EUROPE’S s largest taxi e-hailing app has launched in Brighton today.

mytaxi is rolling out the app across the country this summer and is offering 50 per cent off all trips for all Brighton passengers until the end of June.

Hannah Soll-Morris, head of operations and expansion, said: “We couldn’t be more excited to launch in Brighton.

“Brighton is an outstanding city for many reasons; the welcoming local community, the beach, the vibrancy and diversity, the thriving business community and the exciting events calendar just to name a few.

“We’ve had an incredibly strong start to 2018 by both expanding our London business and launching in Nottingham and Edinburgh and we’re thrilled to continue to extend our UK footprint in Brighton.

“We hope that, mytaxi can provide you a safe pair of hands behind the wheel as well exceptional local knowledge”

She said that supporting and promoting local licensed taxi drivers is fundamental to the mytaxi culture.

Brighton mytaxi driver ambassador Arianit Halili said: “The launch of the mytaxi app in Brighton is an exciting prospect for us local licensed taxi drivers with mytaxi giving us access to a readily available customers base.

“It’s brilliant to see an investment in the local knowledge and skills of licensed taxi drivers within Brighton.”

mytaxi was launched in 2009.

It is a free smartphone app which puts people two taps away from a licensed taxi.

mytaxi is available in more than 75 cities within 11 countries.

It is a free app available for iOS and Android.

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SPANISH SUPREME COURT LIMITS PH VEHICLE LICENSES TO ONE FOR EVERY 30 HACKNEYS

The Supreme Court has endorsed the limit of 1 VTC license for every 30 taxis, on the understanding that it is "adjusted and right and non-discriminatory". This is what he says in the ruling he made public this Monday and that he does have the obligation to have a fleet of seven vehicles dedicated to renting vehicles with a driver. In this way, the Court closes the door to the thousands of authorizations claimed in recent months in communities such as Madrid or Barcelona.

The Third Chamber of the Court has endorsed the imposition of "limitations on the activity of the VTC, whenever necessary and proportionate, as a way to ensure the balance between the two modes of urban transport, to ensure the maintenance of the service of the taxi as a service of general interest ", as reported by the court today.

l Minister of Public Works, Iñigo de la Serna, during the presentation of the Lanestosa Variant (N-629) today in Santander. EFE / Pedro Puente
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