ALL CHANGE NEW DIRECTOR OF TAXI AND PRIVATE HIRE AT THE PCO
Transport for London (TfL) has announced John Mason as its new Director of Taxi and Private Hire at the Public Carriage Office. John Mason, previ- ously the Deputy Director for Conges- tion Charging and Traffic Enforcement, will take up his role on 28 September 2009. He takes over from Ed Thompson, who announced he was stepping down from the role last month. Jeroen Weimar, TfL’s Chief Operating Offi- cer for Enforcement and Compliance, said: “John will take forward the already excellent work of the PCO, with a focus on delivering the Mayor’s key objec- tive of cracking
LTI CHANGES LEAVE QUESTIONS IN THE AIR
Well, we never have to wait too long for a news story or press release from LTI these days.
John Mason, the new Director of Taxi and Private Hire at the Public Carriage Office
down on illegal taxi touts.”
John Mason said: “I am delighted to have been given this great opportunity to join the Public Carriage Office. This is a unique opportunity to work with the taxi and private hire trades, whose members pro- vide such a vital service to the Capital.
“London’s taxi and private hire services are already the best in the world and I’m looking forward to working with the trade to provide an even better service for Lon- doners. I am sure that members of the trade won’t hesitate in get- ting in touch and giving me their views.”
Passenger Transport Framework
Agreement Tender Walsall Council invites suitable Service Providers to tender for the provision of:-
1) Transport Framework Agreement for the Supply of Private Hire & Hackney Carriage (Taxis) Services with Escort where required.
2) Transport Framework Agreement for the supply of Minibus Services (9-16 passenger seats fi tted with passenger lift) with Escort where required.
For the Taxi Agreement the Council intends to establish a ranked list of 16 Service Providers who can deliver the service.
For the Minibus Agreement the Council intends to establish a ranked list of Service Providers who can deliver the service.
Both Agreements will be awarded on the basis of a balance between quality and price and subsequently work shall be awarded as required throughout the life of the Agreement to Service Providers from these lists.
The annual total spend on the Taxi Agreement is likely to be around £250,000 and on the Minibus Agreement around £350,000.
the Council cannot guarantee any level of work or spend in respect of both Agreements
The Agreements will be for a period of three years, with the possibility of up to a further one year extension to be agreed between the parties.
Service Providers who wish to receive a tender pack must contact (stating which Agreements they wish to tender for) in writing to the Duty Contracts Offi cer either by email at
procurement@walsall.gov.uk or by letter posted to:- Duty Contracts Offi cer, Walsall Council, Room 17A, The Council House, Darwall Street, Walsall WS1 1TP
The tender packs are also available for downloading from Walsall Council’s Procurement website at “View current open tenders”at http//
www.walsall.gov.uk/procurement and in hard copy from Monday 4th August 2009.
The closing date for the return of completed tenders is no later than noon Monday 26th October 2009. The council is completing this process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2006
Please refer to OJEU Prior Information Notice Ref 09/S21 030081EN LTI ANNOUNCES FRANCHISE IMPROVEMENTS
LTI Vehicles has announced a radical change to its UK fran- chise network following the news that they have issued a twelve month notice to end their contract with all independent main dealers. LTI will now concen- trate on developing a direct sales operation and improved after- sales network.
As the economy and taxi markets evolve, it is important for LTI now to make major changes to the way they operate in order to ensure they can continue to offer the value for money propositions on new and used taxis that
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have proved so popu- lar with drivers over the last year.
At the same time they plan a major boost to their service dealer network to improve the quality of after- sales care given to their customers. “These changes are designed to ensure drivers throughout Britain have easy access to new and used LTI products along with excellent aftersales care provid- ed by a local service dealer who is trained and equipped to main- tain our vehicles to the high standards our customers deserve,” said LTI’s Sales Direc- tor, Rob Laidler.
“We will be investing in further direct sales sites in order to deliver on this promise,” he said.
Rob went on to say: “It has not been an easy decision to serve notice on our inde- pendent main dealers, but it is important that we have a structure and approach that enables us to thrive in the years ahead to the benefit of our cus- tomers. “We are extremely grateful to the inde- pendent main dealers for their support in the past, and sincere- ly hope that they will consider becoming service dealers in the future.”
PHTM AUGUST 2009
Fixing fire problems, setting off to China, building cabs in Shanghai and ship- ping them to Saudi Arabia. Scrapping old cabs under the scrap- page schemes, then earlier this month the news that the UK deal-
ership franchise will end in twelve months’ time (see story below) and on the 29th July they announce that they have resigned from the London Taxi Board over “prob- lems” at Heathrow (see story below). As if this was not enough, on the 30th July the Financial Times reports that Manganese Bronze
have swung into the red as UK sales suffer and are planning an extra 28 days’ lay-off of staff in the second half of the year, in addition to the 21 days of industrial shutdown already planned. According to the Financial Times, shares in the company have fallen 32 per cent this year. So watch this
space....as usual - Ed.
LTI VEHICLES RESIGNS FROM THE LONDON TAXI BOARD
After careful consider- ation, LTI Vehicles have decided to resign from the London Taxi Board. LTI wish to work on ini- tiatives that benefit the London taxi trade, and recent events mean that this can no longer be achieved through the London Taxi Board.
LTI have held wider concerns regarding the relevance of the LTB as an umbrella pressure group for some time and the recent trade dispute at Heathrow has focused our attention on our membership of the Board. Following the an-
nouncement of changes to our distri- bution network LTI wants to focus on improving the way we interact with the trade, and we would like to work closer with a broader range of trade bodies than can be achieved through the LTB.
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