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INSANE: Addison lee - The Real Truth

Uber drivers protest at Heathrow and Trafalgar Square over 'seven days of work for three days of pay'

Global protest aims to highlight low pay and long hours of ‘gig economy’

Evening Standard

'We're being pushed to breaking point': Taxi drivers work overnight until 10am due to poor pay

Minicab drivers like Khalid Edah-Tally in London are struggling, working up to 100 hours weekly to make ends meet

Evening Standard

App drivers plan to ‘log off’ in pay and conditions campaign

Drivers across the country will take action for six hours on Valentine’s Day.

The Independent UK

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London taxi giant set to expand into Scottish city

A PRIVATE car hire firm is set to expand into a Scottish city after a £269 million deal this week.

The National (Scotland)

Singapore’s ComfortDelGro adds London’s famous black cabs to its portfolio by buying the city’s largest taxi operator

The company is buying U.K. taxi operator Addison Lee in a deal worth almost $350 million.

Fortune

London’s Addison Lee bought by Singapore-based transport firm for £269m

Addison Lee’s 7,500 drivers and 5,000 vehicles will be acquired by ComfortDelGro’s subsidiary firm CityFleet Networks.

Evening Standard

Tories accused of cronyism as seven donors handed New Year Honours

Knighthoods for financial backers who gave party more than £5m

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London’s biggest minicab firm Addison Lee makes emissions U-turn

Lack of public chargers blamed for decision to be only ‘zero-emissions capable’ by April 2024

The Guardian - UK

Addison Lee owner back in black as cab bookings surge

Addison Lee has recruited more than 1500 extra drivers since the start of 2022 and now has more than 5000 vehicles

Evening Standard

‘We took the bassline from Mozart’: how Double 99 made Ripgroove

‘Michael Bolton flew in for Top of the Pops on a private jet – we took Addison Lee’

The Guardian - UK

Bristol taxi drivers 'working 12 hours a day, six days a week' demand minimum wage

Drivers working for taxi app Bolt are self-employed contractors

Bristol Post

London minicab boss mounts South Pole expedition in honour of heroic relative

Addison Lee chief executive Liam Griffin is following in the footsteps of a heroic relative by attempting to reach the South Pole.

Evening Standard

Addison Lee CEO backs food delivery start-up taking on Deliveroo and JustEat

Liam Griffin, who took on London’s cabbies, puts cash into GoGetters

Evening Standard

Struggling pensioner, 78, forced back into work over cost of living fears

Maurice Taylor says his concerns over rising bills led to him seeking employment to "future proof his finances".

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Liverpool Echo

Man, 78, goes back to work after 10 years in retirement to cope with cost of living

"I had what seemed like a reasonable pension ten years ago but it hasn't kept pace with the rate of inflation"

Wales Online

Pensioner driven back into work at 78 over cost of living fears

'I had what seemed like a reasonable pension ten years ago but it hasn't kept pace with the rate of inflation'

The Independent UK

Pensioner forced back to work by cost-of-living crisis

Maurice Taylor’s ‘reasonable’ pension has not kept pace with soaring inflation

Evening Standard

Addison Lee CEO Liam Griffin on fighting Uber, going back on early retirement and London’s driver shortage

‘I read every self-help book going - it’s not all happiness and light to be sat at home at 42 with no job’

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Evening Standard

Addison Lee trims losses as London taxi demand recovers

The taxi firm said passenger revenue has climbed almost 50% in the last 12 months

Evening Standard

Addison Lee founder puts listed Regent’s Park mansion on the market for £29 million

The John Nash-designed property comes with its own separate mews house and counts Damien Hirst among famous locals.

Evening Standard

Addison Lee sweetens sign-up offer in push to attract new drivers

Improving the already generous offer underlines just how tight the current jobs market is

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