Editorial
Notes from the dispatch desk.
Trade writing for UK taxi and private hire operators. Booking systems, licensing, PSVAR, dispatch integration, local SEO. Written by people who ran the desk before they built the site.
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The UK Private Hire Licence Explained: What You Need, What It Costs, and How Long It Takes
A plain-English guide to the UK private hire licence system. The five licence types you actually need, real costs, realistic timelines, and the common mistakes that send applications back to the bottom of the pile.
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Taxi Booking Software in 2026: Who It’s For and What It Actually Costs
An honest look at the taxi booking software market in 2026. Who should buy standalone software, who should just use a website form, and what each tier actually costs per month. With a price band table and no vendor shilling.
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Best Taxi Dispatch Software in the UK: iCabbi vs Autocab vs Cordic vs TaxiCaller
A side-by-side look at the four dispatch platforms UK taxi firms actually run. Pricing bands, driver app quality, integration difficulty, and which platform suits which firm size, from a website-integrator point of view.
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Taxi Booking System Comparison: Build vs Buy vs Embed in Your Website
A plain-English comparison of the three paths a UK taxi firm can take for online bookings. Build bespoke, buy a vendor product, or embed a widget into your own site. Costs, effort, and what most sub-40 vehicle firms should actually do.
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How UK Taxi Fare Calculators Actually Work (And Why Yours Should Match the Meter)
A plain-English look under the bonnet of a taxi fare calculator. What the software actually does, why quotes and meter readings must line up, and how to build one that holds up on a Friday night.
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Taxi Website Design: What Every UK Firm Owner Should Expect to Get (and Pay)
A plain-English buyer’s guide to taxi website design in 2026. What a proper site includes, what it should cost, and how to tell if the designer actually understands taxi work.
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A Practical Guide to Integrating Your Website with Dispatch Software
Most of the bugs on taxi websites happen where the booking form meets the dispatch system. Here’s what to watch for and how to avoid them. If your website takes a booking and your dispatch system doesn’t receive it, you haven’t taken a booking — you’ve taken a complaint. Every firm we’ve worked with has…
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Local SEO for Taxi Firms: What Actually Moves the Needle
There are only three things that matter for taxi SEO, and most firms are spending money on the wrong ones. If you’ve ever had an SEO agency pitch you 50 hours a month of “technical optimisation”, here’s the truth: for a local taxi firm, three things determine whether you rank — and two of them…
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Three Taps to Booked: The Mobile Booking Flow That Actually Converts
If your booking flow takes more than three taps on a phone, you’re losing riders to the competitor whose flow takes two. Most taxi-firm websites were designed for desktops. That was a defensible choice in 2011. In 2026, 92% of taxi bookings that start on a website start on a phone — usually a phone…