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Author:  wannabeeahack [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:57 pm ]
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small town, 30 car base, must have 65% of the local phone trade wants.....



£150 a week for PDA and Mercury (not inc a car of course)



"as many hours as you want to work".....
Author:  christopherwk [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 2:52 pm ]
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First minicab firm I worked for was £150/week a rent, which included a PDA with Mercury - open shift as well.
Maintained and insured car was £200/week extra.
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 2:52 pm ]
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or....

where are you, what do you pay?
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 2:53 pm ]
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christopherwk wrote:
First minicab firm I worked for was £150/week a rent, which included a PDA with Mercury - open shift as well.
Maintained and insured car was £200/week extra.


the £200 was the far better deal then!
Author:  Bart [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:16 pm ]
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London 2000 cab (hackney) circuit £70pw
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:12 pm ]
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wannabeeahack wrote:
small town, 30 car base, must have 65% of the local phone trade wants.....
£150 a week for PDA and Mercury (not inc a car of course)


same town, 2nd biggest base, £80 a week or £55 for all day Friday/Saturday/Sunday
Author:  southwalesph [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:16 pm ]
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Medium town, 50 cars, 80 per week for night shifts. 130 if u want days too.
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:27 pm ]
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The 2011 population was 32,000 people here, in the town
Author:  Sussex [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:54 pm ]
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Down here PH drivers pay about £120 a week radio rent, £150-£200 vehicle rent (for pieces of sh**), and about £50 a week insurance.

It has been known for some of them to sleep in their cars. :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:
Author:  southwalesph [ Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:26 pm ]
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Some of the guys here do 24 hour shifts on Saturdays. I also heard of a driver who did midday sat til 6pm sunday non stop.
Author:  grandad [ Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:35 am ]
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Sussex wrote:
Down here PH drivers pay about £120 a week radio rent, £150-£200 vehicle rent (for pieces of sh**), and about £50 a week insurance.

It has been known for some of them to sleep in their cars. :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

With passengers on board as well.
Author:  GBC [ Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:02 am ]
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Rent?
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:41 am ]
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GBC wrote:
Rent?


thats what i said...


15 years ago i was paying £45 a week, plus of course the 25% creamed off my account work....

(I know one west brom firm who admitted that alone made them £250K a year)

However "due to unforseen circumstances" i may have to bite the bullet again, ive had a good 5 years of flying solo
Author:  christopherwk [ Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:30 pm ]
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wannabeeahack wrote:
or....

where are you, what do you pay?


Feltham and the surrounding area, also covered Heathrow, so there was some distance work.
..it was £200/week extra if you wanted the car! So add that to the £150 weekly rent it would have been a total of £350/week

Got my own operators licence and I now find my own work, thanks. Instead of paying a company £150/week in rent, and solely working for them, I now pay the equivalent of £5.72/week to TfL (i.e. £1488 for a five-year small operator licence).
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