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IN THE NEWS


GLOUCESTERSHIRE FLOODS ‘DRAG’ TAXI AND PASSENGERS AWAY


A taxi carrying pas- sengers was ‘swept away’ by fast-flow- ing flood water as heavy rain brought dangerous condi- tions to Glouces- tershire on Thursday evening 9 January.


The Environment Agency had issued a ‘red’ Flood Warning for the River Chelt and according to GloucestershireLive the taxi was under- stood to have been caught in the flood


warning zone. A regular Glouces- tershireLive con- tact sent in the pic- tures and said: “The taxi got dragged away going down School Road in the water. He had pas- sengers on board at the time. Everyone got out okay.” According to the Environment Agen- cy, there was a “remarkable 20-mile wide strip” of rain that brought up to 20mm to 30mm in six hours in Glouces- tershire.


VEEZU’S DOUBLE ACQUISITION SPARKS NEXT STAGE OF GROWTH


Veezu owned Drag- on Taxis has ac- quired Cwmbran Cars and Chauffeur Cars Cwmbran in a double acquisition to become the largest private hire business in the UK. This means approxi-


mately 80 vehicles in the Torfaen licens- ing area are op- erating under the Dragon Taxis brand. Nathan Bowles, Veezu CEO said: “This signifies our ambitions for 2020. It sparks the next


stage of growth for our brand.” Dragon Taxis is now the dominant taxi and PH operator in South Wales. Part- ner-driver numbers have increased to over 1,200 across the area. Bowles added: “All our hubs share the same technology and operating effi- ciencies that help make us profitable. No longer can our brands be regarded as individual entities, collectively we are the biggest operator in Britain and we are British owned.”


SLOUGH TAXI DRIVER NARROWLY MISSED BY FALLING ROOF


A taxi driver whose car was just metres away from a falling roof in Slough says it’s a ‘miracle’ no one was killed in the incident. GetReading reports that Haris Baig, 30, from Slough was driving down the High Street around 6pm on January 14 when he saw a large section of roof crash down onto the road in front of him. “At first I thought it was scaffolding, but then I realised the whole roof had


come down. There was a massive am- ount of noise,” he told PA News Agency. “I was about 15 metres away and slammed on my brakes. I got out to see if everyone was


all right, but was thinking ‘is this even safe?’”


A multi-agency op- eration to make the area safe was ongo- ing, with represent- atives from Slough Borough Council.


SHROPSHIRE TAXI FIRM CELEBRATES ACCREDITATION


A Shropshire taxi firm is celebrating after becoming one of just a few private hire


companies in


the country to receive an interna- tionally accepted accreditation. According to


the


Shropshire Star, Go Carz has gained the ISO 9001 from Inter- face which means it has proved the busi- ness has the highest quality manage- ment systems and procedures. Area director for Shrewsbury, Cindy Wilday, said she is proud of the work


and dedication of staff which has made it possible. “This is a huge thing for us, it’s especially important as we’re getting bigger and bigger. We now do more than five mil- lion journeys a year.


“We’re the fifth biggest PH compa- ny in the country.” Go Carz has recently invested in safe- guarding training for its staff and drivers . Cindy added: “Safe- ty is a high priority for us.”


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FEBRUARY 2020


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