Because my staff are mostly young girls, I make sure they all get safely home after a late shift, they get driven home and don't have to wait for taxi's, minicabs or buses.
At home and abroad the west can only afford the standard of living to which it has become accustomed - be it food, clothes, minicabs or domestic services - as a result of cheap foreign labour.
He said a crackdown on illegal minicabs is underway and this should help attract more black cabs.
Reports of a growing number of illegal minicabs on Sutton's streets prompted the borough's first ever swoop last weekend.
The Transport for London board also considered this week increasing the cost of licences to run taxis and minicabs in London.
Since he was hired at the beginning of January, he claims to have gathered tape recordings and photographic evidence, which prove 15 illegal minicabs are operating in Swindon.
Although these issues may not affect many of us directly, we should bear in mind it is often our sons and daughters who will probably use the minicabs and may not realise the implications of being driven home in an uninsured vehicle.
Now 170 members of the private hire trade, both drivers and office telephonists, have petitioned Hull Council to fund the installation of cameras in minicabs and taxis.
Town hall chiefs have also banned roof-top signs because they say they lead people to confuse minicabs, which must be booked in advance, with black cabs, which can be hailed in the street.
We all hear, see or read of people awful experiences in using un licensed minicabs and taxis for that journey home.
