After several months without formal discussion between the taxi trade and Derby City Council, October 2025 saw the long-awaited return of the Derby Taxi Trade Meeting. The first since March this year. The meeting, (the general lack of meetings had been been raised at the previous Licensing Committee by Councillor Sarah Bolton), brought together representatives…
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East Midlands Railway have introduced an upgrade on their car parking zones. Barrierless entry systems use ANPR (Automatic number plate recognition) systems to log vehicle entrance and exit. In the same way shopping centres, airport drop off terminals and car parks with maximum stay clauses use ANPR to monitor vehicle actions, Derby Station is implementing…
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A question we get asked more and more often. In Derby today, there are around 1,700 private hire drivers who live locally with DE postcodes but hold Wolverhampton licenses. This is not by accident it is the result of drivers making a deliberate choice to “plate out of town.” By licensing their vehicles with councils…
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