Built by the trade. Owned by the trade.
Taxi Now Group is a licensed London black cab platform — the app, the advertising network, and the trade support — run by a licensed London cab driver, structured so it can never be sold out from under the people who use it.
Not a promise. A legal structure.
Every platform before this one promised to be different. Here's what actually makes this one different.
0% Commission — Written Into Law
Not a promise, not a launch offer — it's written into our articles of association. Taxi Now earns from the passenger booking fee, never from taking a cut of a driver's fare.
20% Driver Ownership
Drivers collectively hold 20% of Taxi Now Group Holdings Ltd. A real equity stake in the company, not a loyalty scheme that can be quietly withdrawn.
95% Vote Threshold
Changing the commission structure, the ownership split, or the core terms requires 95% of driver shareholders to agree. That's the mechanism that makes 'this time is different' actually true.
No Private Hire
Licensed black cabs only. No minicab operators competing for the same jobs, no dilution of what the badge is worth.
Licensing Respected
Geo-fencing is built into the platform, not bolted on. Yellow badge drivers only receive jobs inside their licensed sector — enforced by the system, not just policy.
London cabbies have done this before.
Multiple driver-built platforms have launched in London over the years, each one promising to put drivers first. Every one of them ended up sold to a larger corporation, and every sale was followed by rising commission and drivers being pushed further down the priority list.
Taxi Now Group was built to close that loophole — not with a promise, but with a legal structure that makes the same outcome impossible without 95% of driver shareholders agreeing to it.
A History of Platforms That Sold Out
Driver-built app — acquired by Daimler → MyTaxi → FreeNow. Drivers lost control.
Commission raised. Drivers marginalised. Minicab operators prioritised.
Historic driver co-operative absorbed into Gett, then sold to Lyft.
Promised to be different. Sold to Lyft. Commission pressures followed.
Driver-owned. 0% commission in law. 95% vote threshold. No sell-out clause.