Addison Lee: London’s private hire cab firm set for £269m takeover Transport and infrastructure Singapore-listed transport giant ComfortDelGro has accelerated its global expansion strategy with a takeover of London’s premium private hire cab service, Addison Lee, for £269.1m. The deal, which will take place through its subsidiary Cityfleet Networks, is set to drive the growth of Comfortdelgro, boosting its taxi and private hire fleet to over 34,000 vehicles worldwide. [...]
Vertical Aerospace: Battersea to Heathrow in 10 minutes? Aviation Imagine a future where a taxi from Central London to Heathrow took little more than 10 minutes? That's the goal of Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace.
Falling number of London taxi drivers leads to LEVC losing more than £100m Transport and infrastructure LEVC is attempting to boost its net worth by £100m to combat the falling number of taxi drivers in central London and the expected further decline in its sales this year. The Coventry-headquartered electric taxi maker, which is also known as London EV Company, is in the process of increasing the value of everything a [...]