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How is this any different to how most minicab companies operate, where the drivers are also self-employed?
by Daviey 9y ago
How is this any different to how most minicab companies operate, where the drivers are also self-employed?
- candiodari 9y agoIt is different, in the traditional government bureaucratic ways. It boils down to : * several government sanctioned intermediaries get a cut (who, I'm sure, are entirely unrelated to the politicians running the city) * direct tax is paid on the taxi cab licence to the government
- Daviey 9y agoNo, this isn't accurate. The majority of minicab companies operate as an agency.. which keeps the operating company below the VAT threshold. Uber reduces their liability in the same way. Mini cab drivers have private hire licence (not a Hackney carriage licence, that a taxi which trawls the street looking for a fare)... Uber drivers have he same license as Minicab drivers. A mini cab is usually ordered by phoning up the agency, and the driver picks up at your location... Uber you use an app, but the process is the same. Neither are allowed to be hailed from the road. With minicabs, the car and fuel is often provided by the agency.. which makes it more of an employer than uber (where the car and fuel is provided by the self-employed contractor)! I agree with these articles: https://www.ft.com/content/7ca2f852-b5b5-11e7-a398-73d59db9e399 https://www.ft.com/content/7ca2f852-b5b5-11e7-a398-73d59db9e... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/27/uber-says-its-business-is-similar-to-a-minicab-firm https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/27/uber-says...
- candiodari 9y agoI think what most people expect to be compared is taxis (hailed from the road) vs Uber. Uber is simply a better version of private hire, I don't think that's in dispute by anyone. But how does it compare against taxis seems to be what the discussion is about.