Private hire vehicles, or minicabs, have to have a prior booking when picking up passengers.
Minicab owners will be prosecuted if they are found touting their business or behaving like a Hackney or Taxi.
Most private hire drivers are self-employed owner drivers and pay a minicab company a circuit fee for taking the bookings and scheduling the work.
Minicab and private hire firms must now hold a private hire operator license before they can accept bookings - your company will not be able to trade without one. In order to get a license, you will have to prove that you are 'a fit and proper person'. Any criminal convictions, bankruptcy or breach of health and safety rules will count against you.
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