Guest 2615- Registered: 18 May 2018
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#1
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 :)
Guest 2547- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
- Posts: 2,158
#2
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.
