But a new report published by the Centre for London this week has warned that London’s black ... older drivers who’ve already made the difficult choice to walk away when their cab ages out ...

Now, in a bid to protect the future of London’s iconic taxis, changes will be made to the ‘Knowledge’ entrance test to make it less difficult to become a licensed taxi driver, as the number of black ...

This is almost double the 59,191 minicab drivers licensed to work in London in 2009-10. Two-thirds of Londoners believe more should be done to support the black cab trade. According to Centre for ...

A new taxi app, Jump, is attracting strong interest from a section of London’s black cab trade by offering a no-commission ...

With the black cab trade now losing about 1,000 drivers each year amid an ageing workforce and intense competition from the likes of Uber, the study by the Centre for London think tank warned ...

The report highlights a steady decline in the number of licensed Black Cabs and drivers over the past decade. Since 2013, the number of taxis on London’s roads has plummeted by more than a third — ...

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The report also recommends establishing a 10-year strategy to recruit and retain drivers, as well as finding better ways to share information and data. It notes that "London's Black Cab trade has ...

But a new report published by the Centre for London this week has warned that London’s black cabs could face ... I know many older drivers who’ve already made the difficult choice to walk away when ...