I'm Bob Parsons. I've built and run taxi firms myself — Handicabs, 440 Cars, and now Galaxy Cars & Airport Transfers — so I know what yours takes: the operator's licence, the driver badges, the vehicles, the account customers who book you again and again. I buy directly, no broker fees, no commission, using flexible seller finance.
Most buyers look at a taxi or private hire business and see a fleet of ageing cars and a page of driver names. I look at it and see the reality — the operator's licence you built up over years, the drivers who stayed loyal, the airport and corporate accounts that book without being asked twice. I've been the one training up new drivers, chasing council renewals, and sat in the office at midnight when a car's broken down on a job. So I value the business for what it actually is, not what a broker's brochure says it should be.
A broker lists your business and hopes someone turns up. I'm the buyer. That's the whole difference — and it changes everything about how the sale goes.
A taxi or private hire business is one of the hardest types of business to sell through a bank-backed buyer. Banks don't like lending against a fleet of vehicles that's often already on finance, and a driver base that's self-employed and free to walk. I use seller finance, so the deal doesn't hang on a bank. You get a fair price paid over an agreed period, set out in a proper solicitor-drawn agreement and secured by a legal charge over the business.
UK taxi and private hire businesses turning over £350k to £10m — Hackney carriage and private hire operators, airport transfer and executive travel firms, radio-circuit and app-based dispatch operations. Owner-operated or built around a self-employed driver base. Profitable, ready for retirement, or struggling.
You tell me about the business, I listen. No forms, no obligation.
I look at the numbers and come back with a fair offer, usually within days.
Seller finance, deferred payments, cash release, or a mix — built around your situation.
We complete and handle the handover carefully. Your people and your name are looked after.