Guest 2615- Registered: 18 May 2018
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This is a question for the cabbies/taxi drivers on this forum.
I went to dover council to apply for a Hackney Carriage licence but was told that all licenses have been issued and there isn’t anymore available.
They also said that I could buy A licence off of a retiring driver or someone that just doesn’t want to do it anymore,after talking to a few taxi drivers they verified this to be true and said they fetch up to 10k.
I’m very interested in purchasing a licence If there is one available also I’d like some inside information on what the money is like.
I hope to hear from a taxi driver who could give me some advice on this situation
Thanks for reading
John :)
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
- Posts: 2,158
This has always been the way with DDC. They're happy to continue with the same total number of "plates" and let them change hands on the open market. I've had a few friends with hackney licenses over the years but none are still plying their trade. £10k must be way over the top in the current climate. If you can get the lucrative, regular school runs for the local authorities there's still money to be made, I suppose.