Edinburgh taxi company City Cabs is celebrating its centenary year, with staff looking back on 100 great years, while looking forward to the next century of ferrying locals and visitors around Edinburgh.
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00:00With CityCabs turning 100, I went along to the Edinburgh Taxi Company to find out more about its history.
00:30Bob and 73-year-old taxi driver Alex Kemp, who's been on the roads in Edinburgh for 52 years, showed me some of the great photos they have of their time with CityCabs,
00:59and also spoke about the great family healing among the social aspect of working with the company.
01:05While I also spoke to the current Managing Director, Lewis Ray, about what the future holds for CityCabs.
01:12CityCabs themselves are a co-operative and have always been very much a family company.
01:21The future for CityCabs is extending that co-operative.
01:25Originally it was the owners of taxi vehicles who were in the co-operative.
01:29We're now extending that and we have brought in all drivers, owners of taxis and staff members to be part of the co-operative.
01:38So everybody that works at CityCabs can have a share in the company and a say in how we move forward.
01:45Speaking at CityCabs Edinburgh West End base, Lewis looked forward to the next 100 years of the Edinburgh Taxi Company.
01:53The work that we're doing now on changing our co-operative, getting everyone involved, will help CityCabs into the future.
02:02That will ensure that longer term we can meet our goals in terms of sustainability, electric vehicles, having our own garage,
02:10and providing an environment that everybody can learn and grow and work together.