- Tuctuc Ltd
Tuctuc Ltd was an
auto rickshaw operator inBrighton ,England .History
The company was started in June 2006Fact|date=March 2008 by Dominic Ponniah, a British-Asian who got the idea after traveling on a business trip in India. Tuctuc Ltd started off with 12 Bajaj Retros in various livery designs ranging from the
Union Jack toBurberry check.Low capacity led to problems meeting the scheduled timetables. The company was fined £16,500 for breaching their bus licence terms, but this was cut to £8,000 on appeal.
Burberry forced the company to take the 'Chavrolet' rickshaw off the road, claiming a violation of Burberry's copyright. Dominic Ponniah, manager of Tuctuc Ltd, then decided to close the business until spring 2007 when 10 new, larger
autorickshaw s would be operational.The company was forced to remove its stop signs from the seafront after it was found they were on listed lampposts.
Tuktuk restarted on May 23rd 2007 with just six new Thailand style
tuk tuk s, but with all the former 12 Bajaj Auto Rickshaws still operational. Tuktuk had tried to sell them off but received no bidsFact|date=March 2008. Tuctuc switched to operating a dial-a-ride service which meant passengers had to book before traveling.The service has now stopped operations in Brighton indefinitely.
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