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looking for any advise or info you guys can give me .always thought of becoming a black cab driver and with me being laid off the other week i am considering it even more as a possibility for a new career. have been looking into Glasgow (glasgow city council) bishopbriggs (east dunbartonshire council) and cumbernauld (north lanarkshire council) areas ,with glasgow i will have to go to the collage to pass a test ,and with bishopbriggs and cumbernauld i have been told all i have to do is apply for my licence. what i would like to know off any of you guys is is there any 1 who taxi in these areas who would could give me info on these areas what sort of money would i be able to make ? how much it would be to rent the cab? and also what the going rate to buy a plate is in these areas are? any info would be very much appreciated cheers.

choose a different path my son. this game's in terminal decline, right now.

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Grandad,

Don't buy a plate until you have been in the trade for a few years.

If you want to work sh** hours dealing with sh** people then you will earn a living.

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IDFIMH

i do realise that its unsociable hours and you get the odd [edited by admin] u pick up but surely you can make a half decent living out of it? at the end of the day i aint making anything right now so sumthing is better than nothing would be renting the cab to begin with but if i enoyed the job then i would like to progress on to having my own cab .would really like to hear from guys/ladys who taxi in the areas i previously asked to hear there info

I work crap hours and I'm also making crap money but I'd seriously way up your options first. If you've been layed off and your currently getting any payment protection on loans or mortgages etc and whether you have a family and what sort of circumstances you have regarding when your spouse works. If you like a bevvie then take my word that after making crap money in midweek then having a saturday night off is like losing a weeks work initself. Currently my missus makes more money than me and if it's daylight I'm not even working so that's how bad it is where I am. I'm sure a few of the Scottish guys are better placed than me to speak but don't listen to any of the bull you get of any of your mates that do the job, In my opinion it's either a young man's or an old man's job ( and women, sorry Toot's) who have less dependents.

Get a job at tescos filling the shelves.
More money, better hours, paid holidays and sickness cover.......

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A. A meter....

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