Volkswagen Settles For £193m In Dieselgate Scandal
After a 5-year fight, Volkswagen has agreed to pay UK VW drivers involved in the class-action lawsuit over the dieselgate scandal a hefty sum. Approximately 91,000 people in England and Wales will receive payouts. What is the Dieselgate scandal? Dieselgate is one of the worst scandals in the motor trade industry’s history. It began in Continue Reading…
UK Legalises Autonomous Vehicles
The Department for Transport (DfT) is amending The Highway Code in relation to the use of Autonomous Vehicles. The changes will spell out a driver’s responsibilities with the intention of maximising safe usage. The legal amendments clear the way for the first ‘self-driving cars’ to be used in the UK as early as this year. Continue Reading…
Motorists Pay £5m Despite Petrol Prices Drop
The RAC say wholesale petrol prices have dropped since late 2021’s sudden price rise. For some reason, that hasn’t been passed on to consumers. Blame isn’t with global petrol prices, it’s been aimed closer to home. The end months of 2021 were terrible for motorists. Drivers were stunned at having to pay more for petrol Continue Reading…
Are Taxi App Users Moving On From Uber?
Reports everywhere tell of prospective passengers being left stranded, countless cancellations, extortionate pricing and cars taking ages to arrive. So what is going on with Uber? When Uber first arrived, passengers were delighted at the ease of a car coming at the click of a button. Rightly or wrongly they gleefully booked trips that were Continue Reading…
Are Holiday Homes A Better Alternative To Traditional Rentals?
In a world of amber, red and green border restrictions, the pandemic has caused a sharp rise in demand for staycation properties. Brits are finding paradise at home in the way people used to do before Ryanair and easyJet existed. A number of regulatory changes, like the Tenant Fees Act, has caused landlords to consider Continue Reading…
10 Ways to End The HGV Driver Crisis
McDonalds has run out of milkshakes, Nando’s and KFC are struggling to stock enough chicken, and the Co-Op says it faces the worst food shortages in recent memory. In a world already in turmoil, a HGV driver crisis is yet another unwanted head-ache…. The Road Haulage Association (RHA) reports that there is a monumental shortage Continue Reading…
The Taxi Industry & Covid-19: The Plates Are Finally Moving
As the country, but definitely the taxi industry starts it long climb out of the languor of Covid there are few times in its history when the kaleidoscope of the various vested interests, onlookers, new entrants, incumbents and policymakers have been so active. There is much squawking currently about a desperate shortage of drivers whilst Continue Reading…