INSURANCE INSIGHTS
LONGTIME ATTENDEE OF PHTM EXPO FINALLY WINS £1,500 PRIZE DRAW
Article by The Taxi Insurer 0121 296 3092
www.taxiinsurer.co.uk
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again” is variously credited to Scottish king Robert the Bruce, English educational writer William Edward Hickson and American educator Thomas H Palmer. Whoever deserves the credit for the proverb, it’s certainly advice that Mohammed Arshad has done well to heed.
The taxi driver from Bristol has been dutifully attending the PHTM EXPO every year for the last 15 years, travelling up to Milton Keynes with a group of colleagues to make a day of it.
He has visited The Taxi Insurer’s stand most years and entered its prize draw to win £1,500 off his next insurance premium, never thinking that he would win… until last year, that is.
“When I received the call saying I had won, I couldn’t believe it!” he exclaims. “I was ecstatic, to be honest. You always enter these competitions without any expectations, wondering if anyone ever really wins, so it was a lovely surprise!”
Why attend the Expo?
Mohammed has been a taxi driver for virtually half his life now. The former baker and newsagent started out by driving private hire vehicles in 1990 before becoming an independent driver when the Deregulation Act was introduced in 2015.
What keeps him returning to the Expo each year? Is it to learn about new regulation, keep abreast of the latest vehicles and technology or to network?
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“All three, really,” he explains. “Attending the Expo allows me to keep up to date with any new regulation, get a look and feel for any new technology that could prove useful in the future and also network. The free coffee cups don’t hurt either!”
Attendees also come to the show to hear from and engage with the people who are making the decisions that will impact the future of their industry; test and buy the latest trade vehicles; try out and invest in the latest products and services; and connect and socialise with likeminded colleagues from across the country.
Mohammed will be attending the event once again this year and, yes, he’ll definitely be entering The Taxi Insurer’s prize draw, just in case fortune smiles on him for two years running.
What to do with the money saved?
In a pleasing echo of last year’s prize draw winner, who used the money he’d saved on his insurance premium to travel to India to see his family, Mohammed plans to do something similar.
“I’ve put the money I saved on my insurance towards a holiday to Pakistan to see my family,” he says. “It’s been two years since my last visit, so I’m really looking forward to it.”
The Taxi Insurer will be at PHTM EXPOat Arena MK, Milton Keynes, on Wednesday 13 May at 10am–5pm and Thursday 14 May at 10am–3pm. Register here for free entry:
phtm.co.uk/register
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