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BEAUTY AND BRAINS OF INSURETAXI EMPLOYEE
The 2010 UK Model of the Year competition was held on Sunday 20th June at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Southport. insureT A XI’s (
www.insuretaxi.com), very own full time employee Francesca Rawlinson entered the competition and got through to the final 40, from a whopping 5,500 entries! The 1st prize being a holiday to Mar- bella and £10,000
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Francesca at the insureTAXI office
worth of prizes. insureTAXI sponsored Francesca from the semi final onwards, which she won out- right, and then into the Grand final of 40 UK models.
Throughout the day Francesca had to prove herself to a panel of 4 judges. This involved a number of cat-walk events, public speaking and examina- tion of her modeling portfolio.
The tension was rising as Francesca made it through to the last 10 girls, then the final 5 –
and finally into the final with just 3 contestants! She finally finished runner up in the com- petition, winning £8,500 worth of model- ing prizes!!
The team at insureTAXI are very proud of her achievement and see it as further proof that you can have brains as well as beauty! For beautiful taxi insurance prices, call insureTAXI on 0800 142 2828 or visit
www.insure-
taxi.com See our adverts on pages 3, 21 and 46.
AURIGA LAUNCH ONLINE DATA DISPATCH
FOR SUB-50 CAR FLEETS
Auriga Systems has launched Evocab Online: a fully featured Internet-based data dis- patch system ideally suited to the require- ments and budgets of fleets with 50 cars or less.
With Evocab Online, staff at the taxi or pri- vate hire company use PCs to access a remote Evocab server via a secure broadband Internet connection. By removing expensive server hardware from the equation, Evocab Online dramatically reduces start-up costs, making a high-end sys- tem available at a price that is affordable for fleets of all sizes. The system’s core functionality is the same as in Auriga’s
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flagship Evocab Enter- prise system, which runs many of the UK’s largest taxi and private hire companies.
Drivers communicate with the system using GPRS-based PDAs, and customers are free to source their own hardware and data agreements in order to reduce costs.
The system offers huge flexibility because it doesn’t rely on a
defined, physical office; it is available wherever there is an Internet con- nection: in the office, at home, or even on a beach in the Caribbean via a wireless card.
For more informa- tion on Evocab Online or Auriga Systems, please call 01582 466802 or visit
www.auri-
ga.co.uk or see our advert on page 5.
People all over the world can now find out more about The Lon- don Taxi Company by surfing the net. A new dedicated site has been launched at
www.london-taxis.com which tells everyone all they need to know about the famous Lon- don Taxi.
The London Taxi Com- pany is the international sales brand for LTI Vehicles and the company is promoting not only the London Taxi but also the best taxi service in the world.
“This new website
shows drivers and operators how they can operate The Lon- don Taxi Service wherever they want in the world,” said spokesman Matthew Cheyne. “We are prov- ing in so many markets around the world there is a demand for our taxi together with the great service; just like you get in the UK. Many operators have increased their profits already by operating The London Taxi Serv- ice which we help them to launch.” The London Taxi Com- pany website gives
information about the taxi as well as The Lon- don Taxi Service and benefits for passen- gers, drivers and operators. It even allows people to enquire about The Lon- don Taxi Service franchise and how they can benefit or apply to join.
The site is lively and easy to navigate and will soon include video, more press stories, and news of all the lat- est launches of The London Taxi Service. For more information visit our new website:
www.london-taxis.com
100TH MERCEDES VITO TAXI FOR COMCAB
London’s largest radio circuit, Computer Cab plc, recently wel- comed the 100th Mercedes Vito Taxi onto its fleet. The cab is no normal addition to the fleet, it is a spe- cial loan vehicle provided by Chief Rentals for any Com- cab driver involved in a non-fault accident. In the event of a Com- cab driver having a non-fault accident, Chief Rentals will han- dle the claim, have the driver’s damaged taxi delivered to London Mercedes Dealer KPM and provide the spe- cial loan taxi – already fitted with the Comcab Advantage system. Taking delivery of the Vito from Gavin Coop- er of Chief Rentals, Malcolm Paice, Gener- al Manager for Computer Cab plc commented: “Having such a large fleet of Vito taxis really helps our offering to our cus- tomers and now this deal with Chief Rentals gives our drivers a great benefit as well. The special Vito, already fitted with our
Malcolm Paice, of Computer Cab plc (left) receiving the keys to the new loan Mercedes Vito Taxi from Gavin Cooper of Chief Rentals
Advantage system, can be used by any of our drivers in the event of our cab being off the road as a result of a non-fault accident.” As part of the celebra- tions to welcome the 100th Vito taxi Comput- er Cab plc also offered its drivers a special deal on purchases of new Vito taxis. Com- cab drivers who ordered a new Vito taxi from KPM before the end of August have been given a full leather upholstery upgrade for the pas- senger compartment at no extra cost, cour- tesy of Comcab. Malcolm added: “We want to encourage our drivers to invest in newer, cleaner taxis. This initiative is not
designed to show any particular favouritism towards any model of taxi and we continue to offer our full support to the LTI product as well as the Vito. Our customers are keen to see more modern taxis with features such as leather interior and full air conditioning as standard, so anything that encourages our fleet to upgrade to a better specification taxi gets our support. We came up with this deal to mark our 100th Vito, but we are already close to wel- coming our 120th Vito to our fleet!”
For further infor- mation see our advert on the out- side back cover.
PHTM SEPTEMBER 2010
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