Police in Glasgow have launched an attack on private hire taxi firms operating in the city.
The Evening Times reports that one of the firms in question was refused an operating licence after police informed the council that a gangland figure was profiting from the firm.
Four other private hire firms were denied a permit to operate, with three of the firms being shut-down immediately.
The concept of licencing the firms came to being last year after the Scottish Government passed a bill requiring operating firms to be regulated. The law has been a godsend for police who have struggled to bring to justice certain criminal elements within the taxi industry.
Anyway, whilst it may be doom and gloom for dodgy taxi firms in Glasgow, some UK private hire firms are doing well for themselves.
Whilst the airlines are less than pleased about last months ongoing volcanic eruption and its troublesome ash cloud, a Belfast taxi driver struck the jack pot after a group of business men asked him to give them a ride to London. It’s likely the fare more than helped a little towards the driver’s private hire insurance.
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