If you are travelling to Newmarket by bus or train you will very likely need a Newmarket taxi to get you from the station or drop off point to your accommodation. There is only one main rank in Newmarket which is on the High Street. If you arrive by train you might be lucky and catch a waiting ca...

Due to an increase in tourism and people living away from their workplace and choosing not to drive, more people using taxis to get to work (let’s face it, who can afford a car these days?), a boom in the taxi business is being seen – and with the competition level increasing day by day, companie...

Unlike southern California, it sometimes rains in London. Back in Queen Victoria’s day, an army captain came up with a novel solution to combat bad weather, and you can still see some of them today. The army captain in question was one Captain George Armstrong. In 1874, he had just retired from the arm...

Took a taxi ride today and learned a valuable lesson. Its amazing what people have to teach if we are just open enough to learn. I got in the cab and told the driver my destination and he started driving. Our enlightening conversation started with him commenting that he had just made an illegal u-turn in ord...

Many people view starting a taxi service as the ultimate business, whereby they can dictate their old hours, work in a boss-less environment, and generally go as they come and please. However, operating a taxi service can be demanding in a number of ways. It can be mentally demanding, having to concentrate w...