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i have read many topics about what a taxi driver can earn i have a friend who works about 50hrs a week and earns about £1000 a week friday - sat nights best in norwich
some posts on here people only getting about £200 a week i have been told by my friend to get a hackney licence own cab work the ranks and night clubs but i dont want to spend £10000-£12000 on a cab and only make about £200 a week i have worked 12hr nights for many years so i dont mind putting the hours in is my friend being a bit over the top on how much he is earning

thanks

If there's 500 cabs in Norwich Andy and you asked each one, you'd get 500 different answers.
The trouble with lots of cab drivers is, they dont treat it as a full time job. When you can earn money by the min instead of by the week/month it's easy to work until you think you've earnt enough, and go home. If your serious about wanting to do it, get your license and rent a cab for a few weeks and see for yourself, that way if it isnt for you, you can jack it in without getting into debt. You could easily do it along side your existing job in case you dont like it, and you haven't burnt your bridges.

If he's a friend, then he's more than likely telling the truth. Remember you wont earn that kind of cash over night though, it takes time to get to know the ropes.

If you want to work loads of hours then you might earn loads of money.

But do you really want to work till 5.00am in the morning picking up pi** heads?

Or you can earn reasonable money by working some late night and weekends.

Or you can earn not a lot by working Mon to Fri 9.00am till 5.00pm.

The choice is yours.

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thanks for your advice
one last question with a hackney licence do i have to pay to use the council ranks or are they free i have just been told by a diffrent driver he makes 80% of his money working thursday friday sat night on yarmouth sea front packed with [edited by admin] heads i am also trying to find out if there is a cap on the amount of hackey licences given in great yarmouth any help on this

kind regards

Firstly it might be worth you having a chat with your local licensing officer. Most don't bite.

But once you have your HC license you can ply on any council rank, although you may have to pay to work at some stations.

There's might be an exception to that rule somewhere, but FFS leave it at that.

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