NEWS

Our Friendly Cabs CEO (and main driver), Duncan, has today successfully completed the Level 2 Makaton Sign Language course. Level 1 covers basic Makaton vocabulary, whereas Level 2 is far more in-depth and complex and covers everything most Makaton speakers are likely to need. He is now recovering.. 😁

It’s starting to get real! Stage 2 is far more in depth than Stage 1 and will require a ton more headache tablets! I’m getting too old for this but it will, undoubtedly, be worth the pain. Let us leave no-one behind.

“Friendly Cabs have supported a student at St George’s to safely be transported home for 5 weeks. Friendly Cabs are exactly that, very friendly to the student and mindful of additional needs. Duncan arrives in good time, ensuring that the student is not waiting and getting anxious. Communication between school and Friendly Cabs has been excellent, Duncan has also gone above and beyond to wait with the student until parent … Read on

If anyone would like printed copies of our flyer to post on notice boards or even on your fridge, please message me and I’ll get those straight out to you!

Many thanks,

Duncan
Friendly Cabs CEO

If you look to your right when on our website, you’ll see a light blue “button” that is clickable. When you click on it you’ll have multiple options to enlarge the text on the site, change the background colour, alter the contrast, convert to greyscale and many other options. This widget is designed to help people with impairments better access our website. We hope it does just that. 👍

No-one should feel excluded or uncomfortable in a Friendly Cabs taxi. You may not be able to verbally “speak” to us, so we promise to do our best to kindly  and competently communicate with you. Our drivers are “Makaton Stage 1” sign language trained and Friendly Cabs is Communications Access UK certified. Our taxis also have a “Widgit Symbols” cheat sheet installed.

Friendly Cabs wants everyone to feel comfortable taking one of our cabs. Too many people with impairments or disabilities are treated with impatience by taxi companies, but we’re not one of those. Today we’ve installed a “Widgit Symbols” cheat sheet on the driver side of our main cab. This will allow passengers with vocal impairments to better communicate with the driver and hopefully make everyone feel welcomed, valued … Read on

There have been many rumours about bus pricing and taxi pricing during the festival, so I’ve gone “undercover journalist” in an attempt to clear things up once and for all. The common theme is that buses are the way to go as they’re much cheaper, but is that actually true?

Vectis Buses on many occasions have advertised, on the back of their buses, that they’re cheaper than a taxi, so … Read on