Leaving the trade?

Changing career paths is never easy, but traversing from being a Taxi driver or Private Hire driver to a new career is fairly straight forward.

Everything to consider

Think and consider all your options including places that you were serving a driver because you already have relationships with these place.


Ideas before you leave


Airport Transfers

This is one of the most common services, including meet and greet. Have you considered whether you want to do more airport transfer work?

Executive VIPs

Is it that you want to work for more executive type customers in a higher-end vehicle suited toward business professionals rather than the general public?

Chauffeur Services

You most likely have the experience and 80% of what’s required to provide. amore formal and luxurious experience ideal for corporate clients, events and higher profile guests.

Event Transfers

Events are big business and such as weddings, corporate functions, concerts, sporting events and this could be more up your street focussing on this area.

Courier Services

You have the hire and reward insurance and you could move over to providing courier services quite easily like many Private Hire firms do.

School Runs

Schools have a need within school hours and it is not just taking children to school and collecting the from school that is available.

Group Transport

If you are willing to look at group transport, there are options to move in tours, family outings and large events, rather than local travel.

Sightseeing and Tours

If your knowledge is good enough and you can acquire singular bookings (you cannot sell tickets) you can act as informal guides for sites.

Medical Appointments

Transportation for non-emergency medical appointments or hospital visits especially for people with mobility needs.

Contracted Services

If you are reliable, contracted transport arrangement for businesses needing transportation for staff and guests is always worth looking at.

School and College Transfers

Pre-arranged transport to and from educational institutions is good work looking at post-16 students who have varied timetables.

Pet transport

Being pet friendly could be what distinguishes you. There are a lot of drivers who refuse to take pets and this could be your niche.


Things you take


Local knowledge

You should have amassed a huge local knowledge regardless of where you have worked and this will give you a huge advantages in many roles.

Professional Driving

All that experience of working on the road as a driver will give you plenty to offer whether it is driving for a living or just being on-time.

Hire & Reward

You may not be moving people around in your next role, but you have the years under your belt of commercial no claims for hire and reward.

Customer Service

The skills of dealing with difficult customers and delivering customer service with serve you well in any role.

A Thousand Stories

A life-time of stories, interactions and musing that will forever entertain your new colleagues.

Maybe try marketing


If you are thinking of working in marketing, whether than is public relations, digital media or any other related field you could always try your hand with us and guest blog or ghost write to pick up some valuable experience along the way. You know the sector and you know the industry so if you you want to raise your profile, become an industry expert or just position yourself for that next role you can write for us.

Start that business…


If you are starting a new business we are here for your public relations and communications needs and we will keep your brand guide in check too. At least you know you have that website all sorted and can concentrate on making money rather than your content strategy.

or just retire.!


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