Tag Archives: Fundamentals
Don’t mention the private hire sector…
For trade anoraks like me, one feature evident in commentary when Uber first appeared more than a decade ago was a failure to even acknowledge the existence of the private hire trade. Therefore London-centric opinion pieces in the press would … Continue reading
Cross-border basics
On the one hand, no point revisiting the cross-border misinformation disseminated in relation to the Gatwick Aiport dispute, as per last week’s post. However, a subsequent report on the Sussex Express website contains a couple of other inaccuracies on the … Continue reading
Part-time and ‘gig economy’ confusion or conflation?
Online industry news site TaxiPoint does a great job in some respects, and its copy is certainly professional and well-written (and as a rank amateur [excuse pun…] I’m allowed to say that). On the other hand, its analysis can be … Continue reading
How Uber is different
Uber has certainly changed the world’s ‘taxi’ landscape, for better or worse. In the UK it has come from nothing to dwarf more traditional providers in just a few years. It’s been regarded as a market ‘disruptor’, with an associated … Continue reading