Until 2015, drivers and their vehicles had to be licensed within the local authority they would be working in. However, a change in the law opened up the market nationally, allowing councils to engage ...

A national shortage of private hire taxi drivers has resulted in Wolverhampton Council being inundated with licence applications from outside the local authority - due to the city's faster processing ...

Almost 2,000 taxi drivers living and working in Derby are licenced with Wolverhampton City Council – amid claims “out-of-town licences are easier and cheaper”. A Freedom of Information request showed ...

Wolverhampton Council was criticised by Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham after it emerged a third of the northern city's cabbies are licensed here. However, the council, which charges £150 less than ...

Private hire taxis in Wolverhampton are set to undergo a number of changes in the way they operate, the city council's licensing bosses have announced. The city council has recently been in ...

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

Wolverhampton has registered about a third of England's taxi drivers and is inundated with applications, according to a report. The city has taken on new staff in a bid to cope with demand, documents ...

Companies hiring out a limousine with a driver with nine passenger seats or more must have a public service vehicle (PSV) operator licence, the council said Parents in Wolverhampton are being urged to ...