London Taxi Driver of the Year
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Annual Dinner Dance
By David Millward
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n excellent night was had by all at the ( D V W / R Q G R Q & D E E L H V D O O U H F H L Y H G D F K H T X H I R U P R Q H \ ² K H · O O O R Y H W K R V H < H O O R Z & D E V
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London Taxi Driver of the Year Charity
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dinner dance held on Saturday 5
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December at
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prize was tickets
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Also, a special thanks goes to the all the to go on the London Eye, won by Terry Roast.
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and Russell Polluck do a tremendous job
sponsors of the evening, including: John There was a load of other runner up prizes on
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for local charities and always, even in these
and Westminster Insurance. First prize from the
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the Year competition at the moment… but watch
this space!
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commenced at around 18:15 and went on
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sadly passed away recently. After a number of
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entertained the guests while they all ate,
drank, danced and were seen to be thoroughly
enjoying the atmosphere.
Your generous support helped to raise money
for the Albany Taxi Charity Fund for Children
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Fund for Underprivileged Children, Southend
Photo by Sandie Goodwin
Fund for Underprivileged Children, the London
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“Remember those less fortunate than ourselves”
Charity Commission No: 1000761
Cordic Takes Taxi Data Despatch System Solution
to Next Level with 2010 Version of its Software
C
ordic Ltd, the leading provider of software focused on three areas – individual productivity About Cordic
and system solutions for the taxi, private for taking bookings faster by operators, new
Formed in 2002, Cordic Ltd develops and
hire and courier industries has announced the
booking facilities such as Web, Text, IVR,
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release of the 2010 version of its cPAQ Taxi
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solutions including mobile data despatch
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customer service by providing accurate
systems targeted at the Taxi, Private Hire and
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automatic waiting time and Fare calculations.
Cordic research and development team working
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alongside customers to provide even more power
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their mobile phone will be very popular with
and innovation to end users of the Cordic system.
Services) networks and incorporate leading
passengers. All of these features will help our
edge wireless and interactive voice response
customers meet their business objectives and
This release includes over 80 new customer
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driven innovative features. Some of the key and scalability while providing the most cost
features of the new 2010 version include an
Advanced Text Marketing Tool, PDA automatic
Cordic customers who have a maintenance
effective solution and best user experience.
fare and waiting time calculations and
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passengers can now track their car on a map on
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mobile data despatch system; Cordic is the
their mobile phone.
booking and despatch software is highly
largest, most proven provider of GPRS based
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Taxi Despatch Systems in the world today.
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products can be easily added as their company
Cordic has teamed up with wireless operators,
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grows. The upgrade process causes minimal
hardware manufacturers and software vendors
competition L V V W U R Q J H U W K D Q H Y H U µ V D L G ) D U D
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and has strategic alliances with Vodafone,
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the enhancements in 2010 version of cPAQ are download to all PDAs with no disruption to drivers. information, visit
www.cordic.com.
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