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No, we don’t! Whilst learning the taxi trade, I worked for two companies, one of which used an island based app. I found the app to be unreliable, both for customers and taxi drivers.

On multiple occasions I would arrive at the booked destination to find the customer had left without cancelling the booking. At other times I heard of drivers accepting a booking but not fulfilling it.

Friendly Cabs… Read on

St Georges School in Newport is a secondary school for students with a range of complex additional needs, focusing on providing students with a balanced and meaningful curriculum which meets their needs and aspirations.

My wife is an SLD (severe learning disabilities) teacher there and I’m always in awe of the work they do there and the incredible outcomes they achieve with their students.

The school is currently trying to … Read on

For many years I lived in Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland) and so I quickly had to learn how to negotiate snow and ice whilst operating a vehicle. Ice/black ice can form on the road from minus temperatures to +3 degrees C.

Here are some of the things I learnt that kept me safe for over a decade and a half.

1. You need to keep a keen eye … Read on

This is something we’re frequently asked, so let us see if we can clarify this for you.

TWO WAYS TO CALCULATE A FARE
When you call ahead of time to book a taxi there are two ways for that trip to be calculated. Either the booking is taken and the subsequent trip charged at the meter price (the driver switches the meter on when you alight the vehicle, off when … Read on

Friendly Cabs SEN work has been highlighted by the island’s newspaper, The Island Echo.

Click here to read what they had to say.

What an absolutely wonderful evening spent at the “East Cowes Community Spirited Awards” ceremony!

Jane at the East Cowes Pavilion does such an incredible job in our local community and to be recognised with an award by her brilliant organisation, and all the lovely East Cowes residents who voted for us, is an honour indeed. I’m very proud to be a part of this community and Friendly Cabs loves … Read on

We’re incredibly grateful for the kind support that we’ve received, locally here in East Cowes, and island-wide, and we’d like to say “thank you” to you all. To that end, we’re introducing a 10% discount on all metered fares for those who follow our FaceBook page. We’ll discount it upon arrival at your destination. You’re also welcome to pre-book on a “private hire” basis for longer or regular … Read on

We’ve just introduced a new feature to our website, namely, a Red Funnel and Red Jet Vessel Locator.

The Vessel Locator is something us taxi drivers use daily whilst waiting for passengers to arrive at the two ports in East Cowes and Cowes. Weather conditions and all kinds of actualities can contribute to a vessel being late or early arriving to port and the Vessel Locator allows you to … Read on

Today I got a call from the lovely Jane at the “East Cowes Community Spirited Pavilion”. An elderly gent in Newport had purchased a clothes air dryer and it needed to be delivered to him. It was lovely to see our “Pay It Forward” scheme come into action. The Tariff 1 charge for a trip to that address should have been about £20. We halved the Tariff 1 to £10 … Read on