Post by acnedriver on Dec 14, 2022 20:21:55 GMT
Drivers of private hire taxis – the sort which must be booked in advance and not picked up at a rank or hailed on the street – will be able to work for more than one company after a change in policy by Swindon Borough Council.
Members of the authority’s licensing committee voted to approve the change will see drivers able to sign up with three operating companies at the same time.
Licensing manager Kathryn Ashton who put the proposal to the committee told the councillors the current arrangement prevented this: “When we issue a licence to a diver we give them a green form, which they hand to the operator they decide to work for. And that is then registered with us.
“It has been done like this for safety of passengers. We can control the hours and fares a driver takes. It means if something happens, and we have a complaint we can ring the operator immediately and stop the driver working while we look into it.”
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23185386.taxi-drivers-can-work-one-company-swindon/
Members of the authority’s licensing committee voted to approve the change will see drivers able to sign up with three operating companies at the same time.
Licensing manager Kathryn Ashton who put the proposal to the committee told the councillors the current arrangement prevented this: “When we issue a licence to a diver we give them a green form, which they hand to the operator they decide to work for. And that is then registered with us.
“It has been done like this for safety of passengers. We can control the hours and fares a driver takes. It means if something happens, and we have a complaint we can ring the operator immediately and stop the driver working while we look into it.”
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23185386.taxi-drivers-can-work-one-company-swindon/