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Call Sign November 2011
NEW OLD STREET!
Dial-a-Cab's first floor IT unit at Dial-a-Cab
House in East Road, under the managership of
John Bankes, has been acknowledged as the
Google to be DaC's new neighbours!
taxi trade's most high-tech IT department. But
our neighbours are now on the warpath,
claiming that the whole Old Street area is
dowdy, boring and depressing!
But details of a new scheme to turn the
Old Street roundabout into an example of
ultra-high modernisation have been
released. The area is already known as the
UK's equivalent to San Francisco's Silicon
Valley due to the number of high tech com-
panies moving in, yet the `boring' tag has
also been added.
But now plans are afoot to turn the round-
about into a giant interactive billboard that
will be controlled by local companies and
indeed, the residents! So it won't be a surprise
to see `happy birthday Brian' being illuminat-
ed as well as `Google knows all' the latter no
doubt coming soon when Google make the
move into their new 10 storey block!
Old Street is the new Silicon Valley
The centre of the roundabout will also be
modernised for pedestrians with a new walk-
screens set for game-playing as well as those
petition. Having said that, Google are good...
way, balconies, offices, bars and as you'd
personal birthday messages!
but do they know what DaC drivers like? We
expect from the new Silicon Valley video
John Bankes may have some serious com-
didn't think so either. Go get `em Johnny boy!!
Boris wants taxi
VACANCY FOR AN
ARBITRATOR
emissions strategy
There is a vacancy for one DaC
sponsor!
subscriber to become an
Arbitrator. Should you wish to
put your name forward and you
meet the minimum criteria of
Transport for London is searching for a spon-
five consecutive year's member-
sor to partner in the creation of a Cleaner
ship, then please apply in writ-
Taxi Fund. A chosen sponsor would be
ing expressing your interest, to
given high visible exposure to tens of mil-
be received by me at Dial-a-Cab House no later
lions of residents within the city with exclu-
than first post on Monday 12 December 2011.
sive rights to place their branding on 350
A postal ballot will then be conducted at a
new taxis, as well as having naming rights
later date and the candidate with the highest
of the scheme and a joint launch of the
number of votes will be duly appointed.
scheme.
Candidates wishing to send their CV for publica-
The fund would help subsidise the
tion in Call Sign should send it to the Editor either
replacement of older cabs to new Euro 5
compliant ones as the new 15 year age limit The Mayor is loo
by post or email by Friday 9 December 2011,
king
for an anti-e
is introduced
keeping to a maximum of around 200 words.
missions
Following the implementation of the Air sponsor
If you have any queries regarding this process,
Quality Strategy, Mayor Boris Johnson is
please do not hesitate to contact me.
aiming to reduce air pollution and harmful emissions within the city over a
Howard Pears
two-year-period.
Company Secretary
0845 838 8998 · info@pennyblack.com · www.pennyblack.com
