Professional Driver Magazine July 2021

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VOLUME 15 ISSUE 04 £4.95

Charming Chabé

How to launch a chauffeur business in the middle of a pandemic

CAR OF THE YEAR

CAR of the YEAR & QSi

The biggest and best Professional Driver events are back for 2021–p24


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iCabbi to offer operator stakes in new jointly-owned dispatch business

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page 9

Take Me moves into West Country with £1.8m acquisition of Plymouth’s Tower Cabs

1min
page 8

the insider Loitering within tent

6min
page 35

the negotiator: Eric’s minimum wage mystery

4min
page 34

the advisor Word of the week:CONTINUALITY

2min
page 33

the knowledge Dr Michael Galvin

4min
page 32

A shortage of drivers is causing a new crisis to thwart the taxi trade’s post-Covid-19 revival

8min
pages 28-29

Professional Driver Magazine Car of the Year Judging Days

1min
pages 24-25

Bolt launches in Newcastle as part of ten-city target for 2021

1min
page 18

Uber accelerates Local Cab service rollout with operators in four more UK cities

2min
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UK pricing and specification revealed for S-Class PHEV and new Mercedes Maybach ahead of late 2021 deliveries

2min
page 16

Local authorities frustrated as Government removes legal backing for public transport face masks

3min
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Wakefield taxi drivers protest against council rules that make them “third-class citizens”

3min
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Gridserve plans to create nationwide new high-speed EV charging network

4min
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Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Plan offers city’s taxi and PHV drivers a new £21.4m vehicle upgrade fund

3min
page 10

Bolt under pressure to fall in line with Supreme Court Uber ruling

2min
page 9

Industry anger as PHV cars are set to be hit by Heathrow’s £5 charge from October

2min
page 8

London taxi numbers fall to lowest level in 40 years

1min
page 6

Leading Insurers threaten Uber with CMA investigation over new document system

2min
page 6

Charming Chabé

6min
pages 1, 22-23

News Analysis

6min
pages 20-21
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