Welcome to the January 2026 edition of TaxiPoint Magazine.
As the industry enters the new year, this edition reflects a trade facing familiar structural pressures alongside a tightening policy and enforcement environment. Cross-border licensing remains front and centre, with detailed analysis on why the long-debated ‘start or finish’ rule continues to dominate reform discussions nearly a decade on. From rural operators feeling the impact of seasonal platform-driven migration, to councils struggling with enforcement against out-of-area vehicles, the operational consequences are becoming harder to ignore.
This issue also examines how overseas taxi markets are approaching regulation, data sharing and fleet transition, and what practical lessons the UK could realistically adopt. Electrification, alternative fuels for the LEVC TX, and the growing gap between policy ambition and on-the-ground infrastructure are explored in depth.
Elsewhere, we report on tougher enforcement signals emerging around illegal number