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Covid-19 Update

Covid-19 Update

At last there is some light at the end of the tunnel, as we all do our bit in following the guidelines and the NHS work quickly through the vaccination programme, we are witnessing cases of Covid-19 fall, this gives us all more confidence that we will beat this. I...

Customer Notice – Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Customer Notice – Coronavirus (Covid-19)

To our customers, Like everyone, we’ve been absorbing and gathering as much information as we can about the impact of the Coronavirus (Covid-19). We have taken advice from various and trusted sources to work out how we can best protect our customers, our communities...

Price Increases

Price Increases

Dear Customers In a recent news release we explained why we had a business requirement to add an administration charge to some methods of payment which were paid direct into 1AB Taxis, the purpose of the charge was to cover the mounting costs incurred by the company...

The Great Golf Challenge

The Great Golf Challenge

On the 9th August our directors and staff took part in The Great Golf Challenge at Rockliffe Golf Club, to help raise money and awareness for the Cancer Research Trust. They started at 5am in the gruelling cold, wet weather and completed 72 holes of golf finishing at...

Corporate Accounts

Corporate Accounts

We would like to welcome all our new Account Customers. Since September we have opened 30 new accounts 10 of which are in our forever expanding Newton Aycliffe area. Many of our Account Customers are now set up on our self-management booking portal. This allows our...

Fleet Increase

Fleet Increase

We are excited to announce we have had a fleet increase and now have 152 vehicles within the company. We are covering more areas and have recently launched 1AB into Newton Aycliffe. We are doing a record number of jobs, reaching over 110,000 jobs last month. We are...

GDPR

GDPR

One of the biggest changes to UK data privacy law comes into effect 25 May 2018. The General Data Protection Regulation, also known as GDPR, means that you'll have more control over how your data is used. And it ensures that organisations protect your...

Seconds away!

Seconds away!

We would like to welcome Shannon Bowe to the 1AB corner. With sponsorship from 1AB, Shannon will now travel to Ireland on October 12th till October 16th to compete in the 'Esker all female box cup 2017'. Shannon has been training very hard in the gym with...

No more unexpected trips to the cashpoint.

No more unexpected trips to the cashpoint.

All of our drivers now accept secure Verifone in car card payments, which makes it quicker and more convenient for our valued customers to pay for their fare. We accept payments with Chip & PIN and contactless so next time you travel with us be sure to...

1AB and ABC merge

1AB and ABC merge

We are delighted to announce that together with ABC taxis we have now merged to become the largest taxi operator in the borough of Darlington. Our director Chris Bainbridge described the deal as being "full circle" for the companies and said...

Book a taxi at the push of a button!

Book a taxi at the push of a button!

The Taxi Butler service is the perfect hassle free taxi booking solution for restaurants & bars, hotels, company receptions and events. When customers are in need of a taxi, they can make an order with the click of a button. The display...