The major port on Majorca and the capital of the Balearic Islands, the city of Palma de Mallorca is famous for its classy holidays as well as for bird watching. Palma de Mallorca Airport welcomes some 20 million people to the island every year. Once you are out of the Son Sant Jean Airport locate...

London Heathrow Airport is the busiest international airport in the world with more than 90 airlines operating flights to over 170 international destinations. In 2006 over 67.3 million passengers passed through its four terminals, and a new fifth terminal which is scheduled to open in 2008 will enable Heathr...

When you are faced with the need to venture into the “outside” world, because your previous working place closed or perhaps your services were no longer needed, you might be faced with the possibility of choosing to become one of the many cab drivers available in the UK. Whether you decide to hir...

As an alternative to private transport, Taxis make sense - they are great for the driver who is over the limit, and excellent for getting to places that public Transport can’t or won’t reach. You pay a premium to get the driver out of bed, and contribute towards the several licences that he and t...

Capital tax allowances are allowances on fixed assets a business may claim as a deduction from net profit to arrive at the net taxable profit. If a taxi driver does not claim the correct capital tax allowances in the taxi accounts that net taxable profit and the income tax and national insurance payable will...

Should Taxi Cab Companies participate in public relations? Sure they should and many do such as taking people home who drank too much on New Years Eve or putting signs on the cabs that warn teens not to do drugs. But let me tell you about another idea. Why not have Taxi Cab Companies join neighborhood mobile...

Starting your own taxi or private vehicle rental firm, is by no means a quite tough task, as there are a lot of regulations and guidelines to follow in operating and running this type of transport business, and the rules may differ with each state or city. In the city of New York, the famous taxicabs, with t...

These days a good alternative to the private car, particularly when it comes to the Airport run, is a Private Hire Taxi. The journey by Private Hire vehicle is with a fully licensed driver (in the UK these licences are issued by the local authority) in a fully licensed vehicle. Private Hire and Hackney Carri...

How Green is Your Taxi? As the world gets warmer, we are starting to realise that we are responsible for the changes. Tornadoes in Birmingham and London, the hottest summer on record, and maybe the great storms to hit the South Wiltshire area in 1987 and 1990 were just a taste of things to come - who knows? ...

As a taxicab driver myself, doing Airport transfers from Gatwick Airport mostly into London or the surrounding areas. I would like to share some points on safetly picking out the right Cab for you, to get you to your address on time. 1. Look for a Cab Rank You can usually find a taxi rank outside most main t...