Taxi Driver Online

This looks like it's a kind of careers advice page on the Sun's website

And it's mostly about the bouncer thing, but I've missed that out, so if anyone's interested then visit via the link...

But I smell a rat about this taxi thing, as per usual when there's a drive to get more women into the industry.

Can't see any trace at all of this person online, other than this article. And although I thought it might be a Freenow marketing and recruitment gimmick, can't see this on their newspage either...

But, I mean, if she's an individual owner-driver as portrayed, you have to ask what she gets out of this and the campaign more generally?


SUNEMPLOYMENT How women can get started in taxi jobs or bouncer roles… and save Britain’s nightlife

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/35064673 ... mployment/


Image: The Sun

THIS Bank Holiday weekend will see spending in pubs, clubs and restaurants soar by ten per cent, as the nation makes the most of the extra day off.

But with the cost-of-living crisis, living wage hikes and employers’ National Insurance payments, the sector faces serious challenges.

Although the “night-time economy” is worth £153billion to UK coffers, research by the Night Time ­Industries Association shows the country has lost 37 per cent of its nightclubs since 2020, while six pubs are closing every week.

So what can be done?

Currently 36 per cent of young people feel unsafe at night.

Eighty-one per cent of women back improved safety in bars and clubs, so the answer could lie in more female security staff and taxi drivers.

Official figures show women make up just 11 per cent of the UK’s security workforce and seven per cent of cab drivers — but encouraging more females into the sector could up visitor numbers.

Ellie Knapp, 32, from New Eltham in south-east London, is campaigning for more women to get behind the wheel.

The black-cab driver for taxi app Freenow said: “I love being my own boss. I can work as much or as little as I need to, and take my holidays when I want.

Surprised

“People love that I’m a woman in a male-dominated field, and that is something I am proud of.

“I occasionally get a surprised look from clients, but people are genuinely interested and want to see more female drivers.”

An advertising article for Freenow

I would have much preferred to see a more balanced article pointing out not only the positive aspects of being a lady cabby but also the negative issues we all know they face.

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