Taxi operator ADT Taxis, Part of Take Me Group Ltd, has added another company to its growing portfolio, with the addition of Birmingham-based TC Cars.
ADT Taxis managing director David Hunter said the company, “had at least three more acquisitions in the pipeline” to be announced in the near future, and has started to rebrand under the Take Me name for new group acquisitions.
This deal, valued in excess of £2 million, differs from earlier acquisitions in that it is not being funded by venture capitalist MBH Corporation, but by Hunter and business investors – though future Take Me acquisitions are likely to be MBH-backed.
“TC Cars is a well-run firm and one of the best in the West Midlands,” said Hunter. The company was voted the best taxi company in Birmingham 2019 by Corporate Wire.
Pre-Covid, it had a fleet of 400 cars, but that has dropped to around 280. “Despite the pandemic, it has very loyal customers and drivers and is still busy, doing 15-20,000 jobs a week,” he added.
The company has been carrying out essential work, including supermarket runs, food deliveries, transporting key workers and recently, taking people for Covid vaccinations.
Hunter said the plan was to add the Take Me branding, so in time the company will become “Take Me powered by TC Cars.”
Initially, the company has switched dispatch systems from Autocab to iCabbi in order to maintain commonality with the Take Me group.
In September 2018 TC Cars purchased Parkers Cars in Sutton Coldfield, adding to its reach in the affluent Birmingham suburb.
This resulted in a 45% increase in work in 2019 compared to the previous year.
TC Cars was established in 1986 by current managing director Martin Smith, who is leaving the business but staying in the taxi trade, as he also owns a taxi fleet called All the 2s in Weston-Super-Mare, which has a 70-car fleet in the seaside town.
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