Nearly all operator submissions strongly support introducing national minimum standards for taxi and private hire licensing.

Some councils in England now issue private hire driver licences with specific conditions attached. These restricted licences ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Private fleets once had a clear advantage in the endless competition to hire trained truck drivers and provide them with the equipment ...

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 ...

Private fleets have long dominated the employment of light-duty truck drivers, although the revolution in home delivery has cut private fleets’ share of those drivers from about two-thirds ...

The government has promised to "work at pace to close loopholes in taxi licensing laws" to stop drivers applying for a licence anywhere in the country. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper vowed to take ...

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 ...