Sections 1 and 2 of the Bribery Act 2010 make it a statutory offence for anyone to offer, give or promise a financial or other advantage when the intention of the giver is to induce the receiver to perform a relevant function or activity improperly.
This now makes it an offence for door staff at hotels to demand money for cream jobs such as airports and the like. But, it is also an offence for a Taxi Driver or Private Hire driver to offer payment for such a job.
We all know it goes on and little has been done about it. Bob Oddy said very clearly in the Oddy-Gate Tapes, that in his opinion, it was not an offence, it was just the payment of commission and there was nothing that the LTDA could do about this practise.
Well now it has been made perfectly clear, under the Bribery Act 2010, it is an offence and a serious one. An offence that could see drivers losing their "Bill".
The Royal Horseguards Hotel Saga.
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"Just as she was about to board the Taxi, the doorman ran over and grabbed her case and walked away with it.
He shouted over his shoulder;
I told her not to pay more than £60, as this is approximately what it goes on a dead clock.
The driver goes mad and the doorman legs it.
He eventually pulled away with £16 on the meter.
I phoned the hotel and spoke with the duty manager and gave him 24 hours to get back to me with an action plan to stop this scam happening. If not, I said I would sue them in the small claims court for £30, which I estimated as my loss of earnings in this instance.
Richard the head doorman called me back.
We had a long conversation and he told me, they are trying to change the culture and he is very concerned about what happened. We spoke about the UCG capped fare scheme and he is going to speak with the Cumberland and will get back to me.Richard said he wants to reach out to the trade and told me that most hotels are trying to change the culture due to the bribery act.
I phoned a compliance officer from the PCO to report what had happened.
He told me that they are aware of what goes on, but have no interest in this.
I asked if I bribed the doorman more and added even more to the fare would he be happy with that and he told me that it would not be investigated.
So when Mr Mason said on the radio during the Aldwych demo that we are stopping his enforcement officers from doing their job, as they have to waste time concentrating on our demo, can he tell us what they actually do all day as they seem to do everything but "enforce the law"?
John Mason, Joe Royal, Martin Low, Peter Rose, Bob Oddy, cant get passed the doorman at Nobu.
"Your names not on this list, you ain't coming in"
"There is a booked Taxi picking up this lady".
Along came LD08 KYA with £14 on his meter.
I told her not to pay more than £60, as this is approximately what it goes on a dead clock.
The driver goes mad and the doorman legs it.
He eventually pulled away with £16 on the meter.
I phoned the hotel and spoke with the duty manager and gave him 24 hours to get back to me with an action plan to stop this scam happening. If not, I said I would sue them in the small claims court for £30, which I estimated as my loss of earnings in this instance.
We had a long conversation and he told me, they are trying to change the culture and he is very concerned about what happened. We spoke about the UCG capped fare scheme and he is going to speak with the Cumberland and will get back to me.Richard said he wants to reach out to the trade and told me that most hotels are trying to change the culture due to the bribery act.
I phoned a compliance officer from the PCO to report what had happened.
He told me that they are aware of what goes on, but have no interest in this.
I asked if I bribed the doorman more and added even more to the fare would he be happy with that and he told me that it would not be investigated.
So when Mr Mason said on the radio during the Aldwych demo that we are stopping his enforcement officers from doing their job, as they have to waste time concentrating on our demo, can he tell us what they actually do all day as they seem to do everything but "enforce the law"?
John Mason, Joe Royal, Martin Low, Peter Rose, Bob Oddy, cant get passed the doorman at Nobu.
"Your names not on this list, you ain't coming in"
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Well done Jon, but you should have taken the airport job. This driver is known as clever Trevor and is a right pest.
ReplyDeleteYes well done Jon, it takes courage to stand up to these faces, who think the trade owes them a living.
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