage" girls into his vehicle by offering them money in Paisley was refused a licence today. Faruk Bozdag stared at the girls and followed them ...

Hundreds of private hire drivers in the Highlands could be tested on how well they know streets and places in their local area and the wider region. Taxi drivers are required to sit the two-part exam ...