Coronavirus measures hit London black cab business

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Many taxi drives in London are left with no other choice but to hand their rented vehicles back in droves amid Covid-19 lockdown

A view of the 200 unused black cabs parked in a large area of farmland in Epping Forest, Essex, England, Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

"There's probably around 150 to 200 vehicles that are here, which we've had to take off the road," said Georgiou, whose company has parked its vehicles in Epping northeast of the capital. "I've lost count". "It's happening all over, all round the M25 there are fields with cabs like that," said McNamara, referring to the main orbital motorway around London.READ MORE:

The LTDA has around 11,000 members out of a total number of about 20,000 black cab drivers in the city.

 

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