[quote="roythebus"]I get working tax credits and don't work for mickey mouse prices. If work has been that bad and you are self-employed, you will almost certainly be making or have made a loss in past years. Make sure you carry that loss forward, it is counted against tax in any future years where you may make a profit. I personally lost quite abit on a failed venture a few years back and am unlikely to pay tax again before I retire!
As a self-employed, unregulated driver it should be YOU or your your meter who sets the price, not "the office". Face up to facts, if MK is de-regulated, then "market forces" will prevail, like it or not, and those who don't get enough work will fall by the wayside, it's an economic fact of business life. no amount of coercion will force people into taxis; no amount of regulation will either. You could probably halve the number of cabs anywhere in the UK at the moment, but there would still be the same amount of people wanting to use them.
Like some others who have posted on thsi thread, I go for quality, not quantity. why chase around all day for the £3 fares when a couple of decent £10 fares will bring you the same gross amount and let you show a profit for far less hours![/quote
Much sense there from an active Driver, me I dont reckon Market forces is acceptable for Public Transport it leads to poor maintenance dangerously long hours no holidays and immense stress completely unacceptable to me.
As for MK lets put it politely when they new what was coming and were offered advice and assistance they declined, what they are suffering now was concisely predicted! its a shame what their suffering, but entirely down to their lack of foresight
Lets hope others dont repeat their mistakes
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