What's New In The Feeder Park?

I have a well respected insider who has given me information that raises concerns over the integrity of Heathrow Airport Licensed Taxis Society (HALTS), otherwise known as Heathrow Taxis.

I have been banging on about the farcical situation with the Heathrow Taxis website for some months now, and it would appear that my concerns are more than justified. A member of Heathrow Taxis has passed on an email that he has received from the offices of Colin Evans and Howard Kaye, the directors of Heathrow Taxis, and it seems as though they are really struggling with the problem of offering a booking facility on their website!!!

It has now become apparent that the online booking system is to be put out to tender!!! This means that any driver that becomes a member of this company will be agreeing to have all their personal details passed onto a third party company. Will the directors of Heathrow Airport Licensed Taxis Society (HALTS)  reveal the details of this new "partnership" to those who bother to attend the inaugural AGM planned for later this month? I doubt it very much! But drivers that do attend this AGM must demand to know what is happening after all the reassurances that their best interests are at the heart of Heathrow Taxis.

Blue Voucher Scheme

The Blue Voucher scheme is due to be rolled out from Monday 8 November 2010, according to Howard Kaye, but I can only see problems occurring when drivers who accept these vouchers realise that they won't be able to cash them in the feeder park canteen anymore. Instead, they will be required to enter their banking and personal details onto the back of the voucher. Only then will they receive payment.....7 days later.

Watch this space for further developements in this sorry saga.

HALT Accounts.

HALT or HALTS? There is a difference, even though the directors of Heathrow Airport Licensed Taxis Society (HALTS) would prefer it if there wasn't.

HALT is a mutual society that is supposed to operate for the benefit of taxi drivers at Heathrow. Whereas, HALTS is a private company, limited by guarantee, that works for the benefit of its directors.

Colin Evans and Howard Kaye are both acting executive committee (AEC) members of HALT. They are also company directors of HALTS. Could there be a conflict of interest here, perhaps?

Any member of HALT, or any person that has an interest in the funds of HALT, is entitled to a copy of the annual accounts 7 months after the end of the mutual society's financial year. In the case of HALT this is on the last day of August each year. This is not just part of the rules of the society, it is also the Law of the Land and any reluctance on the part of the AEC to supply them is a criminal offence under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act. I sent a request to the registered office of HALT a couple of weeks ago by special delivery, but so far I haven't received a reply.

This is an ongoing problem with the HALT acting executive committee that is performed every year until they finally give way to the real threat of legal action. This year the accounts could prove to be very tricky for them; how can they justify running a private company with the money raised from the Feeder Park entry fee? They just don't want members snooping around and asking questions. I wonder why?