"A Cumbrian taxi firm has become the first in the county to use a new digital currency called Bitcoin."
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Thursday, 25 July 2013
UK Firm Drives Home Bitcoin Message
With new bitcoin companies springing up all over the world, Cumbria, UK, a region famed for lakes, fells and Beatrix Potter, can now claim its first bitcoin business.
Fresh on the bitcoin scene, Carlisle based Cumbria Cabs only started accepting the currency a couple of weeks a go after opening a merchant account through Bitpay. The very low transaction fees associated with bitcoin and the reduced risk of credit card fraud both appealed.
“I was attracted by the very low charges for sending and receiving payments when compared with credit cards, PayPal and other online payments,” owner, Alistair Nixon says. “We have had a few problems with ‘Cardholder not present’ payments for taxis.”
With Carlisle being the furthest city in the UK from any international airport, Cumbria Cabs provides a much-needed service for clients from all over the world. With the high number of business travellers as well, bitcoin seemed an efficient solution.
The digital currency certainly lends itself well to a taxi firm’s business model. A company providing a service to so many overseas customers and high volumes of transactions done online or in a car, makes the ability to email invoices, a URL payment link, or even a QR code to a customer’s smartphone, very attractive.
“One of the main benefits for us is the option to accept payments from any currency and from any country in the world, this is great for people flying into the UK and wishing to book an airport transfer with us,” Mr Nixon says.
Despite Cumbria’s sparse population, the picturesque area attracts around 40 million tourists, who contribute more than £2 billion to the region’s economy each year. It is certainly big business and one, which Mr Nixon believes, many Cumbria firms could capitalise on with bitcoin.
“When business owners realise that they can take bookings and payments from anywhere in the world, in any currency, with a very small transaction charge and fraud risk (compared to credit cards) they will surely want to have that option,” he says.
The vastly fluctuating value of bitcoin in recent months against the GBP and other currencies can put off some business owners and the taxi firm admits it has been a concern. “If we quote someone a price in bitcoin and then the bitcoin price drops sharply half an hour later then we could potentially lose money.”
But always one for bucking a trend, with a strong internet and social media presence (facebook and twitter), the Cumbria cab firm are convinced bitcoin is the way forward and are encouraged by the value and volume of bitcoin transactions, which are currently estimated at over US$34.7 million.
With their bitcoin service barely started, they are yet to have their first bitcoin transaction but they have found it generating a lot of interest on twitter (@CumbriaCabs) and would love to know of any other Cumbrian businesses, who have decided to offer bitcoin as a payment option.
By Louise @ Bitscan
Thursday, 25 July 2013
UK Firm Drives Home Bitcoin Message
With new bitcoin companies springing up all over the world, Cumbria, UK, a region famed for lakes, fells and Beatrix Potter, can now claim its first bitcoin business.
Fresh on the bitcoin scene, Carlisle based Cumbria Cabs only started accepting the currency a couple of weeks a go after opening a merchant account through Bitpay. The very low transaction fees associated with bitcoin and the reduced risk of credit card fraud both appealed.
“I was attracted by the very low charges for sending and receiving payments when compared with credit cards, PayPal and other online payments,” owner, Alistair Nixon says. “We have had a few problems with ‘Cardholder not present’ payments for taxis.”
With Carlisle being the furthest city in the UK from any international airport, Cumbria Cabs provides a much-needed service for clients from all over the world. With the high number of business travellers as well, bitcoin seemed an efficient solution.
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The digital currency certainly lends itself well to a taxi firm’s business model. A company providing a service to so many overseas customers and high volumes of transactions done online or in a car, makes the ability to email invoices, a URL payment link, or even a QR code to a customer’s smartphone, very attractive.
“One of the main benefits for us is the option to accept payments from any currency and from any country in the world, this is great for people flying into the UK and wishing to book an airport transfer with us,” Mr Nixon says.
“When business owners realise that they can take bookings and payments from anywhere in the world, in any currency, with a very small transaction charge and fraud risk (compared to credit cards) they will surely want to have that option,” he says.
The vastly fluctuating value of bitcoin in recent months against the GBP and other currencies can put off some business owners and the taxi firm admits it has been a concern. “If we quote someone a price in bitcoin and then the bitcoin price drops sharply half an hour later then we could potentially lose money.”
But always one for bucking a trend, with a strong internet and social media presence (facebook and twitter), the Cumbria cab firm are convinced bitcoin is the way forward and are encouraged by the value and volume of bitcoin transactions, which are currently estimated at over US$34.7 million.
With their bitcoin service barely started, they are yet to have their first bitcoin transaction but they have found it generating a lot of interest on twitter (@CumbriaCabs) and would love to know of any other Cumbrian businesses, who have decided to offer bitcoin as a payment option.
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By Louise @ Bitscan
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Tuesday 8 January 2013
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Save time, get a free quote or book your Cumbria Cabs Carlisle Taxi with our online booking facility.
Here’s how…
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Simply select the location you would like your taxi from, most UK Airports and Railway Stations are already saved and will appear in a drop down menu, or enter the postcode of the location that you would like your Cumbria Cabs Carlisle taxi to collect you from.
Taxi From Carlisle Railway Station
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Next, enter the postcode or destination Airport or Railway Station that you would like to travel to, you may be required to enter a House Number for some postcodes.
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Durham Tees Valley Airport
Next options are for the total number of passengers and luggage, our saloon taxi vehicles can carry up to 4 passengers with limited luggage, an Estate vehicle may be required if you have extra luggage.
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Now select your pick up time and the date. Online Booking is only available a minimum of 24 hours in advance so please make sure that you adjust the date accordingly (even if you only need a quote).
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Once you have entered all your details then just click on the green “Continue” button and you will see a list of vehicle options and prices.You can click on the yellow “Adjust” button at any time to go back and change any part of your booking.
When all the details are correct and you have chosen which vehicle you require then click on the green “Select Vehicle” on the right of your selection.
You will then be asked to Log In to confirm your booking, if you have not used Cumbria Cabs before you will need to fill in a few details before you can continue, alternatively there is an option to Log In using your Facebook account, you will be asked to provide a valid contact telephone number and email address so that we can contact you and also text you your vehicle details and drivers name on arrival. Please note that the Cumbria Cabs taxi booking form requires an International dialling code for mobile phone numbers (+44 for UK), you then leave out the Zero (0) from the beginning of your number, Eg. 07891 987654 becomes +447891987654.
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Once you have satisfactorily completed all your information you will be asked to click on the green “Complete this Booking” button when your booking will be processed and a Transfer Booked message will appear along with your unique reference number.
A full itinerary for your trip will then be emailed to you at the email address you provided.
You can email us at info@cumbriacabs.co.uk or call us on 01228 899599 at any time should you need to change your booking.
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